Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Statement – 2026

Published: 18th February 2026 - All information correct at time of publication.

Introduction

This Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement sets out the actions taken by SYNLAB UK & Ireland to identify, prevent, and address risks of modern slavery within our operations and supply chains during the 2025 financial year.

Our Organisational Structure, Bussiness Model & Supply Chain

SYNLAB Group offer services in more than 20 countries across four continents (Europe, Latin America, Africa and Middle East/Asia), having more than 24,000 employees including 3,000 employees across the UK & Ireland.

SYNLAB UK & Ireland’s operating business activities provide analytical, diagnostic and pathological services in the fields of human medicine and toxicology.

SYNLAB UK & Ireland is an umbrella term for SYNLAB Bondco Plc, Labco UK Group Limited, the head office company for SYNLAB International GmbH in the UK, subsidiary companies of Labco UK Group Limited and partnerships in which SYNLAB has a controlling share:

Integrated Pathology Partnerships Limited, iPP Analytics Limited, iPP Facilities Limited.
Christie Pathology Partnerships LLP and CPP Facilities LLP.
Synnovis Group LLP, Synnovis Services LLP and Synnovis Analytics LLP.

In providing our services, we rely on the supply of technical equipment provided by suppliers of analytical machinery and technology for laboratory analyses/diagnostic testing, as well as reagents, chemicals and laboratory consumables utilised in such testing.

Goods and services are provided by professional services companies, subcontractors including couriers and sub-processors of test samples. In addition, we rely on external professional services providers in relation to our head office support, including financing related activities as well as its corporate and financial housekeeping.

Our Policies

SYNLAB UK & Ireland is committed to ensuring that the supply chains of its subsidiaries and their business activities trade ethically, source responsibly and work to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking throughout our organisation and supply chain.

We have a Code of Conduct, issued to all new employees, setting out our commitment to act ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships. There is also a dedicated policy on anti-slavery and human trafficking. All our employees must comply with all relevant laws and regulations (including those on modern slavery and human trafficking) and they must respect the personal dignity, rights, and diversity of everyone within and outside of SYNLAB.

We utilise SYNLAB Group’s Supplier Code of Conduct, introduced as part of its plans for Responsible Supply Chain management. Key principles include advocacy for anti-slavery training and ensuring purchasing practices do not put undue pressure on suppliers. In 2023 the Group also implemented an updated global ‘Speak Up’ reporting arrangements to encourage workers to “speak-up about their concerns knowing that there is protection from reprisals in place”. This was further supported in 2023 by the launch of SYNLAB Group’s Human Rights Strategy, policies and practices which flow down into SYNLAB UK & Ireland’s operations, which was reissued in December 2025.

Due Diligence & Risk Assessment

We acknowledge that slavery and human trafficking exist in many jurisdictions in which we operate, and/or from which we procure goods or services. Our overall objective is to establish and maintain relationships with our suppliers that will minimise the risk that slavery or human trafficking could occur within our supply chains.

Our due diligence approach is based on the inclusion of our relevant functional teams, such as legal, compliance, and procurement at the earliest stages of tendering and ensuring they have advanced levels of training in this and other ethical business areas. We are continuing to support efforts to tackle modern slavery by implementing various instruments, including the introduction of Modern Slavery Act (MSA) provisions in our supplier contracts and the circulation of supplier assessment questionnaires.

To mitigate against the risk of modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chain, risk assessments and due diligence will continue to focus on our first-tier supplier relationships. Our risk-based approach to supply chain management has identified that international suppliers of laboratory consumables are our priority. All parts of our business use this group of suppliers and therefore this is a priority area to audit against our code of conduct.

We are continuously taking steps to improve our systems and procedures to detect potential modern slavery and human trafficking risks arising around particular products and geographical areas. Our efforts are overseen by SYNLAB Group, who has a dedicated Compliance Committee consisting of the Group Chief Executive Officer and Group Chief Financial Officer, chaired by the Group Chief Compliance Officer. The Compliance Committee is supported by Regional Compliance Officers, which includes the Head of Legal and Compliance for SYNLAB UK & Ireland.

Effective Actions Taken

We use the following key performance indicators (“KPIs”) to measure how effective we have been to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any part of our business or supply chain:

Supplier engagement: All new supplier contracts include an anti-slavery and human trafficking clause; our KPI in this area is to achieve 100% adherence. In addition, we have amended procurement contracts of our top global first tier supplier to confirm MSA compliance within our supply chain.

Training: To ensure a high level of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains and our business, all current employees in the UK have to complete a training module annually on modern slavery and human trafficking. New employees must complete this training within the first two weeks of their employment with SYNLAB UK & Ireland. Our target is that 95% of employees, at any one time, will have completed this training module over the previous 12 months.

Supplier Questionnaire: We have issued our supplier questionnaire to our suppliers as a mandatory feature of our onboarding process. This now forms part of our supplier selection and on-boarding process that will be subject to audit from 2025 onwards to ensure this control is operating effectively.

Complaints/Concerns: We will take any concerns raised about modern slavery either within our workplaces, our supply chain or the communities in which we operate seriously and provide access to a confidential, independent, free method of reporting these concerns. Our target is to have zero concerns.