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 do not take place in our business or our supply chains. This statement sets out the steps we took during the financial year ending 31 March 2026 to address the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our organisation and supply chains.
In 2025/26 we maintained our commitment to tackling modern slavery while laying important groundwork for future improvements, including updating key policies.
This statement is made on behalf of Global Media & Entertainment Limited (company number: 06251684), 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, our digital advertising platform (DAX), Global Player, podcast hosting and production, and live events. Global has over 2,000 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 31 March 2026 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
• podcast production and hosting services
• live events production and staging
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 use an independent third-party accreditation and vetting service 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 2025/26 we continued to ensure that all on-site outdoor subcontractors held current SafeContractor accreditation and had 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. We are currently updating the supplier due diligence and vetting platform we use.
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. Our Supplier Code of Conduct sets out our requirements in relation to ethical employment practices within our supply chains.
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, a grievance policy and other support mechanisms through which staff and workers can raise concerns. 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:
- We are scoping a group-wide risk assessment, including obtaining proposals from external consultants, to identify potential areas of vulnerability across all business units and supply chains and to inform targeted actions.
- Complete our review and selection of a new supplier due diligence and vetting platform to maintain assurance over high-risk suppliers and subcontractors, and continue to monitor 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 2026. It was approved by the board on 25 September 2026.
Ben Porter, CFO
For and on behalf of
Global Media & Entertainment Limited
25 September 2026