MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT

“Our purpose, to Create Urban Freedom for Happier Lives, is so much more than a product philosophy; it guides our ethics and our values. In pursuit of this mission, we’re fully committed to upholding the highest standards of conduct across our business and our supply chains. We firmly believe that no form of slavery, forced labour or human trafficking should exist in our operations or those of our partners. This statement outlines our ongoing efforts to identify, prevent and mitigate modern slavery risks, in line with the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015”

Head of Sustainability, Brompton Bicycle

Brompton Bicycle Limited, an introduction

As the UK’s largest bike manufacturer, we are proud to employ over 850 employees across 10 countries, 90% of which call our factory, in Greenford West London, home. Our creative teams design, manufacture, sell and lease folding bikes and associated accessories.

Our supply chains

Creating the Brompton Bicycle is a team effort and impossible without our extended global supply chains. This includes companies who supply Brompton with raw materials, parts, and finished goods, as well as those who provide services such as agency workers and professional organisations.

What is Modern Slavery:

40 million people are estimated to be trapped in Modern Slavery worldwide. Modern Slavery can take many forms of coerced labour, from human trafficking to child labour. You can learn more about Modern slavery here.

https://www.antislavery.org/

https://www.unseenuk.org/

Brompton’s position:

At Brompton, we believe that everyone, everywhere, has the right to a life free from slavery. But a statement alone won’t protect people, therefore we must take action.

Our Policies:

Brompton’s Ethical Code of Conduct sets out Brompton’s expectations for human rights and covers topics such as minimum wages, health and safety, and the prevention of slavery and human trafficking. Our Ethical Code of Conduct is based on the fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and is applicable to all supply chain partners including agencies and contractors.

Understanding risks and opportunities:

We continue to develop Brompton’s Ethical Trade audit programme to assess Supplier’s performance against our Code of Conduct. Past audit reports and continuous improvement plans helped us make informed supplier selection decisions. To date, our identified risks have related to Health and Safety improvements and improving document control.

For those individuals based closer to Brompton such as Brompton employees, contractors, and agency workers, we provide a confidential whistleblowing hotline to escalate or identify any concern.

Training and capacity building

We continued in 2023/24 to run several employee training programmes, raising awareness of Modern Slavery and Human trafficking.

What's next?

We will increase the number of onsite Ethical Trade audits to build our understanding of labour conditions. We will continue to train employees and have commissioned bespoke training for our suppliers.

Legally we have to share this update, but we also want to!

Section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires businesses, like Brompton, to produce an annual Modern Slavery statement and this constitutes the Brompton Bicycle Limited Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement for financial year 2023/24. This disclosure has been approved by our Board on 04.10.2024.

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Will Butler Adams

CEO Brompton Bicycle Limited