LUPC is pleased to publish its eleventh Modern Slavery Statement outlining our approach to identifying and mitigating modern slavery risks, actions taken in the 2024-2025 financial year, and future goals for 2025-2026.

LUPC remains committed to supporting international human and labour rights standards, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and the UK Government’s National Action Plan to implement the UNGPs.

This statement is designed to satisfy the requirements of Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA), by informing members, staff, and public stakeholders about LUPC policies, approach and actions to identify, prevent and mitigate human and labour rights violations in its supply chains. It is written according to the guidelines provided in the Home Office’s Transparency in Supply Chains (TISC) Statutory guidance published in March 2025.

Although LUPC is not legally required to publish a statement, it has chosen to do so due to its significant member spend on LUPC frameworks by UKUPC members of approximately £174m. This aligns with our strategic goal of leading in responsible procurement.

Building on the roll out the RP Hub to suppliers in this reporting year, our goals for the next reporting year include:

• Piloting data contribution on Open Supply Hub for one framework agreement
• Rolling out the Member View of framework agreement supplier reports on LUPC’s RP Hub
• Exploring a Member offer which will allow administration of the supplier due diligence questionnaire with Members’ direct suppliers

All of our modern slavery statements can be found on the Responsibility & Accreditation section of LUPC’s website here.

If you have any questions about the Statement or if you would like help writing your own, please contact Mags Shapiro.