Ethics
Modern Slavery Policy
DCPNET LTD's voluntary statement on modern slavery and human trafficking.
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Statutory status
Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires commercial organisations carrying on business in the UK with an annual turnover of £36 million or more to publish an annual slavery and human-trafficking statement. DCPNET LTD does not meet that threshold and is therefore not legally required to publish a statement.
We publish this policy voluntarily because we believe small operators should still set out a clear position on the issue.
Our commitment
DCPNET LTD has a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery, forced labour, child labour, and human trafficking, in our own operations and in the people and businesses we work with. We expect every supplier and contractor to take a similar position.
Our business
DCPNET LTD is a small UK-registered company building software services, including Food Info. We have a small team operating remotely in the United Kingdom; we do not manufacture physical goods, do not rely on warehouse, factory or agricultural labour, and do not source raw materials. Our supply chain is short and almost entirely digital.
Our supply chain
Our supply chain consists primarily of:
- Cloud-infrastructure providers (compute, storage, content delivery, email).
- Software-as-a-service tools used for development, communication, and accounting.
- Open-source software libraries, see the licence inventory in the third-party licences page.
- Public datasets, principally the U.S. Department of Agriculture's FoodData Central.
Each of our infrastructure suppliers is itself subject to the s.54 reporting threshold and publishes its own modern-slavery statement.
Due diligence
- We choose suppliers headquartered in jurisdictions with mature labour-rights enforcement.
- Where a supplier publishes a modern-slavery statement, we read it before contracting.
- If credible concerns about a supplier emerge, we will replace them.
- Anyone working with us, staff, contractors, or external collaborators, is paid at or above the relevant statutory minimum and is free to raise concerns confidentially.
Reporting concerns
If you have any concerns relating to this policy or to anyone working in or for DCPNET LTD, please contact
The UK Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline (08000 121 700) is also available 24/7 for anyone who suspects modern slavery in the UK, regardless of their relationship with us.