MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
SUPPLY CHAIN SEGMENTATION
PLATFORM ENHANCEMENTS VIA INFORMED365
In FY25, significant improvements were made to the Informed365 platform interface and functionality, including the update of the modern slavery dashboard with new views on inherent risk, supplier engagement, and reporting insights. Updated features include:
During FY25, we continued to utilise four risk-exposure categories to focus our resources to have the most significant impact on our modern slavery assessments and continued to refine each segmentation. The enhancements are:
• Automated reminders for assessment completion; • Flags for third-party verification or overdue responses; • Supplier Guide with help articles for suppliers completing the SAQ; and • Intuitive navigation to track risk by sector and supplier.
SCORING & EVALUATION FRAMEWORK
A proposed “Tier-1 sub-tier” to identify suppliers with more than 50% of operations or supply chain exposure in high-risk geographies, supporting more frequent compliance engagement, potentially on a quarterly cycle.
Bi-annual risk review calls and communications to strengthen engagement with smaller providers and facilitate the sharing of modern slavery risk mitigation practices.
Informed365 incorporates a risk-based scoring and weighting system to assess supplier responses. Each SAQ question is rated for relevance to modern slavery, allowing us to focus on higher-impact areas. Although adoption remains voluntary, we continue to explore alignment to support structured evaluations and industry benchmarking.
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PATHWAYS
Responses to five key questions in the SAQ trigger automated continuous improvement pathways. Where gaps are identified, suppliers receive tailored feedback, practical resources, and targeted actions. Progress is monitored over time to track improvements and build supplier capability.
We continue to develop our approach to streamlining monitoring through annual desktop reviews and automated de-risking functionality integrated across our sourcing, supplier registration and spend analytics platforms.
A random audit mechanism is under development to validate ongoing compliance, with a particular focus on suppliers demonstrating irregular or fluctuating spend patterns.
ONGOING QUESTION SET REFINEMENT
Through our active participation in the Property Council of Australia – Informed 365 Consortium in FY25, we continued to refine the questions in our SAQ. Feedback informed the clarification of language, removal of non-actionable questions and continued improvements to ensure greater relevance for our specific supply chain.
HIGH-RISK INDUSTRIES
• Labour intensive services (e.g. cleaning, security, landscaping, fit out and construction); • Spend categories with complex or multi tier supply chains; and • Use of temporary labour, subcontracting or migrant workers. In FY25, the Procurement team continued to systematically identify areas of higher modern slavery risk across goods and services procured, with particular focus on:
In 2025 our actions included:
• Applying a risk-based approach to supplier segmentation; • Using supplier self assessment questionnaires to capture workforce, labour practices and subcontracting data; and • Leveraging third party risk tools to identify red flags.
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