The Cohens Group is a private family owned limited company headquartered in Bolton, England. The Cohens Group has over 40 years of experience within pharmacy with its creative and innovative range of pharmacy services including free collection and delivery of prescriptions, medicine usage reviews and medication compliance aids. Cohens is a community pharmacy and healthcare provider with 210 pharmacies across the UK, mainly located in communities and health centre locations. The Cohens Group develops relationships with its customers to understand their health and welfare needs; this enables The Cohens Group to provide an individual service to meet the customers’ needs and expectations.
This statement sets out The Cohens Group’s actions to understand all potential modern slavery risks related to its business and to put in place steps that are aimed at ensuring that there is no slavery or human trafficking in its own business and its supply chains. As part of the pharmaceutical industry, The Cohens Group recognises that it has a responsibility to take a robust approach to slavery and human trafficking and we will not knowingly support or do business with any organisation involved in slavery or human trafficking. The Cohens Group encourages openness about modern slavery issues and will support any person who raises genuine concerns under this statement in good faith – even if they eventually turn out to be mistaken.
The detail of how we do this is set out in our Anti- Slavery and Human Trafficking policy which is supported by the policies below and through the standard operating procedures we have in place for the procurement of goods and services for the business.
This statement applies to all persons working for The Cohens Group or on its behalf in any capacity. This statement does not form part of any of The Cohens Group’s employees’ contract of employment.
In addition to this statement, The Cohens Group operates the following policies that describe its approach to the identification of modern slavery risks and steps to be taken to prevent slavery and human trafficking in its operations, these policies are available on the company intranet and available to all line managers and employees to ensure we are compliant with our legal obligations
The Cohens Group expects the same standards from its business partners, including suppliers, and will communicate and reinforce its commitment to preventing slavery and human trafficking to them throughout the relationship. Through the “Approval of Suppliers and Customer process The Cohens Group will request that all suppliers also adhere to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and will include prohibitions against the use of modern slavery as part of its contracting processes. The Cohens Group also expects its business partners will hold their suppliers to the same standards.
The Cohens Group undertakes due diligence when considering taking on new suppliers. All Pharmaceutical supplier and manufacturer contracts are evaluated prior to any agreement in respect of the modern slavery and human trafficking risks of in accordance with the supply chain selection process.
This statement has been approved by The Cohens Group’s board of directors, who have overall responsibility for ensuring compliance with this statement and our related policies. Management at all levels are responsible for ensuring those reporting to them understand this statement and comply with our Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking policy.
Director
Aziz Ismail
Date: 29 February 2020