04 June 2019

To our stakeholders:

I am pleased to confirm that ESP Global Services reaffirms its support of the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact in the areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-Corruption.

In this annual Communication on Progress, we describe our actions to continually improve the integration of the Global Compact and its principles into our business strategy, culture and daily operations. We also commit to share this information with our stakeholders using our primary channels of communication.

Sincerely yours,

Andrew Jenner
Chief Executive Officer

ESP Global Services remains committed to our support of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
We have policies on Modern Slavery and Equal Opportunities, and request that all business partners comply with the same.

ESP has robust grievance and whistle blowing policies in place for the reporting of any related concerns that our staff, partners or third parties can use.

Any grievances or complaints would be handled in line with our policies.
In the last year we are delighted to announce that we received only one reported concern, which was addressed directly with the our supplier.

ESP has a policy on Modern Day Slavery, which has its own reporting mechanism in addition to our grievance and whistle blowing policies.
ESP endeavours to reward our staff fairly and within all local minimum wage thresholds to the best of our knowledge.
All staff are engaged freely and under their own will.

ESP uses the services of third party experts to deliver employment services where we do not have local HR support.
Our eSpeak initiative gives a voice to all staff to provide their feedback on any subject, that feeds back directly to senior management.
Health and safety is implemented to OHSAS18001, or the requirements of our customers if additionally stated.

Gender pay gap, and equal pay are reviewed at least once a year.
Pay reviews are carried out annually, irrespective of location.

ESP has an environmental policy in line with ISO14001.
Periodic reviews of our environmental impact our made by our Green Team.
We see environmental impact as a subject of continuous review at all levels, including the board.

Environmental impact is continuously reviewed, and any ideas received through eSpeak will be considered by senior management and fed back to the Green Team if appropriate.
Reduction of energy use, and use of lower emission vehicles are primary focuses.

The Green Team will investigate any environmental incidents, and feed corrective measures back to the board.
There have been no reported environmental incidents in the last year.
Our ISO 14001 accreditation implements routine internal auditing and an annual certifying body audit.

ESP has a robust anti bribery and corruption policy that informs our staff on how they should respond to any incident or witnessing of bribery or corruption.
We have a mechanism for the reporting of gifts.

ESP has a whistle blowing and grievance mechanism. All staff have access to senior management, the directors or the board to report any concerns about their direct line management.
ESP is a participant in the TRAC program.

Breaches of our ABC policy would follow a formal disciplinary mechanism, which would be reviewed by the directors.
There were no reported breaches of our ABC policy last year.