• trafficking in persons, which is the recruitment, harbouring and movement of a person for the purposes of exploitation through modern slavery. Exploitation also includes the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs;
• slavery, which is where the offender exercises powers of ownership over the victim;
• servitude which is where the victim’s personal freedom is significantly restricted and they are not free to stop working or leave their place of work;
• forced labour, which is where the victim is either not free to stop working or not free to leave their place of work;
  
• forced marriage, which is where coercion, threats or deception are used to make a victim marry or where the victim does not understand or is incapable of understanding the nature and effect of the marriage ceremony;
  
• debt bondage, which is where the victim’s services are pledged as security for a debt and the debt is manifestly excessive or the victim’s services are not applied to liquidate the debt, or the length and nature of the services are not limited and defined;
  
• the worst forms of child labour, which involves situations where children are: exploited through slavery or similar practices, including for sexual exploitation; or engaged in hazardous work which may harm their health or safety, or used to produce or traffic drugs; and
  
• deceptive recruiting for labour or services which is where the victim is deceived about whether they will be exploited through a type of modern slavery.

• entering into a commercial transaction involving a slave
• exercising control or direction over, or providing finance for, any commercial transaction involving a slave or act of slave trading
• conducting a business involving servitude or forced labour (including exercising control over the business or providing finance to it).

Nuline Refrigeration supports the Australian Government's introduction of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth), in response to the risk of slavery-like working conditions in the operations and supply chains of Australian companies.

Nuline Refrigeration is committed to:

• Not tolerating or supporting modern forms of slavery, and all other forms of forced labour in our operations and supply chains.
• Respecting customers' privacy and protecting their personal information.
• Providing a fair, safe and healthy working environment free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, bullying and victimisation.
• Committing to being an inclusive employer, promoting and valuing diversity within our workforce, among our customers, suppliers and in the communities we operate.
• Not tolerating bribery or corruption in any form.
• Providing a safe and supportive environment for whistleblowers who report suspected unethical, illegal or improper behaviours within the organisation.

• Modern Slavery Act (2018) Available from: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2018A00153