Introduction
The statement sets down Blinkfire Analytics’s commitment to preventing slavery and human trafficking in
our business activities and the steps we have put in place with the aim of ensuring that there is no
slavery or human trafficking in our own business and supply chains. We all have a duty to be alert to
risks, however small. Staff are expected to report their concerns and management to act upon them.
Organisational structure and supply chains
This statement covers the business activities of Blinkfire Analytics which are as follows:
- Social Media Analytics software-as-a-service – providing a cloud-based hosted service to enable clients to
analyze and benchmark social media performance against peers and competitors.
- Sponsorship Exposure Analytics software-as-a-service – providing a cloud-based hosted service to enable clients to
analyze and report sponsorship valuation performance to their sponosors, or for sponsors to do the same for
those they sponsor.
The Company currently operates across the globe, predominantly in the EU and US.
All of Blinkfire Analytics’s staff are based in the USA. Blinkfire Analytics has a wholly owned
subsidiary, Blinkfire Analytics, S.A., which employs staff in the EU.
Blinkfire Analytics assesses whether particular activities or countries are high risk in relation to
modern slavery or human trafficking at a board level for any concerns raised.
Responsibility for the Company’s anti-slavery initiatives is as follows:
- Policies: The CEO is responsible for creating and reviewing policies. The process by which policies
are developed is looking at best practice and adapting to the needs of the Company.
- Risk assessments: The CEO is responsible for risk assessments in respect of human rights and modern by a
process of raising concerns for any prospective clients or suppliers with the Board.
- Due diligence: The CEO is responsible for due diligence in relation to known or suspected instances of
modern slavery and human trafficking.
Training
To ensure a good understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our business and
supply chains, the Company requires all management staff to familiarize themselves with Blinkfire
Analytics’s anti-slavery policy.
Policies
The Company is committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our business
or our supply chains. This Statement affirms its intention to act ethically in our business
relationships.
The following policies set down our approach to the identification of modern slavery risks and steps to
be taken to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our operations:
- Whistleblowing Policy – Blinkfire Analytics encourages all its workers, customers
and other business partners to report any concerns related to its direct activities or its supply
chains.
- Due Diligence Processes for Slavery and Human Trafficking
The Company undertakes due diligence when considering taking on new suppliers, and regularly reviews its
existing suppliers. The Company’s due diligence process includes building long-standing relationships
with suppliers and making clear our expectations of business partners AND/OR evaluating
the modern slavery and human trafficking risks of each new supplier AND/OR invoking
sanctions against suppliers that fail to improve their performance in line with an action plan provided
by us, including the termination of the business relationship.
Performance indicators
Blinkfire Analytics measures how effective we are in ensuring slavery and human trafficking is not taking
place in any part of our business or supply chains by requiring all relevant staff to have familiarized
themselves with Blinkfire Analytics’s policies, and logging all reported concerns around slavery and
human trafficking, together with the action taken.
This Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement will be regularly reviewed and updated as necessary.
The Management Team endorses this policy statement and is fully committed to its implementation.
This Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement has been approved and authorized by:
Name: Stephen Olechowski
Position: CEO
