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Modern Slavery Statement · voluntary · England and Wales

Modern slavery statement

Last updated: 21 June 2026 — Financial year 2025/2026

This Modern Slavery Statement is published voluntarily by Cristian Moise-Putanu, trading as OptiTech Automation, Torquay, Devon, England. OptiTech Automation is a technology platform for UK trade businesses. Our annual turnover is below the mandatory reporting threshold of £36 million set by section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. We publish this statement voluntarily because we believe transparency on labour standards is a mark of responsible business governance, regardless of size.

1. About this statement

This is a voluntary statement. OptiTech Automation is below the £36 million annual turnover threshold that triggers the mandatory disclosure duty under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. We publish it to demonstrate our commitment to ethical business conduct.

Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires commercial organisations with an annual turnover of £36 million or more to publish an annual modern slavery and human trafficking statement. OptiTech Automation does not meet that threshold.

We publish this voluntary statement to set out our position clearly: we have zero tolerance for slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour, and human trafficking in connection with our business or supply chain, and we wish to be transparent about the steps we take to uphold that position.

This statement covers the financial year 2025/2026 and will be reviewed annually.

2. Our organisation

OptiTech Automation is operated by Cristian Moise-Putanu as a sole trader. There are no employees at the OptiTech Automation operator level. All platform users are independent Business Owners (trade businesses) and the workers they engage.

OptiTech Automation is operated by Cristian Moise-Putanu, sole trader, registered in England. The business provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed for UK trade businesses — plumbers, electricians, gas engineers, and other tradespeople — to manage bookings, workers, customers, and invoicing.

There are no employees at the OptiTech Automation operator level. The platform is operated by a single individual with the support of third-party technology services.

The OptiTech Automation platform is used by independent Business Owners who subscribe to the service, and by the workers those Business Owners engage. Business Owners and their workers are not employed by OptiTech Automation. They are independent businesses and individuals operating in the UK trade sector.

Our platform operates under two domains: optitechautomation.co.uk (marketing and information) and app.optitechautomation.co.uk (the subscriber platform). Contact: hello@optitechautomation.co.uk.

3. Our supply chain

Our supply chain consists entirely of regulated technology service providers based in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. We have no manufacturing, warehousing, physical goods, or labour-intensive supply chain.

OptiTech Automation is a software business. Our supply chain consists exclusively of technology service providers. We do not manufacture, import, or distribute physical goods. We do not operate warehouses, depots, or any physical infrastructure that involves manual labour at scale.

Our technology supply chain comprises the following providers, all of which are established, regulated entities operating in well-governed jurisdictions with their own published modern slavery policies and labour standards frameworks:

  • Vercel, Inc. (United States) — platform hosting and content delivery
  • Supabase, Inc. (United States / EU) — database infrastructure
  • Stripe, Inc. (United States / United Kingdom) — payment processing
  • Xero Limited (United Kingdom / Australia) — accounting integration
  • Resend, Inc. (United States) — transactional email delivery
  • Twilio, Inc. (United States) — SMS and communications
  • Mapbox, Inc. (United States) — location and mapping services
  • Anthropic, PBC (United States) — AI infrastructure (Claude API)

Each of these providers is subject to the laws of their home jurisdictions, including applicable anti-slavery, labour standards, and corporate governance requirements. All are publicly traded or substantially funded companies with published codes of conduct and supplier standards.

4. Our policies

OptiTech Automation has zero tolerance for slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour, and human trafficking. Our Acceptable Use Policy expressly prohibits use of the platform in connection with any form of forced, trafficked, or exploited labour.

OptiTech Automation operates a zero-tolerance position on all forms of modern slavery, including slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour, and human trafficking as defined by the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

This position is implemented through the following policies:

  • Acceptable Use Policy (AUP): The AUP, which is incorporated into the Business Owner Terms and Conditions at Clause 5.5, expressly prohibits Business Owners from using the OptiTech Automation platform to schedule, manage, or record work by any person subject to forced labour, trafficking, debt bondage, or any other form of exploitation. Any use of the platform in connection with such conduct is a material breach of contract and grounds for immediate account termination.
  • Business Owner Terms and Conditions: Business Owner Terms require all Business Owners to comply with applicable employment law, including conducting right-to-work checks before engaging any worker through the platform. The right-to-work obligation has been a binding clause since version 2.0 of the Terms (effective July 2026).
  • Anti-Bribery Policy: OptiTech Automation maintains a separate Anti-Bribery Policy in accordance with the Bribery Act 2010. Corrupt practices of any kind are incompatible with the ethical standards we require of our business and supply chain.

5. Due diligence

We conduct annual review of our technology supplier terms. The platform AUP requires Business Owners to perform right-to-work checks on all workers they engage through the platform, reducing the risk that the platform is used in connection with illegal working.

Our due diligence processes are proportionate to the nature of our business:

  • Technology suppliers: We review the terms, policies, and published governance documents of our technology providers annually. We select providers with established legal entities in well-governed jurisdictions. We do not engage suppliers whose business practices give us concern on labour standards.
  • Platform obligations on Business Owners: The Business Owner Terms require every subscribing business to conduct right-to-work checks as required by the Immigration Act 2014 before a worker commences work arranged through the platform. This contractual obligation is a direct mitigation against the risk that the platform is used in connection with illegal working or exploitation.
  • Incident monitoring: We maintain an incident reporting process through hello@optitechautomation.co.uk. Any report that touches on suspected exploitation, forced labour, trafficking, or illegal working involving the platform will be escalated immediately to the appropriate authority.

Given the sole-trader, software-only nature of our business, we do not consider a formal supplier audit programme to be proportionate at this stage. As the business grows and engages more suppliers, we will review whether additional due diligence measures are warranted.

6. Risk assessment

We assess the risk of modern slavery in our own operations as very low. The primary residual risk is that the platform could be used by a Business Owner to manage workers who are being exploited — this risk is mitigated by the right-to-work obligation in the Business Owner Terms.

We have assessed the risk of modern slavery arising in connection with our business across three areas:

  • Our own operations: Very low. OptiTech Automation is a sole-trader software business. There are no employees, no physical premises with labour, no manufacturing, no warehousing, and no logistics operations. The risk of slavery or forced labour within our own operational activities is assessed as negligible.
  • Our technology supply chain: Low. Our technology suppliers are all regulated, publicly accountable companies operating in jurisdictions with strong labour law. The risk of modern slavery in our software supply chain is assessed as low.
  • Platform use by Business Owners: The primary risk vector is that a Business Owner could use the platform to manage workers who are being subjected to exploitation. UK trade sectors — particularly those with a high proportion of self-employed or subcontracted workers — carry a recognised higher risk of labour exploitation. OptiTech Automation mitigates this risk by making right-to-work verification a binding contractual obligation on every subscribing Business Owner, and by expressly prohibiting use of the platform in connection with forced or exploited labour in the Acceptable Use Policy.

We will continue to monitor these risk areas and update our assessment as the business grows.

7. Key performance indicators

Zero reported incidents of modern slavery in connection with our business or supply chain. Right-to-work obligation included in Business Owner Terms since version 2.0 (July 2026).

We track the following measures to assess the effectiveness of our anti-modern-slavery position:

  • Number of reported incidents of suspected modern slavery, trafficking, or forced labour connected to the platform or our supply chain: zero as at the date of this statement
  • Right-to-work obligation included as a binding clause in Business Owner Terms and Conditions: confirmed as of version 2.0, effective July 2026
  • AUP prohibition on forced or exploited labour through the platform: in force from initial launch; updated and restated in version 1.0 (21 June 2026)
  • Annual review of technology supplier terms and policies: scheduled for review each June, next review June 2027

As the business grows, we will expand these KPIs to reflect additional due diligence activities and any supplier engagement we undertake.

8. Review and sign-off

This statement covers the financial year 2025/2026. It will be reviewed and republished annually. It has been approved by Cristian Moise-Putanu, operator of OptiTech Automation.

This statement covers the financial year 2025/2026 and was approved on 21 June 2026.

It will be reviewed and updated annually. The next review is due June 2027.

Cristian Moise-Putanu — Operator, OptiTech Automation

Questions about this statement: hello@optitechautomation.co.uk