At Learn Studios, we are dedicated to treating all people with due respect and facilitating workspaces and relationships that are safe, ethical and transparent. We strive to not pursue relationships that facilitate, endorse or encourage modern slavery practices, whether directly or indirectly. Learn Studios is committed to:

Operating its business in accordance with the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth)
Ensuring our people understand modern slavery and the risk it presents to our operations
Providing our people with appropriate avenues for reporting potential instances of modern slavery within our operations, or the operations of our suppliers and/or clients
Mitigating modern slavery risk within our operations
Eliminating potential and/or actual modern slavery practices from our operations and supply chain
Utilising the due diligence completed to date to facilitate effective action plans and ‘next steps’ in the pursuit of modern slavery risk mitigation and elimination using a proactive approach
Ensuring appropriate transparency with our people, clients, suppliers and stakeholders regarding the maturity of our modern slavery due diligence process and the findings arising from this
Enhancing our plan for measuring the effectiveness of our existing modern slavery risk framework.

The actions taken to further mature our response to modern slavery risk management in the 2021 Modern Slavery Statement include, but are not limited to, an enhanced and automated supplier due diligence process supported by a third party, further enhancements to contractual terms with our suppliers and clients to set out modern slavery obligations and expectations, and a shift from a reactive to a more proactive approach to modern slavery risk management. Learn Studios 2022 Modern Slavery Statement addresses the mandatory criteria outlined in the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth). Should you require further information outside of what is disclosed in our Modern Slavery Statement feel free to contact us.

Modern Slavery Statement

Our Commitment to Responsible Business Conduct

At our organisation, we think that ethical business practices are the key to the creation of a responsible and transparent working environment. Our modern slavery statement shows how we ensure that we do not exploit others, safeguard human rights and have accountability in our operations across the board.

Modern slavery may have a variety of forms, such as forced labour, human trafficking, debt bondage, and unfavourable working conditions. We proactively strive to stop such practices in our organisation and business associates through adoption of responsible governance and ethical sourcing.

We are acting in compliance with Modern Slavery Act 2018(Cth). Our organisation is still enhancing internal practices to recognise, evaluate and mitigate the risks of modern slavery. We want to establish a work place and supply chain that recognizes human dignity and labour rights, and are doing so through responsible partnerships and transparent practices.

Our Modern Slavery Policy

Our practice of modern slavery policy sets out a clear guideline in our effort to avoid exploitation and unethical labour practices in our operations and partners. We have a zero-tolerance policy of forced labour, trafficking or worker exploitation of any kind.

Key Principles of Our Policy

We have a number of fundamental commitments towards ethical business practices:

Encouraging fair and secure working conditions throughout our organisation
Avoiding forced labour, human trafficking, or exploitation in their employment
Promoting responsibility and openness in our groups and collaborators
Offering avenues through which to report unethical labour practices
Regularly updating our policies to comply with the regulations and ethics

These principles guarantee that our internal operations are consistent with the global human rights expectations as well as responsible business practices.

Our Response to Modern Slavery Compliance

Having modern slavery compliance is a very crucial aspect of our organisational governance. Our policies, monitoring systems, and reporting practices are put in place to make sure that we are operating in line with legal and ethical requirements.

Measures of Compliance That We Undertake

In order to enhance our compliance framework, we:

Adopt business practices that are consistent with the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth)
Train workers and stakeholders on the danger of modern slavery
Ask suppliers to work in accordance with ethical labour policies and human rights
Keep reporting mechanisms on risks to be identified
Periodically revise policies in accordance with the new compliance requirements

We have incorporated compliance into our day-to-day operations and therefore, we make sure that ethical conduct is a priority in our organisation.

Modern Slavery Risk Management

Effective modern slavery risk management implies work proactively and systematically. We understand that risks can be encountered in the operational processes and long supplier networks and that is why it is necessary to monitor it continuously.

Risk Identification and Assessment

Our risk management structure is based on vulnerability identification and preventive measures. This includes:

Due diligence of suppliers and business partners
Evaluating operations to identify possible labour risks
Risk monitoring that can occur in global supply chains
Use of third-party due diligence in cases where it is required

By doing so, we can recognise and handle any possible risks at an early stage.

Continuous Improvement

We keep on enhancing our operations to reinforce risk management through:

Improving supplier screening processes
Enhancing contractual labour standards
Enhancing internal monitoring systems transparency
Assessing the success of risk management measures

Solutions to Modern Slavery in Supply Chain

The issue of controlling modern slavery within the supply chain is a serious task. Our suppliers, contractors, and other service providers are retained in cooperation with us to embrace ethical sourcing.

Supplier Due Diligence

In order to have responsible partnerships, we:

Do risk-based supplier evaluations
Demand adherence to the standards of labour and human rights
Add clauses on ethical sourcing to the supplier contracts
Request the suppliers to uphold ethical practices within their supply chains

Accountable Supplier Partnerships

We cooperate with our suppliers to promote responsible acts. Once we have identified risks, we ensure that we engage and take corrective measures. We can also terminate partnerships, which do not comply with our ethical standards, should they become necessary.

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Transparency and Reporting

One of the components of our modern slavery statement is transparency. We make stakeholders aware of the efforts we are carrying out to reverse exploitation and enhance ethical practices.

Our reporting practices include:

Anti-slavery initiatives were publicly announced
Reporting on progress of due diligence
Stakeholders should be encouraged to report issues
Evaluating the effectiveness of prevention strategies

The practices enhance accountability and ethical business practices.

Our Ongoing Commitment

We are determined to enhance our modern slavery policy, and our understanding of ethical and responsible business practices in all spheres of our activity.

By becoming more transparent with our modern slavery statement and constantly tracking our supply chains, we are trying to play a role in a responsible business world in which human rights are upheld and preserved.

Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs)

Q1. What does a modern slavery statement mean?

A modern slavery statement is a statement issued publicly which outlines the way an organisation identifies and removes the dangers of forced labour and workforce exploitation in its operations and supply chains.

Q2. Why is a policy on modern slavery relevant to businesses?

It offers ethical principles to employment and sourcing in order to help the businesses in ensuring that the rights of workers are met and fair labour is maintained.

Q3. What is the compliance of modern slavery?

It involves the implementation of policies, supplier checks, labour practices monitoring and the adherence to the legal and ethical labour standards.

Q4. What is the risk management of modern slavery?

It consists of the recognition of the possible risks in the operations and supplier chains and adopting strategies to eliminate the exploitation of workers.

Q5. Why is it important to deal with exploitation within supply chains?

It contributes to the safety of employees, ethical sourcing, accountable and transparent business relationships.

It offers ethical principles to employment and sourcing in order to help the businesses in ensuring that the rights of workers are met and fair labour is maintained.

It involves the implementation of policies, supplier checks, labour practices monitoring and the adherence to the legal and ethical labour standards.

It consists of the recognition of the possible risks in the operations and supplier chains and adopting strategies to eliminate the exploitation of workers.

It contributes to the safety of employees, ethical sourcing, accountable and transparent business relationships.