This is the tenth annual Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement1 and Citizen remains proud of the steps we have taken to combat slavery and human trafficking and remain committed to improving our practices in this area. I can confirm that we have received no reports of slavery or human trafficking in our business or with any of our wider supply chain partners.
Citizen and its partners remain committed to a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery and human trafficking in its supply chains. We recognise our obligations in identifying, targeting and preventing slavery and human trafficking and we understand that everyone has a role to play to eliminate this.
Our approach to tackling slavery and human trafficking involves -
• Ensuring we have an up-to-date Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy.
Training our staff to understand our policy and procedures for identifying and reporting modern slavery.
We undertake due diligence in appointing contractors and suppliers.
It is for these reasons that we believe our working practices to be adequate and as such our statement remains similar to those issued in previous years.
Our previous statements will be available on request.
Citizen undertakes a range of community and social based activities, including housing, regeneration, community development and care. We employ over 1,000 members of staff and manage more than 30,000 homes across Birmingham, Coventry, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and the wider West Midlands.
1 previous statements published as WM Housing Group Limited
POLICY STATEMENT Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement
Version : 10 Author(s) : Kevin Rodgers Approved at/by: Citizen Board
Date: March 2025 Page 1 of 5 Date of review: March 2026
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