Modern Slavery Statement

In accordance with the Modern Slavery Act 2018, this statement outlines the steps that Dunnings Consulting Engineered Pty Ltd (DCE) has taken, and is continuing to take, to assess and reduce risks of modern slavery within our business and our supply chain, and our plans for review and improvement.

INTRODUCTION

Modern slavery is a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights. It takes various forms, such as slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour and human trafficking, all of which have in common the deprivation of a person’s liberty by another in order to exploit them for personal or commercial gain.

DCE recognises that it has a responsibility under the Modern Slavery Act to take a strong approach to reject any forms of modern slavery and human trafficking. We are committed to promoting ethical business practices and policies that protect workers from being abused and exploited, both in our own business and our supply chain.

DCE is committed to limiting the risk of modern slavery occurring in our business, ensuring there is transparency in our business and in our approach to tackling modern slavery throughout our supply chain.

We expect our employees and our suppliers to share our commitment to help ensure modern slavery does not exist in our business and our supply chain.

Who We Are

A boutique Structural Engineering Consultancy, DCE has been providing responsive, collaborative and innovative structural solutions since 2015.

Our Supply Chain

Being a Consultancy, we have a relatively simple supply chain and procure services needed for our business’s day-to-day operations from preferred suppliers operating in Australia in the building industry. All of our supplier’s operations are based in Australia. We believe these suppliers have a lower risk of modern slavery occurring in their supply chains, as their operations are Australian based, they are required to comply with the Modern Slavery Act within their own supply chains.

Our Operations

We believe there is no risk of modern slavery in our directly employed workforce, as the labour market in Australia is highly regulated.

Future Developments

Going forward, we aim to continue to revise and develop our approach to modern slavery compliance to build capacity within our business to monitor and act on modern slavery risks.

Corporate Governance

DCE will continue to review our policies and procedures to ensure that we have sound governance processes in place to meet our modern slavery compliance requirements.

DCE will conduct reviews of policies, such as our Code of Conduct, to ensure inclusion of modern slavery clauses to increase employee awareness of the risks of modern slavery in our business and our supply chain.

DIRECTOR’S APPROVAL

This statement has been approved by:

Tony Dunnings
Director

MIEAust, CPEng, NER

Dated: 9 January 2023