Modern Day Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement
DEFINITIONS
Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd. considers that modern slavery encompasses:
- Human trafficking
- Child Labour
- Forced work, through mental or physical threat
- Being owned or controlled by an employer through mental or physical abuse of the threat of abuse
- Being dehumanised, treated as a commodity or being bought or sold as property
- Being physically constrained or to have restriction placed on freedom of movement.
OUR VISION & STRUCTURE
Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd. is private limited company, registered in China with registration number: 914417007709835000. We are an SME, employing under 250 staff, all based in China.
We act as the manufacturer of portable lighting products, batons, and law enforcement accessories. At Nextorch, we began our journey with a singular vision: to light the way for those who protect and serve. Recognizing the distinctive needs of law enforcement and tactical professionals, we set out to craft solutions that address the real-world challenges these sectors face everyday. Reliability is at the core of what we do. Understanding that it's a necessity, not just a feature, we collaborate closely with industry experts during our product development and testing processes. This ensures every NEXTORCH product adheres to the highest standards of durability, performance, and functionality.
COMMITMENT
We, the Directors of Nextorch, understand that we have a moral and legal obligation to ensure our supply chain is slavery free. We are committed to managing our business in a socially responsible way and to preventing slavery and human trafficking in our business activities.
Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd. does not tolerate human trafficking, slavery or child labour within its organisation nor does it intend to engage with suppliers and subcontractors that fail to take steps to prevent these activities. Employees and third parties are encouraged to report any known or suspected conduct that runs contrary to our values and policy. Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd. will review and respond accordingly to such reported behaviour.
We periodically review the effectiveness of the relevant policies and procedures that we have in place.
These include:
Risk Assessment/Verification, Structure & Supply Chain:
We periodically assess the risks associated with our supply chain, including those of our subsidiaries. Where risk of exposure to modern slavery is identified we will undertake additional checks and may undertake a site audit of the supplier. Supplier Chain Management Procedure requires us to consider whether a supplier has a written policy barring the use of human trafficking, slavery or child labour or has certified to Nextorch that it will not engage in any such conduct when selecting its key suppliers.
All our employees are based in China we undertake robust right to work checks on all workers. The nature of our products and services and our recruiting and hiring practices are not characteristic of those typically associated with human trafficking, slavery or child labour.
Most of our suppliers are based in China and the majority of items, components and parts supplied are not of the type that would present a significant risk of human trafficking, slavery or child labour within our supply chain.
Supplier Vetting:
As part of our ISO certified management system we have implemented a supplier review process that includes identifying any suppliers that might pose exposure to modern slavery. Where risk of exposure to modern slavery is identified we will undertake additional checks and may undertake a site audit of the supplier. We communicate with our suppliers annually to remind them of their commitment to avoid & eliminate slavery and human trafficking in their supply chains.
This is included along with expectations for them to meet other Nextorch values and policies including anti-bribery, environmental sustainability, equality & diversity, health & safety, ethical business practices, quality controls, business continuity & risk mitigation.
Training:
Our staff & supply chain are made aware of the amfori BSCI Code of Conduct:
BSCI code is posted in public and we provided the training about BSCI code for all workers,
Training is reviewed annually as part of our BSCI audit.
Compliance & Remediation:
Nextorch has no knowledge of human trafficking, slavery or child labour in our supply chain, so no remediation measures have been necessary to date. Where any evidence of abuse is found, Nextorch’s compliance manager will instigate an investigation into that supply chain and pause procurement until the risk is mitigated. If a direct supplier to Nextorch, we will end the business relationship with that supplier unless it is shown that the failure was an isolated and accidental incident and that reliable measures have been put in place to avoid it being repeated. Audits will be increased for a year to make sure. If the lapse was by a supplier sub-contractor, we will expect that supplier to show evidence they are investigating and dealing with the offending sub-contractor in order to continue the business relationship.
Assessing effectiveness:
Nextorch is ISO9001 certified. Our effectiveness in combatting anti-slavery, child labour and human trafficking are reviewed in the ISO9001 annual review.
This statement is made in pursuance of Section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and will be reviewed for each financial year.
