This Modern Slavery Statement (Statement) expresses the commitment of DingGo AU Pty Ltd (DingGo) to limiting the risk of modern slavery occurring in its business, and promoting transparency in its approach to addressing the risk of modern slavery in its supply chain.
Introduction
DingGo is not required to comply with the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth). However, as a values based company DingGo is strongly opposed to any form of practice that might constitute modern slavery, whether in its own business or the businesses of its suppliers.
For the purposes of this Statement, ‘modern slavery’ includes the following practices:
- trafficking in persons – the recruitment, harbouring and movement of a person for the purposes of exploitation through modern slavery,
- slavery – where the offender exercises powers of ownership over the victim,
- servitude – where the victim’s personal freedom is significantly restricted, and they are not free to stop working or leave their place of work,
- forced labour – where the victim is either not free to stop working or not free to leave their place of work,
- debt bondage – where the victim’s services are pledged as security for a debt and the debt is manifestly excessive or the victim’s services are not applied to liquidate the debt, or the length and nature of the services are not limited and defined, and
- deceptive recruiting for labour or services – where the victim is deceived about whether they will be exploited through a type of modern slavery.
DingGo’s business
DingGo is an Australian technology company that operates a digital platform offering:
- smash repair services to retail customers, and
- end-to-end fleet vehicle repair services to corporate customers.
DingGo operates its business in Australia and New Zealand and employs workers in Australia to support those operations. DingGo’s Australian employees are engaged on terms that it believes are reflective of and commensurate with employment conditions and practices of comparable Australian businesses.
DingGo’s supply chain
DingGo’s business engages a range of suppliers in Australia and New Zealand. DingGo believes these suppliers have a lower risk of modern slavery occurring within their businesses or supply chains, as:
- these suppliers’ operations are based in Australia and New Zealand, and
- these suppliers are not involved in providing products that would generally be considered as high risk from a modern slavery perspective.
DingGo’s governance framework
DingGo expects its suppliers to share its commitments in relation to modern slavery as expressed in this Statement.
That expectation is reflected in the following measures that DingGo is in the process of implementing:
- providing all new and existing suppliers with a copy of this Statement,
- requiring all new and existing suppliers to confirm that:
- they don't use any form of forced, compulsory or slave labour,
- their employees work voluntarily and are entitled to leave work,
- they provide each employee with an employment contract that contains a reasonable notice period for terminating their employment,
- they don't require employees to post a deposit or bond and don't withhold employees’ salaries for any illegitimate reason, and
- they don't require employees to surrender their passports or work permits as a condition of employment
- updating its standard procurement agreements to include contractual obligations to address modern slavery compliance so that all new suppliers commit to adhering to the new modern slavery requirements (whether or not they are required to comply with the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth)).
Shaun Janks
CEO
