Modern Slavery Policy

Structure, business and supply chain

My DNA Health Limited is a supplier of DNA test kits, supplements and a health technology platform.

We are serious about our brand because it’s part of our identity and so is our commitment to corporate social responsibility. We believe transparency is the best way we can ensure the public that we are doing our best as an ethical corporate citizen. In that spirit, we have published our annual statement for slavery and human trafficking, made in compliance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, in which we explain how slavery and human trafficking can affect our business and the steps we are taking in the fight against it. This statement is intended to fulfil the legal requirement for a slavery and human trafficking statement on behalf of all companies within the My DNA Health Limited, as relevant. Our efforts against slavery and human trafficking complement our broader CSR Policy and our adoption of the Ethical Trading Initiative.

My DNA Health Ltd. is headquartered in Reepham, Norfolk, United Kingdom and sells its products throughout Europe, including the United Kingdom. Our product range focuses on genetic testing aimed at preventative health and personalised nutrition and lifestyle plans. Our test kit components including swab, box and return envelope are sourced in the UK. The processing laboratory and supplement manufacturer are also in the UK. We have under 10 employees within our organisation. Where possible, we engage suppliers who have relationships with existing suppliers so that we can contain our supplier network and improve consistency in ethical practices throughout the supply chain.

Building on our existing CSR Policy and our commitment to the Ethical Trading Initiative, we have embraced the requirement to publish an annual slavery and human trafficking statement. This will allow us to share our efforts against slavery and human trafficking and improve and measure our success each financial year. This past financial year, we took the following key steps to ensure slavery and human trafficking did not occur within our organisation or supply chain.

Slavery and human trafficking policies

Notably, we developed our Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy, which can be found within our CSR Policy. We also updated our Supplier Code of Conduct. It sets out clear objectives for our slavery and human trafficking plans around the following themes:

  • Relationships: Strengthening our supplier engagement process
  • Feedback: Establishing grievance mechanisms and channels for individual worker feedback
  • Knowledge: Improving our knowledge base by collecting relevant data and improving product traceability
  • Supplier collaboration: Encouraging suppliers to collaborate to address slavery and human trafficking issues

Due diligence procedures

We understand that our biggest exposure to Modern Slavery is in our product supply chains, where we have undertaken activity to minimise the risk of Modern Slavery. Within these areas, new suppliers and factories/sites are subject to due diligence checks in the form of ethical/compliance audits. These audits assess compliance with the Global Sourcing Principles and are, amongst other things, intended to identify any Modern Slavery practices. If issues are identified, appropriate investigative and remedial actions will be taken.

Identifying, assessing and managing risk

We set out to identify the extent of any slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains by:

  • Conducting ongoing assessment discussions with our major suppliers
  • Collaborating with our supplier to develop an improvement plan to address new and previously identified slavery and human trafficking issues
  • Instituting an annual review discussion with our supplier in accordance with international law.

Training available to staff

A key part of our slavery and human trafficking strategy is to promote cultural change through training. This last financial year we:

  • Delivered online training modules on modern slavery to all staff
  • Started development of a dedicated training and resources webpage which individual workers in the supply chain will be able to access to learn about modern slavery and human trafficking, understand their rights and anonymously report any slavery and human trafficking issues in their workplace.