Anti Slavery Act
Modern Slavery Transparency Statement
Modern slavery is a crime and a gross violation of fundamental human rights. INEOS has a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery and we are fully committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in our corporate activities. We are also committed to ensuring there is transparency in our own businesses and in our approach to tackling modern slavery throughout our supply chains, consistent with our disclosure obligations under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 and equivalent laws in other countries.
Our business
INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, speciality chemicals and oil products. It comprises 36 businesses each with a major chemical company heritage. Its production network spans 194 sites in 29 countries throughout the world. INEOS is a young company. It has grown to become a leading chemical company with sales today of around $61 billion.
Our businesses:
- INEOS Acetyls
- INEOS Aromatics
- INEOS Nitriles UK Limited
- INEOS Sales (UK) Limited
- Grangemouth CHP Limited
- INEOS Energy Trading Limited
- INEOS UK SNS Limited
- INEOS FPS Limited
- INEOS E&P (UK) Limited
- INOVYN Chlorvinyls Limited
- INOVYN Enterprises Limited
- INOVYN Europe Limited
- INEOS Compounds Aycliffe Limited
- INEOS Solvents Ethanol Limited
- INEOS Enterprises Group Limited
- INEOS Enterprises Holding Limited
- INEOS Commercial Services UK Limited
- INEOS Chemicals Grangemouth Limited
- INEOS Limited
Our supply chains
The majority of the INEOS’ activity is carried out in the EU and the USA which we consider to be low risk in relation to Modern Slavery. Nevertheless, INEOS recognises its responsibility and has alerted relevant staff to the risks of slavery, however small, in their businesses and across the wider supply chain. Those staff are expected and encouraged to report concerns to management, who will then act upon them.
Our policies on slavery and human trafficking
We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business. Our Anti-slavery Policy reflects our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our supply chains.
Among the other policies that we consider give us strength in avoiding modern slavery or human trafficking under the Act in our businesses are:
Anti-Bribery & Corruption policy http://www.ineos.com/information/legal/
Risk assessment and due diligence processes for slavery and human trafficking
As part of our initiative to identify and mitigate risk, over the past year we have been putting in place systems to:
- include anti-slavery checks in the due diligence process for on-boarding new suppliers
- monitor potential risk areas in our supply chains
- conduct selective supplier audits
- include due diligence regarding anti-slavery in M&A activity
- protect whistle blowers
Training
To maintain awareness and ensure a high level of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking across our businesses we have trained relevant members of staff and our Anti-slavery Policy is available to all staff.
This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes INEOS’s slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 31 December 2023 including for all of it’s in-scope subsidiaries as listed.
Signed on behalf of the INEOS Group of companies
Andrew C Currie