Modern Slavery Statement 2026
Date Of Issue: August
This statement sets out the actions that Rich Products Ltd has taken to understand all potential modern slavery risks related to its business and to put in place steps that are aimed at ensuring that there is no slavery or human trafficking in its own business and its supply chains. This statement relates to actions and activities during the financial year [1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025]. Rich Products Ltd recognises that it has a responsibility to take a robust approach to preventing slavery and human trafficking and is committed to constantly reviewing and improving its practices. Rich Products Ltd is absolutely committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in its corporate activities, and to ensuring that its supply chains are free from slavery and human trafficking.
Organisational structure
This statement covers the activities of Rich Products Ltd. Rich Products Ltd supplies bakery products to a diverse range of customers, from leading coffee shop chains to renowned department stores and well-known supermarkets.
- Rich Products Ltd is registered in England (registered number 1847615).
Supply Chains
Supply chain security and integrity is a crucial component of our business model. Robust technical and traceability systems ensure that our products are responsibly sourced from suppliers whose values are aligned with our own. Every Supplier is subject to a rigorous approval process where extensive checks are carried out, both technically and commercially to ensure that the supplier complies with all of our requirements before being approved. Ongoing checks are also carried out on a regular basis either via the use of our quarterly performance scorecard and/or technical audits.
We work to influence suppliers’ practices and where gross violations are uncovered; we would attempt to work with the supplier to correct it in the first instance. If it became apparent that the required improvement is not possible, then a review of the trading relationship would be undertaken.
As a business we use labour providers to supply a percentage of our workforce. Each Labour Provider is audited against our own Labour Provider audit standard every 6 months. Within these audits, the ETI Base Code and controls around Modern Slavery are reviewed.
We always identify and mitigate the potential risk areas in our supply chains and have robust systems in place to deal with such risks. We provide Supplier Self Audit Questionnaires which include an Ethical Section and have recently implemented the use of a software tool called Tracegains across our supply base.
Rich’s Child Remediation policy (ref UK-PL-024) is in place to prevent child labour within our operations and supply chain, and the steps we will take to remediate any instances of child labour that are discovered.
Responsibility
- People Support – HR Manager, Rich Products Ltd. for policies related to the prevention of slavery and human trafficking in our own operations.
- VP – Compliance, Deputy General Counsel – Legal of Rich Products Corporation, for the Code of Conduct/Ethics globally.
- Procurement – Head of Procurement, for ensuring the policies relating to the prevention of slavery and human trafficking in our supply chain are adhered to.
Due Diligence and Mitigating Risk
In our own operations, the People Support team are responsible for ensuring that our company adhere to all employment laws in the due diligence checks undertaken during different stages of employment, from initial recruitment onward.
As part of our initiative to identify and mitigate risk we monitor ethical standards across the business on a regular basis both internally and via external third-party audits. Sites undergo unannounced SEDEX Members Ethical Trade Audits every other year.
Due Diligence of Suppliers
Rich Products Ltd undertakes due diligence when considering its procurement arrangements and regularly reviews its existing suppliers.
Our due diligence and reviews include:
- Conducting supplier audits or assessments.
- Suppliers are required to sign up to the company’s code of conduct.
- Any UK agency supplier must be registered with the Gangmaster Licensing Abuse Authority.
- Participating in collaborative initiatives including Stronger Together.
Relevant policies
- Whistleblowing Policy.
- Code of Conduct.
- Supplier/Procurement Code of Conduct.
- Policy for Recruitment / Agency Workers.
- ETI Base Code / Ethical Trade Policy.
- Anti-Slavery Policy.
- Bullying and Harassment Policy.
- Equal Opportunities Policy.
Training and awareness building
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 staff and agency staff.
Our People Support team have attended the Stronger Together – Tackling Modern Slavery in Supply Chains workshops. Managers are responsible for ensuring that all associates are aware of the risks and signs of slavery and human trafficking and of the company’s responsibilities under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Approval for this statement
This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes our Group’s slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 31 December 2025 and has been approved on 15 September 2026.
CEO (UK): Elizabeth Kobilski
Date Approved: 15 September 2026