Anti Slavery

Advantage NRG Modern Slavery Statement

Advantage NRG adopts a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery, human trafficking and any form of bribery and corruption within our operations or supply chain.
Statement for financial year ending March 2026

Introduction
The Modern Slavery (“act”) was introduced to help eradicate slavery, forced labour and human trafficking in the operations and supply chains of companies. This statement is made pursuant to Section 54, Part 6 of the Act and includes information about Advantage NRG, its own operations and supply chains, and how we are approaching zero tolerance of slavery and human trafficking within our business.

Our commitment
Advantage NRG is committed to preventing and mitigating exploitation, bribery and corruption. We will not accept modern slavery, forced labour and human trafficking anywhere within our operations or supply chain. We are committed to undertaking a risk analysis of our supply chain to further develop a plan to improve transparency and accountability in our supply chain.
Our commitment is set out in further detail in our Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement:

Advantage NRG structure
Advantage NRG is part Hercules PLC led by our Managing Director Nick Adams. The company structure overseen by the Managing Director consists of Talent Acquisition, General, Commercial, Operational, SHEQ and Office Management. The most current organisational structure diagram can be found in the business manual for SHEQ Management.
Advantage NRG has produced an anti Slavery and human trafficking statement, though the identification of risk areas and activities outlined in this statement, they apply equally to all departments within Advantage NRG.

What Advantage NRG does
Advantage NRG is a specialist, labour only, sub-contractor. We use our own skilled labour force to build and maintain electrical transmission systems. Founded in 2011, we serve major utility contractors throughout the UK. Our staff work in self sufficient teams of 4-7 men to undertake all aspects of work for the refurbishment, upgrading, re-wiring, dismantling and construction of high voltage, overhead line steel tower and wood pole supported transmission systems.

Advantage NRG operations
We directly employ 180 staff as a combination of office-based staff, field supervisors and Line workers, with the majority of our workforce being line workers.
The men we supply and manage are trained, and network authorised Supervisors, Chargehands and Line Workers complete with tools and fall arrest equipment. Our staff are trained to the highest standards and work proactively with our clients to ensure work is delivered on time, safely to the technical specifications and quality standards expected. This includes administrative, technical, safety, training, competency and operational delivery.
We are confident that our own operations are free of modern slavery, child labour, forced labour and human trafficking. We supply labour from overseas, including the Philippines and South Africa. Our recruitment processes comply with employment laws of the countries we recruit from. Our operations and the supply of our managed labour in the UK is in accordance with UK employment law and UKVI home office regulations.
Health, safety and well-being support is in place for all staff including access to a dedicated HR support function who can if required source mental health specialist counselling support.

Policies
We have a range of employment policies in place which ensure that our employees are fairly treated, supported, remunerated and understand the behaviour expected by the organisation. These policies include
● Anti bribery and corruption
● Anti Bullying and harassment
● Anti-slavery and human trafficking statement
● Corporate social responsibility
● Employee confidentiality
● Equal opportunities
● Equality and diversity
● Maladministration and malpractice
● Whistleblowing

Supply chains and risk areas
We have a team of recruitment and procurement specialists managing recruitment and procurement processes. We recruit from overseas including the Philippines and South Africa. The suppliers we use to deliver our equipment and consumables, and our own operations, are primarily UK based.