At OurTread, progress should never be built at the expense of another person's freedom, safety or dignity.

We believe the products, services and business relationships behind our store should reflect a basic standard of fair treatment and respect for fundamental human rights.

This Policy explains OurTread's position on modern slavery, forced labour, human trafficking and other serious forms of exploitation connected to our activities and relevant business relationships.

1. Our Position

OurTread has zero tolerance for modern slavery and human trafficking.

We will not knowingly support, participate in or benefit from practices involving:

• Slavery or servitude

• Forced or compulsory labour

• Human trafficking

• Bonded or debt labour

• Exploitative or unlawful child labour

• Coercion or unlawful restrictions on workers' freedom

• Other serious forms of labour exploitation

Everyone involved in work should be treated with dignity and be able to work freely and lawfully.

We expect the businesses and people we work with to respect the same basic principles.

2. Who This Policy Covers

This Policy applies, where relevant, to people and organisations working for, with or on behalf of OurTread, including:

• Employees

• Directors

• Contractors

• Suppliers

• Fulfilment partners

• Service providers

• Other business partners

The nature of each relationship may differ, but our expectation of respect for fundamental human and labour rights remains consistent.

3. What Modern Slavery Means

Modern slavery can arise where a person is exploited and is unable to freely refuse or leave a situation because of coercion, threats, deception, abuse of power or another form of control.

It may include:

• Slavery

• Servitude

• Forced labour

• Human trafficking

• Other comparable forms of serious exploitation

Human trafficking can involve recruiting, transporting, transferring, harbouring or receiving people for the purpose of exploitation.

Practices of this nature have no place in the way OurTread expects business to be conducted.

4. Our Commitments

OurTread aims to operate responsibly and with integrity.

Where relevant, this means we seek to:

• Avoid knowingly doing business with organisations involved in modern slavery or trafficking

• Expect suppliers and partners to respect fundamental labour and human rights

• Take ethical conduct into account when considering relevant business relationships

• Treat credible concerns about exploitation seriously

• Review concerns where reasonably possible

• Take appropriate action when serious misconduct is identified

• Improve our approach as our business and supply relationships develop

We focus on reasonable and proportionate action rather than making claims about parts of a supply chain that we do not directly control.

5. Suppliers and Business Partners

OurTread may work with third parties including product suppliers, logistics providers, technology companies and other service partners.

We expect relevant partners to operate lawfully and ethically and to avoid practices involving forced labour, trafficking or other serious exploitation.

Where appropriate, we may review available information about a supplier or partner before beginning or continuing a relationship.

If credible information suggests that a business connected to OurTread may be involved in serious labour-rights violations, we may seek clarification and reconsider the relationship.

Depending on the circumstances, this could include:

• Requesting corrective action

• Limiting further activity

• Suspending the relationship

• Ending the relationship

6. Risk Awareness and Due Diligence

Responsible sourcing requires continued awareness rather than a one-time check.

As OurTread develops, we aim to take reasonable and proportionate steps to understand relevant risks within our business and supply relationships.

Depending on the circumstances, this may include:

• Working with established and reputable businesses

• Reviewing available supplier or partner information

• Communicating expectations concerning ethical conduct

• Considering credible labour and human-rights concerns

• Reviewing reports or concerns brought to our attention

• Reassessing relationships when serious risks emerge

The level of review may vary according to the relationship, products or services involved, and the information reasonably available to us.

7. Responsibility

Concerns about exploitation should be taken seriously, not ignored.

People working for or with OurTread are expected to:

• Act lawfully and ethically

• Avoid conduct that contributes to exploitation

• Raise credible concerns when they become aware of them

• Cooperate with reasonable enquiries into suspected violations

No one working with or on behalf of OurTread should knowingly ignore evidence of modern slavery, trafficking or serious exploitation connected to our activities.

8. Raising a Concern

If you become aware of, or reasonably suspect, modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour or another serious form of exploitation connected to OurTread or one of our relevant business relationships, please contact us.

Email: contact@ourtread.com
Phone: +44 7848479367

Please provide as much relevant information as you reasonably can.

Reports will be reviewed according to the circumstances and handled sensitively where appropriate.

Anyone raising a genuine concern in good faith should be able to do so without fear of retaliation from OurTread.

9. How We May Respond

Where a credible concern is raised, OurTread may take steps proportionate to the nature and seriousness of the issue.

These may include:

• Reviewing available information

• Requesting clarification from the relevant party

• Seeking additional evidence where appropriate

• Requiring corrective action

• Suspending or reconsidering a business relationship

• Referring serious concerns to an appropriate authority where necessary

Our response will depend on the circumstances and the level of control or influence we have over the relevant relationship.

10. Continuous Improvement

Responsible business practices should develop as the business grows.

OurTread will continue to review its approach to modern-slavery and human-rights risks as our operations, supplier relationships and international activities evolve.

This Policy may be updated when our practices, relationships or relevant requirements change.

The latest version will be published on this page.

11. Contact OurTread

For questions about this Policy or concerns relating to modern slavery or human trafficking, contact:

Email: contact@ourtread.com
Phone: +44 7848479367
Address: 36 Cranford Gardens, West Bridgford, Nottingham, England, NG2 7SE, UK

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Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC+0)

Email support is available seven days a week.

Every step forward should respect the people behind it. For OurTread, that starts with a simple principle: freedom, dignity and fair treatment should never be negotiable.