2022 Modern
Slavery Act
Statement

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Strength and specialisation
At Informa, our driving purpose is to champion specialists: to help businesses and professionals in
specialist markets worldwide to learn more, know more and do more. We are focused on, and proud of,the positive impact created by the knowledge and connections Informa delivers.
2022 was a year of opportunity and positive change
as many of our markets, and especially our live
events, began to return to pre-pandemic levelsof activity.
Our areas of focus in the past few years - growing
and investing in our digital services, supporting ourtalented colleagues and deepening our relationships
with customers - have enabled us to make the mostof the opportunities open to us. We have also
completed the first year of our Growth Acceleration
Plan 2, making good progress on our ambition
to grow further, faster and sustainably throughdeepening our focus on specialist markets, andaccelerating the pace and rate of digitalisation.
Supporting colleagues remains a priority for us.
Our teams have shown great agility and engagement
through the broader challenges of the last few years,
and we actively foster a culture and environment inwhich everyone feels they belong and can thrive.
We recognise that, unfortunately, this is not the casein every workplace in the world or in every market,
particularly in a time of macro-economic challenge.

It is important that we continue to work to ensure,as far as possible, that modern slavery, child labourand human trafficking does not take place anywherein our operations or in our supply chain, looking toengage with partners and suppliers who reflect ourvalues and commitments as a responsible business.
In addition, Informa’s role as a leading international
events, digital services and academic knowledge
Group, gives us both a role and valuable perspective,
and we support broader efforts in our markets,
industries and through our research publications
to understand and work towards the eliminationof modern slavery from business.
This report shares an overview of our commitments,
governance, processes and the positive contributions
we seek to make. We welcome any questions
or feedback.

Stephen A. Carter
Group Chief Executive

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About this statement
This statement is structured according to the recommendations of the UK statutory guidanceTransparency in Supply Chains: a practical guide.
1. Organisational structure and supply chains – information on ourbusiness structures, our divisions, colleagues, and supply chains
2. Policies – our Code of Conduct and policies relating to modern slavery
3. Due diligence – our due diligence processes related to the identificationand control of modern slavery risk
4. Risk assessment and management – our risk assessment processes, theareas of our business and supply chain where we have identified potential
modern slavery risk, and the action we take to manage these risks
5. Effectiveness – the methods we use to assess the effectiveness of
our programme, including monitoring, audit, reporting and key
performance indicators
6. Training – details of the training provided to colleagues on the topic
of modern slavery
7. Engagement in broader global modern slavery efforts – ourengagement in the global work undertaken to combat modern slavery,
including research, publications and industry engagement

About this statement
This document comprises Informa’s annual Modern Slavery Statement for the financial
year ending 31st December 2022. It is published in accordance with the UK Modern Slavery
Act 2015 and is a record of the actions taken by Informa Group Plc and its subsidiaries toprevent modern slavery, forced labour and human trafficking from its business operations
and supply chain.
This Statement was approved by the Board of Directors of Informa Plc in June 2023 and ismade on behalf of Informa Plc and all applicable subsidiaries, where the activities form partof the supply chain or business of Informa as a parent company. This includes Informa UK
Limited, Informa Connect Limited; the full list of our subsidiaries can be found in Informa’s
2022 Annual Report.

Governance of modern slavery programmeInforma’s modern slavery programme is overseen by the Group and Divisional Compliancefunctions under the Head of Group Compliance. It is supported by Group functions
including Legal, Sustainability, Human Resources and Internal Audit, and continues to be
executed by operational and procurement teams in the Divisions. The Group GeneralCounsel has oversight of the programme at the Executive Management Team level.
The programme sits within our wider Human Rights programme and forms part ofthe broader work we do to support and promote responsible business. We operate incompliance with local laws, are committed to respecting internationally recognised humanrights standards, guided by the United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human
Rights, the International Bill of Human Rights and the International Labour Organisation’s
Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights to Work.

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About Informa: our organisational structure
Informa’s purpose is to champion the specialist, connecting people, connecting knowledge and connecting ideas.
Informa operates in the Knowledge and Information
Economy, focusing on two markets: academic
markets and business to business markets. We deliver
specialist products and services including cutting edge
research and researcher services, alongside live andon-demand events, specialist media and content andB2B digital and data-driven services.
Informa is listed on the London Stock Exchange
and is a member of the FTSE 100 group of companies,
with revenues of £2,262m in 2022.

Our colleagues
At the end of 2022, Informa employed around 11,000
colleagues located in 35 countries, supported by justover 4,000 contracted workers.
These contracted workers include researchers andanalysts, subject matter experts acting as contributors
or editors to our journals, those engaged in live event
delivery and other professionals including those
helping to provide managed technology services.
We follow a set of consistent recruitment principles
to ensure fairness and the avoidance of bias during
recruitment, to ensure we continue to attract adiverse workforce.

Our divisions
Informa is structured as four operating divisions and one support division, which houses our group functions
and shared operations. Our operating divisions serve two markets: Academic Markets and B2B Markets.
Informa Connect: creates content-focused and content-rich live and on-demand experiences,
digital media, accredited training and B2B digital services that enable specialist markets andprofessional communities to convene, learn and network.
Informa Markets: enables businesses to trade, innovate and grow, helping buyers and suppliersin specialist markets worldwide to connect with customers and audiences through on-demandand large-scale live events, digital marketplaces and B2B digital services.
Informa Tech: sits at the heart of the global technology community, delivering B2B market
insight and access through research, media training, live and on-demand events, and digitaldemand generation services.
Taylor & Francis: supports, validates, publishes and connects the work of academic researchersand other knowledge makers around the world, ensuring high-quality research can make thefullest contribution and impact possible.
Global Support: underpinning the other divisions, Global Support enables each operating
division and comprises Informa’s Group functions and Group Operations.
In 2022, Informa divested its three Informa Intelligence businesses.

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Informa’s business partners and supply chain
During 2022, Informa worked with more than 33,000 business partners in over 150 countries
to deliver our products and services and keep our operations running successfully.
Our aim is to form close, trusted and sustainable
relationships of mutual benefit where possible.
We expect our suppliers to work in a way that aligns
with our own standards and guiding principles.
The services and areas in which we most commonly
worked with suppliers in 2022 include:

Event venues and construction

Subject matter experts, speakers, partnerships

IT software, data and hosting

Professional services

Marketing, promotion and advertising

Print, print management and distribution

An overview of the geographic spread of these
supplier partnerships is included in our
Geographic risk section.

Supplier relationship management
Supplier management is overseen and supportedby specialist teams and individuals in the divisions,
who work alongside Legal and other functions tomanage our key business partnerships.

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Our Code of Conduct and Policies
Informa’s Code of Conduct and associated policies describe the processes andpolicy commitments that support our Modern Slavery programme.
Informa’s Code of Conduct and Global Policies areavailable online and on our intranet. The content
of our Code and associated Global Policies that
support it are reviewed by subject matter experts
on a regular basis, with input from our internal Legalteam and external specialist advisors, as required.
Significant changes to policy are discussed andapproved at Group committee level.
Our modern slavery, child and forced labour
content was developed with input from anexternal expert on Human Rights and addresses
the areas of potential risk that are most relevant
to Informa’s business.

Our Global Human Rights Policy
In 2022, we centralised our existing commitments
around Human Rights and details on risk assessments
and remedy into a Global Human Rights Policy, which
can be viewed here.
The policy, developed with input from external
human rights specialists, focuses on the aspects of
Human Rights of greatest specific applicability to
Informa’s colleagues, communities and operations.

Our Code of Conduct
Informa’s Code of Conduct, How we work at Informa,provides clear information on our core commitments
and expectations of behaviours and business practice,
set in the context of Informa’s Guiding Principles.
The Code includes our commitment to respect
internationally recognised human rights and a detailed
section on modern slavery and child labour which
includes our intent to seek to eliminate modern slavery,
human trafficking, forced and child labour from ourbusiness and supply chain, together with requirements
for colleagues engaging in recruitment, procurement orwhen working off-site.
The Code of Conduct applies to everyone who works
for Informa or on our behalf, including both permanentcolleagues and temporary or contract workers.
Our Code of Conduct is available here.

Our Global Sustainability Policy
Informa’s Global Sustainability Policy brings together
our policy and commitments on our environmental
and social activities and impacts. It includes specificrequirements for colleagues and partners engaged
in procurement and recruitment.

Our Business Partner Code of Conduct
Our Business Partner Code of Conduct is applicable
to all Informa’s business partners, including our
suppliers, contractors and agents. The Business Partner
Code, available in eight languages, contains sections on
modern slavery and on child labour, and is aligned toour colleague Code of Conduct.
Business Partners must not engage in, work withor subcontract to any third party that engages in theuse of forced labour, child labour or any labour thatmakes use of human trafficking or restricts freedomof movement.

Speak Up – our whistleblowing policy
Guidance on contacting our whistleblowing line, Speak
Up, and on protections for those who report is included
in all our Global Policies and both our Code of Conduct
and Business Partner Code of Conduct.
Our Speak Up Policy provides additional detail about all
the reporting channels available, and the investigations
process. All colleagues and business partners areable to access Speak Up. Further information on ourwhistleblowing provision can be read later in thisstatement.

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Due diligence
Supplier relationship management& due diligence
We take a tailored approach to the management ofthese relationships, determined by the risk prioritiesof the Division owning the supplier relationship.
Additional audits, enhanced due diligence andexecutive level oversight are applied to our mostimportant relationships.
Our enhanced due diligence processes include
checks on compliance, social responsibility and antiexploitation of labour and we also seek to identify
other factors, such as financial dependency on thebusiness relationship, that might enhance the riskof modern slavery or other labour abuses.
Partners, including suppliers, contractors andagents, are expected to comply with the standards
set out in Informa’s Business Partner Code of
Conduct, which is built into our formal procurement
processes. We reserve the right to terminate any
contract if non-compliance is discovered and isrepeated, severe or cannot be resolved.

Due diligence on modern slavery, environmental
and governance matters is incorporated
into procurement processes to support andmanage our relationships with key companywide technology suppliers. The processes,
which include tendering and contract renewal,
are designed to ensure our major technology
partners are aligned and meeting the standards
we would expect.
The modern slavery and human rights
questionnaire used by the Journals Production
team was reissued to their suppliers in 2022,
as part of an annual process to re-confirm
responses. Suppliers wishing to partner withthe team in 2022 were pre-screened, andthose incompatible with Informa’s position on
corporate and social responsibility were notinvited to continue with the process.

Recruitment due diligence
Colleagues recruited to Informa are subject toidentity checks and confirmation of their right towork in that location as part of the onboarding
processes, including age and citizenship statuschecks where this is applicable.

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Assessing & managing modern slavery risk
For all companies, risks arise as a natural consequence of doing business. As a company, we set out to identify and understandthe risks we face as a Group and to develop and deploy effective and appropriate risk strategies to manage them.
The most significant part of our modern slavery
programme is the process by which we identify our riskof modern slavery, assess its likelihood and potential
impact, and identify and deploy multiple means ofmanaging or reducing the risk that it may occur.

Risk identification and assessment
Informa aims to take a balanced approach to risk: toidentify and understand risk through the assessmentof our strategy, operations and commercial activity.
The assessment, management and oversight of risk
at Informa is a continuous activity and is delivered
through an established enterprise risk management
framework, which is described in more detail in our
Annual Report.
We analyse risk against a set of financial and nonfinancial assessment criteria, considering bothlikelihood and impact. In our assessment of the riskof exposure to modern slavery in Informa’s operations
and supply chain, we overlay the broader Group Risk
management processes with modern slavery-specificconsiderations, seen from the perspective of the rights
holders and with consideration of remedy. Sources ofdata used to assess our modern slavery risk include
the Global Slavery Index, the US Trafficking in Persons
report and the Freedom in the World Report.

The following key risk indicators are considered:• Industry sector, including the type of product or service supplied and workforce requirements• Geography, including location of key operations, offices, venues•	Nature of the supplier relationship, recognising that more significant or longer-term engagements
provide us with greater opportunity to influence, monitor and support•	Local / national regulatory or legal compliance•	Supplier activity including evidence of a compliance and/or human rights programme or similarcommitments or actions
Final assessment of the specific risks attached to the supplier relationship is dependent on theinterrelationship between these indicators, where one factor may significantly mitigate another.

Group Human Rights Risk Assessment
In 2022, Informa completed its second group-level Human Rights Risk Assessment to identify the key
sources of human-rights related risk for Informa, its colleagues and value chain.
The assessment engaged with teams in key functional areas across the Group to understand, map andprioritise potential areas of risk. Areas of focus included labour practices, including modern slavery andchild labour, and progress since the previous risk assessment. The assessment was conducted in linewith the framework established in the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights,
and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
The findings were used to confirm the content of Informa’s new Human Rights Policy, and will be used
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Low

Moderate

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We review our analysis of our geographical risk
annually to determine the relative risk of modern
slavery and forced labour in the countries andregions in which Informa’s colleagues and business
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2022

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11,000+ colleagues in
36 countries

33,000 suppliers inover 150 countries

92% of colleagues inlocations assessed as
low or moderate riskof modern slavery

93% of procurement
spend with suppliers
in locations assessed as
low or moderate risk

Very high risk

78% of our permanent colleague population is
located in countries with the lowest incidence ofmodern slavery, including United Kingdom, UnitedStates, Canada and Japan; colleagues in locations
assessed as moderate, including Singapore, makeup a further 14%.
1% of our colleagues are located in countries
identified by our reference sources as having a very
high risk of modern slavery or forced labour, including
Thailand and the Philippines. The nature of Informa’s
business in these locations means that most of ourcolleagues are professionally qualified or specialists
in their role, and work in more advanced fields than is
typical for those at risk of modern slavery.

93% of our procurement expenditure took place inlocations identified as having low or moderate riskof modern slavery, according to our assessment
criteria and sources.
Our expenditure in locations assessed as very highrisk stands at 1%, which includes expenditureassociated with our events in Thailand and thePhilippines. We continue to monitor and manage
the risk associated with partnerships in theselocations, including targeted risk management forour most significant ongoing partnerships. Other
suppliers include academics, subject matter experts
and speakers at our events, and the local offices ofglobal professional services firms, which are roles
and partners that tend to be at a lower riskof modern slavery.

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Industry sector risk: areas of focus
Informa’s businesses and products are supported by a broad variety of partners representing industries with a range of
exposure to the risk of labour rights abuses.

SectorServices or products supplied

Timber & forestry

Paper and card used in printed material and officesupplies; timber used in stand construction for events

Construction

Build and take down of exhibition stands; venue
development including temporary structures; officemaintenance and upgrade

Hospitality & venues

Manufacturing

MiningServices

Use of exhibition centres, hotels and other venues tohost events and for the accommodation of colleagues
and event attendees
Manufacture of small marketing materials, including
lanyards; print production; technology including IT
hardware, reusable stands
Extracted minerals and metals used in extended
supply chain, including reusable stands for events,
IT hardware, printing and office supplies
Service suppliers to Informa’s offices and events,
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Risk management and mitigation
Informa uses a range of actions to help address the risk of modern slavery
occurring in our business operations or supply chains.
Our risk management, control and mitigation
actions include:•	Embedding the requirement to comply with theBusiness Partner Code of Conduct in tendering
processes, standard contracts and frameworkagreements across the Group•	Use of hotel venue providers with established anti
modern slavery and trafficking programmes•	Inclusion of clauses that prohibit the presence ofchildren during build and breakdown at B2B eventsin manuals provided to exhibitors at events, plus a
requirement for valid work permits, ID badges•	In-person monitoring by operational and Health,
Safety & Security teams for the presence of children
and forced labour on site during event construction•	Provision and communication of a third partymanaged confidential reporting service, available tocolleagues and third parties in multiple languages•	Internal recruitment processes, including identity
and rights to work checks, payment of a Living Wagein the UK•	Engagement with editors and authors on the ethicsof the research that we publish, including use ofvalid informed consent for clinical trial participants,
to help address the risk of coerced participationand exploitation of vulnerable communities•	Engagement with supplier risk management
providers to manage due diligence on key publishingbusiness partners
Event site visits by the Group Internal Audit team, which
include child labour checks and site access checks aspart of operational audits of events, resumed in 2022.
In-person audit visits to key strategic business partners
by procurement teams also resumed in 2022, andincluded the opportunity to validate responses to desktop modern slavery and human rights due diligence
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Examples of specific risk mitigation activity
Use of paper and timber
The illegal or unsustainable harvest of timber isfrequently associated with large-scale corruption,
destruction of rare species’ habitat, organised crimeand serious human rights abuses, including the useof forced and child labour.
Informa aims to mitigate the risk represented by its
use of timber and paper products by a commitment
to ensure, as far as possible, that the timber andpaper used in our offices and products hold a
responsible sourcing certificate, such as the FSC,
which incorporates core labour requirements into its
system and Chain of Custody Standards, including
the effective abolition of child and forced labour.
This commitment forms part of the Group’s
sustainability programme and is reported annually
as a KPI in Informa’s Sustainability Report, with along term KPI for 100% of paper and timber to beobtained from certified or recycled sources. In 2022,
94% of paper was obtained from certified sources,
an increase of 2% on the previous year.
The Group Paper & Timber Sourcing Policy, Code of
Conduct and Group Sustainability Policy all containthe mandate to source paper and timber fromcertified sources where possible, whether ordering

directly or through contractors. Colleagues sourcing
timber or paper in South America, South East Asia,
Africa and the Middle East that is not certified
sustainable or recycled, must conduct additional due
diligence, and the policy is required to form part of
all contracts with applicable suppliers.

Event Stands
The Better Stands initiative forms part of Informa’s
broader Sustainability programme.
The initiative seeks to encourage, and subsequently
require, exhibitors to switch from the use of
disposable custom-built stands to reusable standstructures and aims to help halve our events’ waste
by 2025 and reduce the use of single-use timber
products.
Reusable stand structures can also be quicker andsimpler to set up, improving health and safety risk
exposure and reducing the need for some forms oflabour that have been identified as potentially more
vulnerable to use of exploited and child labour.
In 2022, the Better Stands programme was rolled
out to all divisions and regions to accelerate theeventual elimination of disposable stand use by
exhibitors. This included an initial pilot with eventsin Japan and Hong Kong, working with internal teams
and key delivery partners to engage stakeholders in
the programme’s benefits.

Sustainable event management
Informa operates a Sustainable Event Management
System which aims to embed key sustainability andresponsibility considerations into all of our physical,
hybrid and digital events and provides a consistentframework against which to track progress.
The framework includes elements such as
responsible procurement, stakeholder engagement
and community and wellbeing impacts and, as partof the advanced programme, a section on “BusinessGovernance” which looks at compliance with
Informa’s Code of Conduct, including bribery, legal
compliance and modern slavery.
312 events participated in the sustainable event
management framework in 2022, an increase of
135% on 2021. Compliance with the programme istracked and monitored by the Group Sustainability
team, and reported as part of the annual
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Publishing supply chain

Intermediary Due Diligence
PSI IPV (PSI) provides centralised due diligence
services focused on sales agents and intermediaries
working with the publishing industry, including theprovision of training, background checks, and themaintenance of a central due diligence register.
Informa subscribes to this service through Taylor& Francis, and in 2022 engaged with PSI to extend
their due diligence to include human trafficking
and modern slavery. The update will apply to
all intermediaries participating in their register,
both those used by Taylor & Francis and by otherpublishers.

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In addition, new potential suppliers are invited
to complete a pre-screening questionnaire which
includes the topics of compliance and ethics, andsuppliers unwilling to provide adequate confirmationthat they are aligned with Informa’s position have notbeen invited to progress.

The Book Chain ProjectIn 2022, Taylor & Francis resumed its membershipof the Book Chain Project, a collaborative project
which aims to enable publishers to make better
informed purchasing decisions by collecting andanalysing data on key publishing supply chain
stakeholders.
The Project, managed by Carnstone, a specialist
consultancy, focuses on three specific areas:

In 2022, the Global Supplier Management teamcontinued to build on their programme to identify
and manage the risk of modern slavery amongst their
supplier group. The modern slavery and human rights
questionnaire was re-issued to suppliers, as part of anannual validation process to ensure responses remaincorrect and current.

Forest Sourcing

The team also resumed their programme of in-personsite visits using the opportunity to confirm andvalidate the information they had been provided anddiscuss the subject of staff wellbeing and labour rights
with management. The team found no indications
that modern slavery or child labour is an issue at the
suppliers visited.

Labour & environment

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Taylor & Francis subscribes to all three modules,
with modern slavery risk management focused
within Labour & Environment section. This setsout clearly publishers’ expectations on labour
practices, and environmental management
and hosts the publishing industry Code of
Conduct. The Code of Conduct, based on existing
internationally-recognised Codes and Laws,
is supported by a requirement for suppliers
to complete audits. The Code of Conduct was
extensively updated in 2021.
Suppliers from countries identified as highest
risk of poor labour and environmental practices
are required to complete a third party audit, suchas ICTI, SMETA, SA8000, WCA or BSCI. Findingsof concern would be flagged to Taylor & Francis.
Suppliers subscribed to the Book Chain now
include a number of significant manufacturing
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Effectiveness: monitoring, reporting and key indicators
Monitoring, report and audit processes
Informa’s internal audit team reviews specificelements of this programme as part of theiroperational audits, reviewing procedures, labour
usage and monitoring for minors on site. Actions
identified would be managed to completion andany non-completed actions would be raised with
the Group Audit Committee. Operational site audits
resumed in 2022. Questions related to modern
slavery and child labour are included in event audits,which also include confirmation of key contract
provisions (such as compliance with our Business
partner Code of Conduct) and confirmation that ID
checks are conducted on workers before admission
to the venue, which helps ensure that under age
workers are not admitted.
The Business Partner Code of Conduct contains
provisions for audit and, where compliance with
the Code has been agreed as part of a contract,
we reserve the right to terminate that agreementin the event that non-compliance is discovered,and is repeated, severe or cannot be resolved. Inperson visits by relationship owners to our strategic
business partners, which had been suspended or
replaced by desk-based audits during the period of
Covid restrictions, resumed in 2022.

The Group Compliance team reports on completion
statistics for our Code of Conduct training, which
includes our modern slavery content, to the Group Risk
Committee and Board, and tracks completion levels
for new joiners as part of our formal risk management
process for managing the risk of regulatorycompliance; training completion rates are reported in
the Annual Report and Sustainability Report.
The Group Compliance team monitor reports madevia the Speak Up line to ensure they are managed
appropriately and consistently, Breaches of our Codeof Conduct and associated Global Policies are reported
to the Risk Committee and Board; volumes of breaches
and reporting trends are tracked.

External reporting: indicesInforma continues to participate in a number ofbenchmarks and indices, for which we provide detailsof our work on human rights, modern slavery and otherlabour rights abuses within our business and supply chain.
In 2022, we maintained our position in the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index, ranked top of the global media sector
for the second year and scoring in the top 10% for the S&G
Global ESG Score. Amongst other index ratings, Informa isa member of the FTSE4Good and the Ethibel Sustainability
Index Excellence Europe and holds an AA MSVI ESG rating,recognising our resilience to long-term financially relevant
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Assessment of effectivenessThe effectiveness of any Modern Slavery programmeshould be understood both in the context of theavailability of channels to enable observation,
identification and reporting of suspected or actual
cases in any operations and supply chain, andalso of the controls or other actions which aim at
reducing exposure to the risk.
We received no reports in 2022 of cases ofsuspected or actual modern slavery or childlabour, whether through our Speak Up line orother reporting channels, material or otherwise.
In addition, none of our current business partners
reported any such concerns to us, via their directcontacts with our operational teams, or via our
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Our publishing and research ethics controls
identified a number of pieces of research that did
not meet our editorial standards in terms of ethics
or informed consent, and which were not acceptedfor publication as a result.
Supplier due diligence questionnaire responses
assessed in 2022 showed that those of our current
suppliers who were asked to respond demonstrated
a good understanding of the risks of modern slavery
and had programmes in place to address it. No
responses raised concerns, though we recognise thelimitations of this format.
Internal audit and operational team checks did notdiscover or observe any instances of forced or childlabour, suspected or actual, at our events in 2022.

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Responding to incidents or
breaches of modern slavery policy
While we have not in 2022 discovered any cases offorced or child labour amongst our supply chain or
operations, or any breaches of our policies, we havein place measures that will enable us to respond tosuch an event.
While our Business Partner Code and otheragreements with our suppliers and exhibitors giveus the ability to terminate contracts in the event of abreach, we recognise that the use of modern slavery
or forced labour is not a problem that is likely to beresolved by such action.
Our intention, in the event that the use of forced or
child labour is discovered amongst our supply chain
or operations, is to seek a constructive solution: wehave continued to engage with those responsible for
procurement to communicate this and to work withthem to develop alternative actions.

KPIs
KPIs relating to compliance training that increases awareness of the risk ofmodern slavery and child labour

2022 status•	Target is 90% of new joiners complete Code of Conduct training within 30 days

79% (December)•	Target is 95% completion for overall colleague population

94%

KPIs relating to areas of our supply chain with exposure to modern slavery
risk, developed as part of our sustainability programme•	Paper and timber: 100% sourced from sustainable, certified sources94%•	Better stands: elimination of disposable stands from Informa Connect, Techand Informa Markets North America by 2023

On track

Colleagues are mandated to comply with the Codeof Conduct and associated Global Policies. Any
breaches may result in disciplinary action, up to andincluding dismissal, and any colleagues knowingly
making use of trafficked, child or forced labour or
enabling it would be subject to these processes.

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Colleague engagement and training
Training
Our Code of Conduct training is mandated to
all colleagues and is available in nine languages.
It includes specific scenario-based content on
modern slavery and child labour, focusing on
responsible procurement and due diligence and theidentification of key indicators of forced labour, with
the intention of enhancing colleagues’ awarenessand ability to mitigate these risks in our supply
chain and our own operations. This content wasdeveloped to reflect potential risk areas for modern
slavery and is aligned with our most recent risk
assessment.
Colleagues are required to make a commitment
to comply with the terms of our Code of Conduct
before completing the training.

New joiners
In 2022, all new joiners were given Code of
Conduct training as part of their Complianceinduction training package on joining the company.
Compliance training is now embedded in Divisional
colleague onboarding processes to maintain a highcompletion rate.
Overall completion stands at 94% for 2022,with 79% of those colleagues having completed
within 30 days.

Opportunities to raise concerns
We recognise the importance of providing people withsafe, easily accessible channels for communication,
whether they are themselves at risk or a victim, orwhether they have observed something that has caused
them concern.
To support the processes and controls in place tomitigate modern slavery risk, we ensure that everyone
who works with us or for us, or who visits any of ourevents, has the opportunity to report things that they
have seen or experienced, freely and in confidence.
Our reporting channels were the subject of regularcommunications in 2022.

Speak Up
Our confidential whistleblowing line, Speak Up, isavailable to all Informa colleagues, business partners
and customers to report issues or raise concerns andto access expert support. Speak Up is hosted by a third
party, Navex; reporting is always in confidence andreporters may choose to remain anonymous, where
this is permitted in law. To facilitate reporting, the line isavailable in 12 languages and users can also make useof free phone lines in over 18 locations.
In 2022, the reporting process was significantly
simplified and is now compatible with mobile devices.

Business Partners who have signed up to our Business
Partner Code of Conduct are required to share thedetails of Speak Up with any of their employees who
are working with us or on our behalf.

Other reporting channels
Colleagues and third parties are also encouraged toreport directly to internal teams, including HR andCompliance, should they prefer to do so. We provide
details of how to contact the line on informa.com, andin all our Global Policies, our Code of Conduct and ourBusiness Partner Code of Conduct.

Zero retaliation
We are committed to zero retaliation against anyone
making a report in good faith, or supporting an
investigation. We extend this commitment to third
parties who report concerns affecting our business.

Training on reporting & investigations
In 2022 we developed bespoke awareness training
for all colleagues on speaking up and how to handle
a concern if you’re a line manager, for roll out in 2023.
In addition, external Legal counsel provided training tomembers of the HR and Compliance teams engaged inbreach investigation and management.

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Contributions to global modern slavery efforts
Throughout Informa, we connect people with specialist knowledge. Our contributions to anti-modern
slavery initiatives include the specialist knowledge we deliver on human rights related topics and the role
we play in industry collaboration to manage risk across our markets.
Academic research
Taylor & Francis, our Academic Markets business,
publishes an extensive range of research on these
topics. In 2022, this included articles looking at
the impacts of Covid-19 on human trafficking andmodern slavery, research into industries affected byor making use of forced or child labour, including
palm oil production, fashion and fishing, and reviewsof policy and post-trafficking healthcare.
Journals focused on these topics and published in
2022 included the Journal of Human Trafficking,Slavery & Abolition, the International Journal of
Human Rights, and the Nordic and Australian
Journals of Human Rights.
This knowledge forms part of Taylor & Francis’s
broader online collection, Sustainable Development
Goals Online (SDGO), which is a carefully curated
interdisciplinary collection of digital content mapped
to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs). Informa is committed to help and promote theachievement of the SDGs as part of our FasterForward
Sustainability programme.

Industry engagement
Informa, and its subsidiary brands and businesses,
remains a member of multiple industry associations
supporting and driving collaborative programmes that
help address modern slavery, human trafficking, andchild labour, including the Global Association of the
Exhibition Industry and the International Association of
Exhibitions and Event .
Informa’s Head of Sustainability continued as a memberof the Event Industry Council (EIC)’s Sustainability
Committee. The EIC’s sustainable event standards
were updated in 2022 and include new criteria related
to planning, policy and training for human trafficking.
Informa is also a launching signatory to the EIC’s
Principles, which include Basic Social Considerations,
including universal human rights and labour practices.

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