Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement

This statement describes the steps Kaelo Global takes to identify and prevent modern slavery and human trafficking in our own work and in our supply chain. It is reviewed every year by the principals.

1. About Kaelo Global

Kaelo Global is a privately held company working from one office in Dubai, with four activities and a textile trade that buys cloth from mills in India, Indonesia, Japan and Malaysia. We own no factories. Our influence in the supply chain therefore comes from the contracts we sign, the checks we make and the length of the relationships we keep, rather than from direct control of a production site.

2. Our position

We do not tolerate modern slavery, forced labour, child labour or human trafficking, in our own work or anywhere in our supplier and partner network. The standard is practical rather than declarative. We expect every supplier and partner we work with to meet it, and we check. Where we find a problem, the first question is whether the people affected are safe, and the second is what the supplier is doing about it. Ending a contract immediately can leave workers worse off, so we decide that case by case rather than by reflex.

3. Our own workplace

• Everyone who works here does so under a written contract. We do not engage people through intermediaries we cannot see into.
• Where a recruitment fee is unavoidable in local practice, it is paid by us as the employer and never by the worker.
• Identity and travel documents stay with the person they belong to at all times.
• Working hours, wages and rest periods follow the law of the country and the standards of the industry, whichever protects the person more.
• A confidential reporting channel is open to anyone who works with us, including suppliers and partners.

4. Our supply chain

Our supplier and partner relationships, particularly in textiles, are long-standing. We prefer to keep the same partners for many years instead of rotating panels, because a standard travels through a relationship more reliably than through a single audit. Suppliers are required to:

• Confirm in writing that they meet the standards described in this statement.
• Accept periodic checks by us or by an independent third party.
• Pass these standards on to their own subcontractors and tell us about any breach they find.

5. Checks before and during a relationship

New suppliers and significant new partners are subject to written checks that include modern slavery risk. Existing relationships are reviewed in turn, findings are documented, and anything that needs correcting is followed until it is done. Where a supplier is open about a problem and fixes it, we will usually stay with them. Where a supplier conceals one, we will not.

6. Training

The principals, the people who buy and inspect cloth, and anyone who selects suppliers are trained to recognise the signs of forced labour and to know how to escalate a concern. The training is short, practical and repeated, because the signs are easy to miss when an order is running late.

7. Reporting and accountability

This statement is reviewed and approved each year by the principals. Reports of a possible breach are escalated immediately and acted on in writing. We do not publish details of individual cases, in order to protect the people involved, and the pattern of what was found is recorded in our internal annual review.

8. Contact

To raise a concern about modern slavery or human trafficking connected to Kaelo Global or any of our suppliers, write to info@kaeloglobal.com, or use the confidential channel. A concern can be raised anonymously, and it will be taken seriously either way.