ERM Modern Slavery Statement 2018
Note: This Statement is made pursuant to section 54(i) of the UK Modern Slavery Act
2015 and constitutes the Modern Slavery Statement 2018 for ERM Worldwide GroupLtd and its global subsidiaries.

This Statement is ERM’s third Modern Slavery Statementand
should be read in conjunction with our previous Statements andour Slavery, Child Labour and Human Trafficking Policy. ERM
continues to be a strongsupporter of ethical business conduct
in our operationsand supply chains and the international effort
to abolish all forms of modern slavery. Below we describe thespecific actions we have taken in the past fiscal year and note
our next steps on this topic planned for the fiscal year ending 31
March 2019.
1.0 Summary of Actions taken during fiscal year ending 31
March, 2018
In the fiscal year ending 31 March 2018, the specific actions taken to
progress our efforts are as follows:

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We made the decision to implement a global anonymous
reporting system so that concerns about our business
operations, including modern slavery and any other form of
unethical business conduct, can be reported to us without fear ofretaliation;
We established a supplier/subcontractor task force to perform anin-depth analysis of ERM’s operations with the purpose ofdeveloping improved policies, procedures, and systems related
to our own supply chain;
We began development of a mandatory online training module
for our employees regarding modern slavery, with the aim torollout a training pertinent to our specific industry and operationsin the next fiscal year; and,In addition to our work for clients on modern slavery matters,
ERM participated in a number of external engagements related
to modern slavery in the last year. Examples include:participation in the Working Group on Modern Slavery facilitatedby the UK chapter of the United Nations Global Compact andactive engagement with the World Business Council on
Sustainable Development (WBCSD) on Human Rights.
Commenced development of a separate and specific Supplier
Code of Business Conduct & Ethics to be used as part of our
supply chain process (with explicit requirements, in relation tomodern slavery concerns (“Supplier Code”).

2.0 Our Business
ERM is a leading global provider of sustainability consultancy
services, including environmental, health, safety, risk, social andhuman rights consulting services. As a professional services firm thathas operated for almost half a century, our people are our greatest

The business of sustainability

asset. We have more than 160 offices in over 40 countries andterritories.
The Board of Directors and Executive Committee are ERM's
highest governing bodies. Our operational and governancestructure is further detailed on erm.com in the section about us/
who we are and in our ERM Sustainability Report 2018. While
our business is structured on a corporate model and is not apartnership in the legal sense, we use the term “Partner” todesignate our top executives and leaders. ERM is led byapproximately 550 Partners and at any given time, we have
between 4,500 to 5,000 people working on projects for clientsaround the world.
We provide both office-based services and on-site work all over theworld. Our work takes us to manufacturing plants, construction
sites, mine sites, offshore and onshore rigs, agricultural and ruralareas.
We provide services to clients in many countries and in all types ofindustries, with a focus on the following key sectors: Oil and Gas,
Mining, Power, Manufacturing, Technology, Media andTelecommunications, Chemical and Pharmaceutical, and Banking
and Finance.
As part of our work, we also act as advisors to multi-national
corporations on human rights, UN Global Compact initiatives,
OECD standards, and the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs). ERM has seen a significant increase in the work we do withour clients to help them understand where risks of human rights
abuses may appear in their operations or supply chains, how they
can improve their performance to avoid these risks from occurring,
and/or how they might remedy any cases if discovered.
3.0 Our Supply Chain
Our supply chains include various forms of capital (human, financialand physical), and goods and services. As a professional services
firm, our people (human capital) are our greatest asset. Financial
capital enables us to grow our business, while physical capital
includes our 160 offices and site-based facilities. We require goodsand services for our global offices and to support our delivery ofprojects to clients, including travel management, technical andpersonal protection equipment, office and IT equipment, facilities andmaintenance providers as well as specialist support fromsubcontractors.
We acknowledge the challenges of respecting human rights
throughout our supply chain and are committed to working with oursuppliers and business partners to adopt and follow principles andstandards similar to ERM’s.

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■ Continue to expand and improve subcontractor management inBecause ERM is a services company and not a products company,
we have decided to focus our modern slavery efforts on
subcontracted services as they are our primary supply chain. As
noted previously, supply chain management of our subcontractors
continues to be a key focus for us and in the past fiscal year a task
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the many jurisdictions where we have offices; and■ Work with clients and maintain active involvement in industry
forums and working groups to promote the elimination of slavery
around the world.

Our Policies

We will provide details on progress made and our performance innext year’s Statement.

Our Slavery, Child Labour and Human Trafficking Policy is in linewith the terminology of the Modern Slavery Act. Accordingly, our policy
prohibits the use of child or forced labour in our business and any
involvement by ERM with organisations that support prohibited labour
practices or human trafficking. This policy works in conjunction withERM’s Vision and Values and Code of Business Conduct andEthics.

We reaffirm and recommit to our goal as stated last year: ERM iscommitted to the goal of respect for human rights and a world free ofslavery, and in furtherance of this goal, we will make efforts thatextend beyond our own immediate organizational interests. Not only
will we continue to set internal goals, we will also participate inbuilding external standards and providing education so thatmomentum not only builds in our sphere of business influence but
beyond, fully aligned with our purpose of shaping a more sustainable
future with the world’s leading organisations.

ERM’s Sustainability Policy and Sustainability Approach articulate
our commitments to sustainability, and ERM became asignatory of theUN Global Compact in 2011. As part of our ongoing support for theprotection of international human rights, we have continued to use ourUN commitment and other international developments as a basis toimprove our policies, procedures, andapproach to business. Ourpolicy framework and corporate governance disclosures are mappedin ERM’s 2018 Sustainability Report to the Global Reporting
Initiative (GRI) Index and also to the Ten Principles of the UN Global
Compact, which include points on anti-corruption and human rights,
along with further details of operational and governance structure.

Signed on behalf of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee:

Keryn James
Our Partners use our vision, values, policies, and internal governancearrangements to lead an ERM culture based on sustainability
principles, including fair labour and human rights. Our ability to attract,develop, reward and retain talented employees is central to ourbusiness strategy and vital to our future. As part of ERM’s new
corporate Strategy, which we started rolling out in May 2016, weupdated our values to include ‘caring for our people’ to underline theabsolute priority that we have always maintained for the safety andhealth of our employees, as well as our strong focus on the growthand development of our employees. ERM strives to provide a workenvironment where all employees have an equal opportunity to reach
their full potential and contribute to our success.

Group Chief Executive
Signed: November 2018 for the financial year 2018 (1 April 2017
to 31 March 2018) for ERM Worldwide Group Ltd and its global
subsidiaries

5.0 Our Next Steps for the fiscal year ending 31 March 2019
We have already accomplished certain of our goals for the new fiscal
year relating to modern slavery. In August 2018, we introduced ourmandatory modern slavery online learning module to all employees
and we also rolled out our global reporting line. Both of theseachievements will be fully discussed in next year’s statement. For theremainder of this fiscal year, we will:■ Complete and issue the Supplier Code of Business Conduct andEthics to be used as part of our supply chain process, andintroduce it into operations;■ Revise our internal policies and procedures on subcontractor
management in line with the Supplier Code, and introduce ournew policies and procedures.
■ Continue to do geographic corruption risk assessments focusedon high risk areas, and encompassing modern slavery risk;
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