Modern Slavery Act 2015 Statement for Year Ending 31 March 2017
Our Policy
DCC Vital is opposed to slavery and human trafficking in any part of our business or our supply chain. We are therefore committed to ensuring that we have suitable procedures in place to identify and prevent these practices.
Our Business
We sell, market and distribute a broad range of own and third party branded pharmaceuticals and medical devices to hospitals, pharmacies, GPs and other healthcare providers in Britain and Ireland. We are a part of the DCC Group. DCC is an international sales, marketing, distribution and business support services group. Its headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland and it is listed on the London Stock Exchange. DCC currently has operations in 14 countries and employs over 10,500 people.
Our Structure
Our business is organised into the following trading companies
– Fannin Limited
– Fannin (UK) Limited
– Fannin (NI) Limited
– Squadron Medical Limited
– TPS Healthcare Group Limited
– Williams Medical Limited
– Kent Pharmaceuticals Limited
Our Supply Chains
The primary sources of the products we purchase are authorised pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers and distributors.
Our Policies on Slavery and Human Trafficking
The DCC Group Business Conduct Guidelines which are available at www.dcc.ie set out our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships. In addition, the DCC Group Supply Chain Integrity Policy which is available at www.dcc.ie sets out the approach taken by every business in the DCC Group to ensuring that all the products we sell meet applicable legal and ethical standards.
We are committed to reflecting the requirements of our Group Business Conduct Guidelines and Supply Chain Integrity Policy in more detailed policies and procedures that we maintain in DCC Vital.
Our policy on slavery and human trafficking is set out at the commencement of this statement.
As part of our compliance with the policies referred to above, we are committed to taking the following steps:
- to assess potential risk areas in our supply chains;
- to mitigate the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains, including by reviewing the controls that our suppliers have in place and carrying out other suitable checks;
- to monitor potential risk areas in our supply chains on a periodic basis.
Responsibility for ensuring that our procedures are adequate and are adhered to in all areas of our activities rests with the senior management team of DCC Vital.
Training
To ensure a suitable of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our business and our supply chains, directors and relevant employees in our business will participate in workshops with other businesses in the DCC over the course of the 2016/17 financial year.
Monitoring
We will establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure how effective we have been in ensuring that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any part of our business or supply chains:
This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes our slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 31st March 2017.