Orbis Procurement Senior Policy Lead on Modern Slavery Representatives from: Procurement Legal Human Resources Audit Safeguarding and Community Safety teamsĪssessment and prioritisation of modern slavery risks for services procured via Orbis Procurement on behalf of the Council.Orbis Procurement Senior Leadership team.Orbis Procurement Senior Policy Lead on Modern Slavery.The table below shows the distribution of this spend:ĭrafting and reviewing the modern slavery statement Focusing on services procured via Orbis Procurement in the short-term allows us to ensure adequate prioritisation of modern slavery risks and allocation of shared resources to respond to these risks.ĭuring the 2021/2022 financial year the Council spent approximately £417 million with 2,104 suppliers, procured using Orbis Procurement’s services on behalf of the Council. Therefore, it is anticipated that such Modern Slavery Statement for the financial year ending 2021/2022 work would require longer-term assessments in collaboration with other teams working across the Council. These services are often significantly lower in value and spend and are governed by the Council’s procurement and contract standing orders. Further work will be required to map services procured directly by the Council. This statement reports on activities related to these services. This responsibility will rest with Orbis Procurement on behalf of Surrey County Council, East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council.įor each of the authorities where services are not procured directly by the Councils, they are procured via Orbis Procurement on behalf of the Council. The three authorities have committed to developing an approach to respond to modern slavery in our operations and supply chains. Orbis Procurement service delivers a significant amount of our projects annually, and therefore its contribution to our anti-slavery activities is vital. Collectively, we comprise one of the largest public procurement spend in local government. Our Corporate Management Team provides strategic direction to the whole council which is organised into the following directorates:Įast Sussex County Council have partnered with Brighton & Hove City Council and Surrey County Council to develop Orbis Procurement – a shared service partnership working together to deliver lean procurement support, shared learning to achieve excellent outcomes, and shared resource for the delivery of achieving value for money for our residents. Our organisational structure and supply chains This statement relates to the steps taken by the Council during the financial year 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022. East Sussex County Council is therefore committed to tackling this problem and being transparent in our anti-slavery activities and outcomes. However, we have recognised the need to undertake further work in our operations and supply chains to ensure that our own activities do not contribute, cause or are linked to modern slavery practices. We have also taken a number of steps to tackle modern slavery such as raising awareness of modern slavery to our communities, establish measures to protect vulnerable groups against exploitation, and working together to support the identification and safeguarding of victims. The Council has made public declarations regarding modern slavery and has engaged in collaborative forms of work at community level. Our Council Plan 2022/2023 sets our ambitions and what we plan to achieve by 2025 for our priority outcomes. This statement is pursuant to Section 54 (transparency in supply chains) of the UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015.Įast Sussex County Council has four overarching priority outcomes we plan to achieve by 2025: driving sustainable economic growth keeping vulnerable people safe helping people help themselves and making best use of resources now and for the future. This statement sets out actions taken by East Sussex County Council to address the risk of modern slavery in our operations and supply chains and ensure that the goods and services we procure do not contribute to modern slavery in the UK and globally. Modern slavery is an umbrella term encompassing exploitative practices such as slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour and human trafficking. Introduction: financial year ending 2021/2022
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