2025
Modern Slavery Statement
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Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands, and pay our respects to the Elders past, present and future, for they
hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Aboriginal Australia. We must always remember that the land under the ballast, sleepers, rail systems, and office buildings where Aurizon does business was, and always will be, traditional Aboriginal land.
Contents
04Introduction
06Our business
10Risks of modern slavery in our supply chain and operations
13Actions taken to assess and address the risks of modern slavery
17Assessing the effectiveness of our actions
18Our year ahead
20Appendix 1
Introduction 4
Introduction
Aurizon is committed to supporting and respecting the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights, laws and standards.
As Australia's largest rail freight operator, we uphold this commitment through Aurizon's Human Rights Policy.
Enhance our understanding and address the risk of modern slavery occurring in Aurizon's operations
Enhance our understanding and address the risk of modern slavery occurring in Aurizon's supply chain
Further extend relevant modern slavery governance across Aurizon
Aurizon's Values and Code of Conduct support our firm commitment to safety, lawful and ethical conduct, respect
for others, and responsibly consider the community and environment in decision-making.
Our focus in FY2025The focus in FY2025 has been to embed and grow our governance. Initiatives undertaken this year are detailed in the 'Actions taken to assess and address the risks of modern slavery' section of this modern slavery statement.
Figure 1 FY2025 Modern Slavery Roadmap InitiativesFY2025
Embed and Grow
This is our sixth statement, made pursuant to the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (the Act). It reports
on the risks of modern slavery in Aurizon's operations and supply chains, the actions taken to identify and address those risks during the financial year ended
30 June 2025, and how we will continue to assess the effectiveness of our actions.
Expanded our online training module to an additional 216 employees.
Reviewed and updated our Human Rights Policy.
Formalised a due diligence procedure for new subsidiaries to the Aurizon Group.
Created efficiencies in our supply chain due diligence process by leveraging technology to automate Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) feedback to our suppliers to support continuous improvement.
Figure 2 Key achievements Introduction 5 Table 1 Mandatory criteria
Mandatory criteria | Section in statement | Page |
1. Identify the reporting entity. | Our business | 6 |
2. Describe the reporting entity's structure, operations and supply chains. | Our business - Our structure, Our operations, Our people, Our supply chain | 6 to 9 |
3. Describe the risks of modern slavery practices in the operations and supply chains of the reporting entity and any entities it owns or controls. | Risks of modern slavery in our supply chain and operations | 10 to 12 |
4. Describe the actions taken by the reporting entity and any entities it owns or controls to assess and address these risks, including due diligence and remediation processes. | Actions taken to assess and address the risks of modern slavery | 13 to 16 |
5. Describe how the reporting entity assesses the effectiveness of these actions. | Assessing the effectiveness of our actions | 17 |
6. Describe the process of consultation on the development of the statement with any entities the reporting entity owns or controls (a joint statement must also describe consultation with the entity covered by the statement). | Our business - process of consultation with reporting entities | 6 |