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We are also committed to driving the highest possible standards of safety and ethics for our people and operations.
Their role is to protect vulnerable and exploited workers. Through the intelligence they receive from our inspections, the public, businesses and other government departments, they investigate reports of worker exploitation and illegal activity such as human trafficking, forced labour and illegal labour provision.
They all aspects of labour exploitation in England and Wales but we also work with partner organisations such as the police, the National Crime Agency and other government law enforcement agencies to target, dismantle and disrupt serious and organised crime across the UK.
Our licensing scheme regulates businesses and labour agencies, such as Staffline, who provide workers into the food industry to make sure they meet the employment standards required by law.
Stronger Together is a multi-stakeholder business-led initiative that aims to reduce modern slavery particularly forced labour, labour trafficking and other hidden third party exploitation of workers. It provides guidance, training, resources and a network for employers, labour providers, workers and their representatives to work together to reduce exploitation
The ALP was established in 2004 at the instigation of the UK government, ALP is a specialist trade association, of which Pilgrims in an active associate member, which promotes responsible recruitment and good practice for organisations that supply the workforce to the food processing, agricultural and wider consumer goods supply chain.
The ALP and its members work to influence government, regulatory policy and provides a range of useful information and services to its members.
Bright Future is a unique collaboration between business and the charity sector. It has recently been established as a stand alone co-operative. Pilgrims is a founding member of this and has been involved since 2017. This has helped Pilgrims to ensure that we have more than doubled the number of modern slavery survivors we have helped into permanent employment over the past 12 months
The Responsible Recruitment Toolkit (RRT) enables labour providers, employers and brands to raise the standard of recruitment in their business and global supply chains.
RRT is an online toolkit that provides comprehensive and practical step by step guidance, tools and resources to support businesses to embed responsible recruitment practices, within their business and supply chain. Pilgrims is a “Plus” member, as we are supported by our customers, such as Waitrose and Co-Op, to drive change in this area through all our wider supply chains
Hope for Justice is a charity that exists and is focussed to bring an end to modern slavery by preventing exploitation, rescuing victims, restoring lives and reforming society
Slave-Free Alliance is a social enterprise and membership initiative launched by anti-slavery charity Hope for Justice.
Membership includes global multinationals, household names like Aviva, Dixons Carphone, Clarks and Arriva, as well as small to medium enterprises (SMEs) with only a few employees. They all share a common goal: working towards a slave-free supply chain.
Pilgrims is proud the be the first meat company in the UK to sign up to support this unique partnership.