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ANTI-SLAVERY POLICY

VERSION 1.0 Revised 08/06/2022



INDEX

04 ANTI-SLAVERY POLICY 04 WHAT IS MODERN SLAVERY 04 PREVENTION


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ANTI-SLAVERY POLICY ANTI-SLAVERY POLICY

or her freedom to leave at any time. This is not the case for example when an employer or recruiter makes false promises so that a worker

Fiberpartner has a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery both

takes a job he or she would not otherwise have accepted. (source: ILO)

within our own organisation and throughout our supply chain. Our approach as well as this policy is based on a profound respect for

Someone is considered to be in slavery in any case that they are:

fundamental human rights as set out in the UN Universal Declaration

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of Human Rights and ILO Conventions and aims to protect the human rights within our sphere of influence – and in particular in terms of

forced to work or controlled by an ’employer’, through mental or physical abuse or the threat of abuse.

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elimination of forced labour/modern slavery and child labour.

dehumanised, treated as a commodity or bought and sold as ‘property’

The policy applies to the Fiberpartner organisation as well as all

physically constrained or have restrictions placed on their freedom of movement.

suppliers, direct and indirect, and we require all partners to take on the same zero-tolerance approach as demonstrated by Fiberpartner.

Prevention Fiberpartner condemns all forms of exploiting people and forcing them

We further expect all suppliers to conduct own and support regular

into slavery and will through due diligence, assessments and

assessments to identify potential impacts, and to be transparent about

transparency control that slavery does not occur in our joint supply

any findings that might occur, and appropriate remediation initiated.

chain. When agreeing to this document and signing the CoC, the supplier confirms that there are no forms of slavery in the supplier’s close

What is modern slavery?

operations and that appropriate due diligence is carried out to assure

Moderns Slavery can take several forms, all of which are strictly

this in the future as well. The supplier also agrees to join Fiberpartner in

prohibited in the Fiberpartner supply chains. Modern slavery covers:

the prevention of any form of slavery in our supply chain.

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Forced and compulsory labour

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Debt bondage and bonded labour

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Servitude

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Human Trafficking

As defined in ILO Convention No. 29, forced or compulsory labour is “all work or service which is exacted from any person under the threat of a penalty and for which the person has not offered himself or herself voluntarily.” This definition consists of three elements: 1.

Work or service refers to all types of work occurring in any activity, industry or sector including in the informal economy.

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Menace of any penalty refers to a wide range of penalties used to compel someone to work.

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Involuntariness: The terms “offered voluntarily” refer to the free and informed consent of a worker to take a job and his

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