Modern Slavery Statement

IBEM is committed to ensuring that there is no slavery or forced compulsory human labour in any part of our business or its associated supply chain and ensuring that human rights violations do not occur within the business or any elements of our supply chain. Read our Modern Slavery Statement below for full details.

Modern Slavery Statement FY25/26

This statement is made on behalf of IBEM pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the Act) for the financial year ending 30th June 2026.

Group Structure

IBEM is a management consultancy that helps organisations transform under the most complex, challenging and high-stakes circumstances to achieve their ambitions. IBEM is an organically grown, private partnership with offices in London and Dubai.

Our Commitment

IBEM’s Values and Culture

Each year IBEM partners and employees commit to upholding IBEM’s shared values and are expected to consistently demonstrate this commitment through their actions and behaviours. We expect all our people to uphold the following values:

Trust
Integrity
Community
Challenge and Curiosity
Courage and Simplicity
Experience

IBEM has a strong culture of doing the right thing which is embedded throughout the business and is critical to ensuring that we retain the trust of our clients, our people and society. We strive to ensure this ethos exists throughout our business, and our people are reminded of this through annual training, our career development and performance assessment model which upholds our values, and by leadership demonstrating their commitment to these values and requiring the same from all our people.

IBEM Supply Chain

IBEM strongly believes in maintaining effective transparency in all areas of its business. Given the nature of the services we provide, we have a simple supply chain model built around supporting our core business practice and maintaining our premises, systems and infrastructure.

The service providers that support our business can be broadly grouped as follows:

Physical business services – services and products used to maintain office environments (e.g. cleaning, security, stationery and printer providers).
Data services – IT services, infrastructure and software tools used to manage and store business data.
Professional services – external lawyers, accountants, property agents and insurance specialists.
Travel services – travel agents and booking providers that support employee business travel.

Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

IBEM is a management consultancy firm. While we do not have specific organisational procedures relating to human trafficking, we maintain a strong employment verification process for all employees and complete due diligence during client onboarding.

Human Resources Policies

IBEM has implemented various human resources, compliance and risk policies which all employees must follow, including disciplinary, grievance, whistleblowing, and anti-bribery and corruption policies.

Whistleblowing Policy

IBEM has implemented a confidential process through which employees may raise and escalate issues of concern within the business, including matters relating to slavery or forced compulsory human labour.

Wider Community

IBEM supports human rights initiatives and other charitable causes through its Positive Social Action initiative.

Anti-Bribery and Corruption

IBEM requires all employees to adhere to its core compliance policies covering areas of greatest perceived risk. The firm maintains a zero-tolerance approach to breaches of its high ethical standards. Any concerns are escalated to the appropriate partner, line manager or human resources.

Summary

IBEM remains committed to ensuring transparency within our business and throughout our supply chain. We expect the same high standards from all suppliers and service providers. This applies to all persons working for us in any capacity, including agency workers and business partners.