CEPI’s Statement relating to Slavery and Human Trafficking and Human Rights Due Diligence

At CEPI we oppose violations of human rights and indecent working conditions, and we are committed to prevent and mitigate the risks of human right violations and indecent working conditions in or linked to our operations, including through our supply chain and business partners. CEPI was established in 2017 and is a young organisation. We are committed to continuously improving our practices to respect and promote human rights and decent working conditions, and to increasing our understanding of and improving the effectiveness of our responses to any human right risks related to our activities.

In 2022, CEPI launched a new strategy, CEPI 2.0, which sets out our aims to mitigate or even dramatically reduce the threat of future pandemics and epidemics. In parallel we have continued our work to mitigate the risks of human rights violations and indecent working conditions and have strengthened our compliance resources to manage this. We have improved, and continue to improve, the way we mitigate the risks of human rights violations in or linked to CEPI’s activities, including via our business partners and supply chain.

Pursuant to Section 5 of the Norwegian Transparency Act and Section 54 of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 we hereby set out the steps we have taken to identify and mitigate risks of human right violations and indecent working conditions, slavery or human trafficking in our operations and pertaining to our business partners and supply chain.

Prior to 2023, CEPI published an annual statement under the UK Modern Slavery Act. From 2023 CEPI will combine this annual statement with the statement required under the Norwegian Transparency Act. This statement outlines the responses we have implemented since 2023 and describes our 2024 targets. This Statement was approved by the CEPI Board and CEO of CEPI and covers the financial year ending 31 December 2023 and extending to the date of this report.