We at Dornan’s are committed to improving our practices to combat slavery and human trafficking. Dornan Engineering Services Limited (“DESL”) will continue its efforts to ensure all people are treated with dignity and respect when we are competing for and running projects and activities wherever we work.
ANTI-SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING STATEMENT
THE COMPANY’S BUSINESS AND STRUCTURE
DESL is a provider of electrical, mechanical and instrumentation services in the construction sector primarily responsible for projects in the UK. DESL is part of the Dornan Engineering Limited Group (“DEL”), its parent company, which has its head office in Ireland. DEL is primarily responsible for projects within Ireland and Europe. Another company within the Group – Kantor Energy Limited – is responsible for the design and development of energy system solutions for projects in the UK.
The Group has over 1000 employees and operates in Western Europe including the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Denmark. The Group has a global annual turnover of approximately £410 million. DESL has an annual turnover of approximately £46 million.
OUR SUPPLY CHAINS
Our supply chains include sub-contractors, suppliers and agency staff in the UK and Europe who assist in the completion of the projects in each country we operate in.
OUR POLICIES ON SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in any part of our business and in so far as is possible we require our suppliers hold similar ethos. Our slavery and human trafficking policy statement reflects our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships. In addition to this we operate a number of internal policies to ensure that we are conducting business in an ethical and transparent manner. These include our Equal Opportunities Policy, Recruitment Policy, Code of Conduct and Corporate Social Responsibility Policy.
DUE DILIGENCE PROCESSES FOR SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Dornan maintains a preferred subcontractor/supplier list. To ensure all those in our supply chain and subcontractors comply with our values we conduct due diligence on all subcontractors and suppliers before allowing them to become a preferred supplier.
Our Anti-Slavery Policy forms part of our contract with all subcontractors/suppliers and they are required to confirm that no part of their business operations contradicts this policy.
We are committed as a Company to tackling modern slavery and human trafficking and want to work with suppliers who share our values.
TRAINING
To ensure a high level of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains and our business we provide training to our staff. This includes:
- raising awareness at our site inductions
- toolbox talks during the year
- modern slavery e-learning course available on our LMS system
- a dedicated page on our intranet
We also require our business partners to provide training to their staff and suppliers and providers.
OUR EFFECTIVENESS IN COMBATING SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
We use the following key performance indicators to measure how effective we have been to raise awareness and ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any part of our business or supply chains:
- staff training records (staff trained / informed)
- written confirmations from our suppliers to ensure they adhere to the legislation
- audits or our supply chains