Erklärung zur modernen Sklaverei

Einleitung

This statement is made on behalf of Gleneagles Hotel Limited (trading as “Gleneagles”) and sets out to understand all potential modern slavery risks related to its business and to put in place steps that are aimed at ensuring that there is no slavery or human trafficking in its own business and its supply chains. This statement relates to actions and activities during the financial year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

As part of the hospitality industry, we recognise that we have a responsibility to take a robust approach to slavery and human trafficking, and we continue to take this responsibility very seriously.

Our organisation is absolutely committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in its all its activities and endeavours, and to ensuring its supply chains are free from slavery and human trafficking.

Organisatorische Struktur und Lieferketten

Diese Erklärung bezieht sich auf die Tätigkeit von Gleneagles.

Gleneagles is a global brand which operates two leading properties focused on luxury hospitality and adventure – The Gleneagles Hotel and sporting estate in Auchterarder, and Gleneagles Townhouse, a hotel and members’ club in Edinburgh.

With circa 1,500 employees, its operation encompasses two sites, three golf courses, multiple bars and restaurants, as well as wellness and beauty facilities and an outdoor leisure offering spanning many different activities.

We recognise that modern slavery offences might arise both within our own operations and, due to the nature of our business, within our supply chains, and we carry out a regular risk assessment to identify and address these risks.

Relevante Richtlinien und Verfahren

We operate the following policies and procedures that describe our approach to the identification of modern slavery risks and steps taken to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our operations.

• Whistleblowing policy We encourage all our employees to report any concerns related to the direct activities, or the supply chains of, our organisation. This includes any circumstances that may give rise to an enhanced risk of slavery or human trafficking. Our whistleblowing procedure is designed to make it easy for employees to make disclosures, without fear of retaliation. Employees who have concerns can use our confidential helpline.
• Verhaltenskodex für Mitarbeiter: Unser Kodex verdeutlicht den Mitarbeitern, welche Handlungen und Verhaltensweisen von ihnen erwartet werden, wenn sie unser Unternehmen vertreten. Wir sind bestrebt, die höchsten Standards für das Verhalten unserer Mitarbeiter und für ethisches Verhalten einzuhalten.
• Grievance policy

Our grievance procedure provides employees with a formal channel to raise serious workplace problems and complaints – including those pertaining to unfair or illegal treatment of themselves or others – leading to a fair and impartial investigation and resulting in a resolution.

• Culture of care framework In building a culture of care, where every single employee is treated with respect and kindness, we introduced a new care framework in 2023, Moments that Matter. The framework provides our employees with a robust range of health and wellbeing support services, including 1:1 confidential counselling. This offers another means for individuals to raise concerns or grievances relating to themselves or others, both in and outside the workplace.
• Verhaltenskodex für Lieferanten/Beschaffung: Wir verpflichten uns, sicherzustellen, dass unsere Lieferanten die höchsten ethischen Standards einhalten. Lieferanten müssen nachweisen, dass sie dort, wo es notwendig ist, für sichere Arbeitsbedingungen sorgen, Arbeitnehmer mit Würde und Respekt behandeln und beim Einsatz von Arbeitskräften ethisch und gesetzeskonform handeln. Wir arbeiten mit unseren Lieferanten zusammen, um sicherzustellen, dass sie die Standards des Kodex einhalten und die Arbeitsbedingungen ihrer Mitarbeiter verbessern. Schwerwiegende Verstöße gegen unseren Verhaltenskodex für Lieferanten führen jedoch zur Beendigung der Geschäftsbeziehung.
• Recruitment policy – we conduct mandatory Right to Work checks on every single employee who joins our business. We also conduct a monthly Right to Work audit to ensure all current employees continue to have the eligibility to work in the UK, so as to mitigate the risk of human trafficking or of such individuals being forced to work against their will.
• Agency Workers policy We use only specified, reputable employment agencies to source labour and always verify the practices of any new agency before accepting temporary workers from them. Having used agencies to source short term labour over this past year, we ensured that the external partner was suitably vetted in advance and that all employees had a Right to Work in the UK before being assigned to work within our business.

Sorgfaltspflicht

Wir führen eine Due-Diligence-Prüfung durch, wenn wir neue Lieferanten in Erwägung ziehen, und überprüfen unsere bestehenden Lieferanten. Diese Überprüfungen umfassen:

• eine umfassende Abbildung der Lieferkette, um bestimmte produktbezogene oder geografische Risiken der modernen Sklaverei und des Menschenhandels zu bewerten;
• Bewertung der Risiken der modernen Sklaverei und des Menschenhandels bei jedem neuen Lieferanten;
• regelmäßige Überprüfung aller Aspekte der Lieferkette auf der Grundlage der Abbildung der Lieferkette;

Leistungsindikatoren

Wir haben unsere wichtigsten Leistungsindikatoren (KPIs) überprüft. Das Ergebnis lautet wie folgt:

• Alle Mitarbeiter innerhalb unserer Unternehmens müssen jedes Jahr eine Online-Schulung zum Thema moderne Sklaverei absolvieren.
• a system through our purchasing standard terms and conditions and supplier code of conduct to strengthen supply chain verification, where we evaluate potential suppliers before they enter the supply chain.
• continual review of our existing supply chains, whereby we will evaluate all existing suppliers through supplier engagement meetings, on site visits and through our purchasing standard terms and conditions.

We assess the effectiveness of these steps annually and use the findings to shape our approach for the following year.

Schulung

All employees are assigned a modern slavery training course when they join us and are required to complete this as part of their mandatory onboarding eLearning. They are required to repeat this training every three years.

Our modern slavery training for employees covers:

• understanding what modern slavery is, and what forms it can take
• the extent of the issue worldwide
• the importance of looking out for signs of modern slavery
• how to recognise potential signs of modern slavery
• understanding that modern slavery can involve both guests and colleagues in
• what to do if a potential case of modern slavery is suspected or witnessed
• how to be proactive vigilant against this form of criminal activity

Our modern slavery training for managers covers:

• being able to define modern slavery
• understanding more about victims of modern slavery
• understanding more about perpetrators of modern slavery
• being able to identify signs of modern slavery
• knowing how to manage a potential incident of modern slavery
• being able to create and disseminate a modern slavery statement
• understanding what malpractice looks like in suppliers and know how to avoid it

This statement is published on our website, with a link in a prominent place on our homepage.

This statement was approved on 7th August 2026 by our Board of Directors, who review and update it annually.

Conor O’Leary, Managing Director, for and on behalf of the Board of Directors.