How Ramsay Health Care embedded modern slavery risk visibility across its global supply chains

Key Results Achieved

Executive Overview

Ramsay Health Care, committed to ethical sourcing aligned with its core purpose of ‘people caring for people,’ turned to Fair Supply to meet the transparency requirements of Australia’s Modern Slavery Act and emerging global regulations. While existing systems supported basic supplier assessments, deeper visibility into modern slavery risks was needed. Fair Supply’s platform provided intuitive, Tier-N risk assessments, seamless integration, and internationally recognised data sources. Today, Fair Supply is embedded across Ramsay’s global operations, supporting compliance with legislation in Australia, Norway, and the EU, while enabling more ethical supplier decisions from the start.

Challenge: Having supplier risk visibility beyond Tier 1

Ramsay Health Care’s core purpose of ‘people caring for people’ extends beyond our patients to our global communities and entire supply chain. In 2018, the introduction of Australia's Modern Slavery Act prompted us to take a closer look at Ramsay’s sourcing practices. We had operational systems in place for assessing existing suppliers, but the Act's mandated level of transparency and traceability required a new level of detail. The challenge was to see beyond the first company in line.

Solution: Enhanced visibility with Fair Supply

Ramsay’s search for a solution led us to Fair Supply, a platform providing enhanced visibility into modern slavery risks across the supply chain, extending far beyond Tier 1 suppliers. The platform was easily implemented, and onboarding was smooth. The system is intuitive and user- friendly. Fair Supply met Ramsay’s significant ICT requirements and the platform's existing integration with Refinitiv, a leading financial data provider, gave us confidence in the data's quality and international applicability.

Impact: Improved compliance and confidence at scale

Partnership with Fair Supply has transformed our capability to assess and address modern slavery risks. Today, Fair Supply's risk assessment platform is seamlessly integrated within Ramsay’s responsible sourcing process. It screens the majority of our expenditure and helps us pick the right ethical suppliers from the start. The benefits extend beyond domestic compliance; our offices globally use FairSupply for risk assessment. Fair Supply has proven valuable in meeting the Norwegian Supply Chain Transparency Act and we anticipate leveraging its capabilities for upcoming EU regulations (EU CSDDD). Partnering with Fair Supply has been beneficial for our business and our people. Transparency and traceability of modern slavery risks are now embedded within our supply chain management. Ramsay is better empowered to identify and manage potential risks.

Outcome
Impact
  • End-to-end modern slavery risk visibility
    Enabled risk screening far beyond Tier 1 suppliers across global operations
  • Embedded risk assessments into sourcing process
    Improved ethical decision-making at the supplier onboarding stage
  • International regulatory alignment

    Supported compliance with Australian, Norwegian, and upcoming EU supply chain laws
  • Seamless platform adoption and integration Met rigorous ICT standards and integrated easily into existing procurement systems

By partnering with Fair Supply, Ramsay has embedded transparency and traceability into its procurement practices, streamlining responsible sourcing across every level of its global supply chain.

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