MODERN SLAVERY Statement
Background:
At Indevin Group, people matter – in its workforce, in its supply chain and in the communities in which Indevin Group operates. Indevin Group believes that everyone has value and the right to be treated with respect and dignity, regardless of background or circumstances.
Founded in 2003, Indevin Group is one of New Zealand’s leading wine companies, with a focus on providing New Zealand wine category customer centric solutions to partners around the world. Indevin remains 100% New Zealand owned and employs more than 400 employees across its entire group portfolio, which increases to approximately 720 during its annual vintage.
With operations spanning Marlborough, Hawke’s Bay, and Gisborne, Indevin produces around 18% of New Zealand’s total wine exports. The company operates four major wineries, including the flagship Villa Maria site in Marlborough’s Wairau Valley.
Indevin’s business model is twofold; it manages a portfolio of consumer brands – spearheaded by Villa Maria, the UK’s #1 New Zealand Wine brand by volume and value*, and provides global wine supply and contract winemaking services to major international retailers.
This dual structure enables Indevin to deliver quality wine at scale, positioning them as a key partner in the global wine supply chain.
Since 2007 the Indevin Group has partnered with some of the most progressive wine retailers in Australia, the USA and the UK to support private and own brand wine programmes. Its partnerships are industrial in scale yet intimate in approach – the wine teams work closely with their partners to create strong and lasting relationships, building wines according to the Indevin Group’s customers’ taste, with a guaranteed consistency lasting for years. In 2021 Indevin acquired renowned New Zealand brand, Villa Maria, which was founded in 1961.
CEO’s statement:
At Indevin Group, we’re proud of the work we do and the wines we craft. As New Zealand’s largest wine company, we recognise the leadership role we play in shaping a responsible and sustainable industry. Sharing the best of Aotearoa New Zealand with the world begins with doing what’s right - making sure our entire supply chain is ethical, sustainable, and free from modern slavery.
Our business is built on relationships and real connections. This is important mahi, and it’s work we take to heart. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity and care, and we strive to make a positive difference for everyone who’s part of the Indevin story.
Grounded in our purpose - inspired by nature, crafted with care, growing connections - we’re committed to continually improving and doing the right thing for our people, our partners, and our planet.-
Our Modern Slavery and Forced and Child Labour (MSFCL) Statement describes steps taken by our business during the year ending 30 June 2025, to identify, mitigate and remediate the risk of MSFCL in Indevin Group’s businesses and supply chains.
Simon Limmer
CEO, Indevin Group
Date: 12 December, 2025
Statement:
United Kingdom: In accordance with Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, this MSFCL is a statement of the steps Indevin UK Limited has taken to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any of its supply chains or in any part of its business during the financial year ending 30 June 2025.
Voluntary: For all other jurisdictions, this is a voluntary MSFCL statement and the Indevin Group (being Indevin Group Limited and its subsidiaries but excluding Indevin UK Limited) are not deemed ‘reporting entities’ under any other current applicable laws.
Board approval: It was approved by the Board of Directors of Indevin Group Limited on 25 November 2025
Structure: The Indevin Group – footprint of Indevin Group / Key Markets
Supply chain:
Our value chain employs businesses, and connects with societies, people and environments beyond the shores of our homeland Aotearoa New Zealand. We are aware that, as a result of this, we have an impact across these areas that extends beyond our own direct control.
Indevin values the relationships we have throughout our supply chain and sincerely believe that our business’s positioning in our industry can provide the vehicle for positive impacts across the material areas of our value chain.
Adopting a consumer-led ethos, we strive to deliver the highest level of standards in the production, transport, marketing and sales of our products.
Due diligence: Identifying Modern Slavery and Forced and Child Labour risks
Indevin’s risk management framework establishes and supports a consistent, robust approach to assessing and managing risk, including MSCFL, risk across the business and it’s supply chains. In addition, Indevin identifies and addresses MSCFL risk through its:
Procurement processes;
Supplier partnership programme for top tier suppliers based on spend and supply risk;
Supplier development programme, underpinned by a supplier materiality assessment, including assessing ethical sourcing and supply risk; and.
Group Policies, including Whistleblower Policy and Human Rights Policy.
Understanding the Modern Slavery and Forced and Child Labour risks
Under various international MSFCL laws, modern slavery is defined to include servitude, human trafficking, debt bondage, forced marriage, forced labour, deceptive recruiting for labour or services and forced child labour. It includes situations of serious exploitation where offenders use coercion, threats or deception to exploit victims and undermine their freedom.
The Indevin Group has identified the following MSFCL risk areas for its business and is committed to ensuring that these are appropriately addressed:
Temporary or contracted labour in our vineyards and wineries. and our grower-owned vineyards.
National and international supply and logistics of our dry goods suppliers, bulk unpackaged and finished goods.
Low skilled labour and migrant labour used by our varied service providers.
The Indevin Group treats these risks seriously and recognises there is always opportunity for it to improve its systems and processes as well as controls that assist with ensuring supplier compliance with its policy and expectations. Additionally, the Indevin Group seeks to further improve its understanding of modern slavery and forced and child labour and how it manifests in the Indevin Group’s supply chain as well as more targeted engagement with suppliers from high-risk sectors.
Steps taken to assess and manage the MSFCL risk:
Temporary or contracted labour in our vineyards and wineries, and our grower vineyards
The Risk: Vineyards and wineries make up the core of Indevin Group’s operations and both have significant labour requirements. Some vineyard operations such as pruning are carried out using workers recruited through the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Scheme often via specialist RSE labour providers. During harvest, our wineries require additional labour which is sourced from the local market as well as workers using the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) scheme and are recruited directly.
Managing the Risk: Accordingly, the Indevin Group partnered with NZ Ethical Employers Inc to ensure best practice ethical employment standards so that people thrive at work, with a focus on improving the experience of RSE workers. Indevin Group further requires labour contracting companies directly engaged for work at its owned and leased vineyards, and indirectly engaged by its grape growers to be a member of the NZ Ethical Employers Inc or similar association/certification with comparable safeguards/processes. Indevin Group expects its growers to demonstrate the highest standards of employment practices and to operate in an ethical manner at all times.
National and International supply and logistics of dry goods and raw materials, bulk unpackaged and finished goods
The Risk: Packaging and Distribution of the Indevin Group’s supply chain involves suppliers of dry goods and raw materials to allow the Indevin Group, or third parties, to grow grapes, make wine and bottle and package the wine. Suppliers may import or manufacture dry goods and raw materials from countries that have low standards of employment and human rights.
Managing the Risk:
New suppliers are vetted and assessed prior to relationships being developed and must at all times adhere to the Indevin Group’s Supplier Code of Conduct available here.
In accordance with Indevin’s Supplier Code of Conduct, Indevin Group can audit a supplier’s compliance at any time.
Indevin upholds ethical, responsible, and sustainable practices throughout the supply chain. Our expectation is that our suppliers follow our lead whilst also ensuring they make every effort to undertake their services in a sustainable and socially responsible manner.
For existing suppliers, the Indevin Group has undertaken the following steps to understand MSFL risk within its business and supply chain:
Identified suppliers of the Indevin Group.
Completed an internal assessment of those suppliers’ supply chain and business risk based on spend materiality, including identifying: whether the supplier relies on international or local sourcing of raw materials;
The category/sector of the products/services supplied; and whether the supplier has modern slavery risk/policies/statement within their business.
Low skilled labour and migrant labour used by our various service providers, including cleaning and maintenance.
The Risk: Service providers may engage low skilled labour or migrant workers to perform the contracted services.
Managing the Risk:
Service providers are vetted prior to relationships being developed and must at all times adhere to the Indevin Group’s Supplier Code of Conduct available here.
In accordance with Indevin’s Supplier Code of Conduct, Indevin Group can audit a supplier’s compliance at any time.
For existing service providers, the Indevin Group has undertaken the following steps to understand MSFL risk within its business and supply chain:
Identified service providers of the Indevin Group.
Completed an internal assessment based on spend materiality of those service providers’ supply chain and business risk, including identifying whether the supplier has modern slavery risk/policies/statement within their business.
In particular, Indevin Group expects that Labour and Human Rights are of critical concern to the relevant supplier, and suppliers operate in full compliance with international, national and local laws and regulations applicable to their business operations.
In respect of all of the above risks, if Indevin Group considers that a party is not complying with the Supplier Code of Conduct, Indevin Group may suspend or cancel that party’s supply of labour or supply of any goods or services to Indevin or terminate any or all of that party’s contracts with Indevin.
Group Policies and Staff Training:
The Indevin Group also articulates its human rights expectations throughout its employment standards, and its employee code of conduct. These key documents set expectations for how its employees need to act and behave. These policies are supported by local guidance to reflect relevant regulations and norms.
Employee Code of Conduct - Sets out expected behaviours for our employees towards each other, our customers and the wider community.
Ethical Behaviour Policies - Sets the ethical expectations of our employees, embedding a culture of integrity, honesty and transparency. A new Anti-Competitive Behaviour Policy and training on this topic was conducted in February 2025.
Health, Safety and Wellbeing Policy - Sets out our commitment to providing and maintaining a healthy and safe working environment for our employees, contractors, visitors and all other people that may use our locations as a workplace.
Human Rights Policy - confirm Indevin’s commitment to meeting its responsibility to respect human rights and the principles of non-discrimination, develop a culture which supports human rights and seeks to avoid complicity in human rights abuses and provides information about who human rights abuses can be reported to and how Indevin will address abuses.
Procurement Policy - establishes a procurement framework to ensure Goods and Services procured are fit for purpose while ensuring Indevin’s quality, environmental and social objectives are met.
Whistleblower Policy - documents Indevin's commitment to maintaining a working environment in which people feel able to report suspected instances of serious wrongdoing without fear of reprisal and with the knowledge that Indevin will investigate and resolve any wrongdoing.
Harassment and Discrimination Policy- confirms Indevin's commitment to zero tolerance of all forms of harassment, promote a work environment free from all forms of harassment, provide information to Employees about what constitutes harassment, provide information to Employees about how to raise concerns or complaints relating to harassment or discrimination during their course of employment with Indevin.
Diversity and Inclusion Policy - confirms Indevin's commitment to diversity and inclusion (D&I), outlines our D&I Principles, and clarifies expectations around D&I for our employees and leaders.
The Indevin Group’s effectiveness of its actions in preventing MSFCL in its business:
Indevin Group is consistently managing the onboarding of suppliers and takes the opportunity during contract renewals and variations to ensure that its suppliers and service providers are maintaining their compliance with Indevin Group’s Supplier Code of Conduct. For example:
Supplier Development Programme:
In 2025, Indevin commenced its supplier development programme prioritising its critical suppliers (including service providers) based on spend materiality. Indevin assesses its critical suppliers on a range of topics including whether the supplier relies on international or local sourcing of raw materials for the products/services supplied into Indevin and modern slavery risk (aligned to the Global Slavery Index).
As part of our supplier development programme, existing agreements will be varied with suppliers (including service providers) and third parties to incorporate Indevin Group’s Supplier Code of Conduct and require such parties to be bound by the same.
The process of consultation between the Indevin Group:
The Indevin Group works closely with its subsidiaries and provide opportunities for feedback and consultation during the establishment of internal policies, procedures and training for employees.
*Nieslen UK Off Trade MAT 31.03.25
