Introduction
Global is committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business
dealings and relationships and to ensuring that modern slavery and human
trafficking does not take place in our business. This statement sets out the steps
we took in our last financial year to address the risks of modern slavery and
human trafficking in our organisation and supply chains.
In 2024/25 we maintained our commitment to tackling modern slavery while
laying important groundwork for future improvements, including the
consolidation of our supplier vetting process and updating key policies.
This statement is made on behalf of Global Media & Entertainment Limited
(company number: 6251684), the Global group parent company, and its UK
subsidiary companies.
Our business
The Global group of companies is one of the world’s leading media and
entertainment groups incorporating radio, outdoor advertising and our digital
advertising platform, DAX. Global has over 2000 employees worldwide and
operates in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, the USA and Monaco.
Our supply chain and due diligence
Global’s supply chain includes a wide variety of suppliers and third-party
contractors across our different business lines. Our key suppliers for the financial
year ending March 2024 supplied us with goods and services in the following
areas:
• outdoor advertising inventory
• construction, fixing and maintenance
• advertising collateral design, production and print
• radio transmission and distribution
• events and broadcasting services
• property and facilities management
• professional and consultancy advisory
• information technology hardware and software
We recognise that the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking are
highest in our outdoor advertising operations where we engage third-party
contractors in relation to the construction, maintenance and posting of
advertisements on outdoor advertising sites across the UK which include
roadside locations, airports, national rail and London Underground networks
and transport assets including trains, buses and trams. Our contractors work in
potentially hazardous environments, often at night.
Global chooses to work with suppliers that meet our own high business
standards. We partner with Alcumus to help assess the health and safety,
compliance and ethics of our suppliers. We are RISQS accredited and our
subcontractors who work for us on rail networks also go through RISQS audits,
which include slavery and human rights assessments.
During 2024/25 we collaborated with Alcumus to ensure that all on-site outdoor
subcontractors are SafeContractor accredited by Alcumus and have
provided up to date evidence of their modern slavery compliance,
strengthening our assurance that high-risk activities are carried out by suppliers
meeting our ethical and compliance standards.
Another area of risk for Global is our live events, where we engage a wide
range of suppliers and subcontractors to deliver and produce events. For these
suppliers, we carry out supplier vetting in-house and require completion of a
tailored health and safety questionnaire, which includes specific questions on
modern slavery compliance. Looking ahead, we intend to refine and further
develop this approach so that it remains responsive to evolving business needs
and industry best practice.
In addition to the due diligence which is conducted, our standard supply
contracts require our suppliers and subcontractors to comply with all
applicable laws, including the Modern Slavery Act 2015, and our Supplier
Code of Conduct, which includes provisions designed to ensure ethical
employment practices within our supply chains. In 2024/25 we updated our
Supplier Code of Conduct, strengthening our position and requirements in
relation to ethical employment.
Our policies on slavery and human trafficking
We recognise that respecting human rights is fundamental to operating a
sustainable international business. We have a strong internal policy framework
that includes equality, inclusion and health and safety policies designed to
protect our staff and people working in our supply chain.
Global has an Anti-slavery and Human Trafficking Policy. This sets out our
commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business dealings
and relationships and to ensuring that modern slavery is not taking place
anywhere in our own business or in any of our supply chains. It also sets out
Global’s core principles regarding the protection of workers from slavery and
human trafficking.
We also have a whistleblowing policy, grievance policy and other support
channels that together encourage our employees to speak up if they have
any concerns about our workplace practices. Global has a whistleblowing line
that employees and contractors can use to report unlawful behaviour in the
workplace.
Training
To ensure understanding of the risks of slavery and human trafficking in our
business and supply chains we provide online training to our Outdoor
Operations team. It explains what modern slavery is and highlights the signs
that team members should look out for and what to do if they are concerned.
The training is completed by managers in our Outdoor Operations team who
deal with our Outdoor suppliers and their workforces on a daily basis, to ensure
that they in particular are aware of the risks.
Our next steps
Following a review of the effectiveness of the steps we have taken in our last
financial year to ensure that there is no slavery or human trafficking in our
supply chains, we intend to take the following further steps:
• Conduct a group wide modern slavery risk assessment to ensure that we
have identified potential areas of vulnerability across all business units
and supply chains and use the findings to inform targeted actions.
• Further enhance monitoring of Outdoor contractor Alcumus
SafeContractor and our in-house events supplier vetting outcomes to
increase internal oversight of supplier compliance.
• Review and update our anti-slavery and human trafficking policies and
training and communicate these to employees and key suppliers.
This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act
2015 and constitutes Global’s slavery and human trafficking statement for
the financial year ending 31 March 2025. It was approved by the board on
17 September 2025.
Ben Porter, CFO
For and on behalf of
Global Media & Entertainment Limited
17 September 2025