Boparan Restaurant Group Modern Slavery Statement 2022
Boparan Restaurant Group Modern Slavery Statement 2022
The document has been published in accordance with the Modern Slavery Act
2015 (MSA) and constitutes the slavery and human trafficking statement for
Cinnamon Collection Ltd and Boparan Restaurant Group plc and its
relevant subsidiaries for the financial year ended 31 December 2021. (BRG).
offence under Part I of that Act is including slavery, servitude, any type of
Overview
As an employer and provider if the goods and services for the customer, we
have a role to play in the fight against slavery, servitude, forced labour and
operations and supply chain. It is our responsibility to prevent and identify any
exploitation and to influence and work together with suppliers and business
company many component parts of the food we serve are sourced outside the UK
across our supply chain in the food we buy and the services we procure.
We do not tolerate forced labour either within our business itself or within our
supply chain. We expect our supply chain (whether direct suppliers or those
that directly or indirectly supply our direct suppliers) to share the same values.
Our business
2,800 people. Our brands include Giraffe, Ed’s Easy Diner, GBK, Carluccio’s,
business activities are guided by the careful balance of the interests of all our
stakeholders. For this reason, the company has established environmental and
social policies and procedures as well as programs that protect and sustain the
environment, workers within our supply chain and restaurants, and our
consumers.
We have reviewed our business and our supply chain. Neither we nor, to the
best of our knowledge, our supply chain makes use of forced labour.
Our product supply chains are extensive and global; we source over 1,500
products from more than 150 suppliers whose supply chains span over 20 countries.
strong relationships with food, service and non-food suppliers. We require all
of our direct suppliers to work closely with their suppliers, distributers, agents
forced labour to ensure that they in turn are taking what appears to us to be
appropriate steps.
New suppliers
Key members of our procurement team have been trained to identify the risk
of indicators of modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains and
• warrant that their business and, to the best of their knowledge, their
audit their business for the purposes of ensuring that they comply with
All new suppliers to the business are required to register with and complete
assessments ethical audits may be carried out. It is our policy that any
suppliers who are deemed high risk, as identified by the SEDEX risk assessment
score, undertake an audit within three months of being identified high risk. A
Our people
All our employees are paid by bank transfer and we don’t allow payment to be
made into third party bank accounts thus minimising the risk of forced
we avoid this being in a direct reporting relationship and where it is their line
Governance
The relevant head of each business area such as Brand Operations Directors and
We will continue to keep under review new risks as they emerge and carefully
monitor new suppliers and business activities. We believe in continuous
practise.
Signed
Satnam Leihal
CEO