Claiming R&D Tax Credits with RDI Solutions!
RDI Solutions believes in sourcing goods and services from suppliers or providing services to clients who operate their businesses in a lawful, social, and environmentally responsible way.
RDI Solutions expect each of our suppliers and clients to conform, as a minimum, with all applicable laws as well as social, environmental regulations and to impose equivalent obligations on their suppliers and clients.
PEOPLE
● The supplier / client shall protect and maintain the human rights of all its workers.
● The supplier / client shall take all appropriate steps to eradicate modern slavery in all its forms.
● The supplier / client shall not discriminate on any grounds against its workers, within the customs and practices of the
countries in which a worker is engaged.
● The supplier / client shall comply with applicable laws and regulations relating to:
○ minimum wage and benefits; by applying prevailing industry wages and benefits where higher;
○ working time; by ensuring that any overtime shall be voluntary;
○ minimum working age; by ensuring child labour is not used; and
○ health and safety at work; through practice and effective policy.
● The supplier / client shall engage workers on fair and easily understandable terms and conditions and provide clear, fair and
uniformly applied grievance and disciplinary procedures.
ENVIRONMENT
● All applicable environmental laws and regulations shall be complied with in the geographical areas in which the supplier /
client operates.
● The supplier / client shall seek to source resources and carry on its own business in a way to minimise the carbon footprint
and all other harmful environmental effects and support sustainability in sourcing raw materials.
● All hazardous or toxic waste that is produced by the supplier must be properly identified and disposed of by licensed and
competent bodies via authorised and/or licensed means.
GOODS
● The supplier / client shall ensure that raw materials within its supply chain are procured from legal and sustainable sources
and where relevant shall seek/demonstrate chain of custody with appropriate certification.
● The supplier / client shall procure for itself and provide to RDI Solutions, only fairly-traded goods.
LEGITIMATE FINANCING
● The supplier / client shall develop and implement written policies, appropriate to the size and nature of the supplier's
business, which address:
○ protecting human rights and preventing discrimination and modern slavery;
○ providing a safe and healthy workplace and promoting fair working practices;
○ preventing illegitimate, fraudulent or criminal financing streams; and
○ promoting sustainability and preventing, mitigating and controlling environmental damage.
● The supplier / client shall appoint, at senior management level, individuals to take responsibility for health and safety,
workers rights, anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist financing and the prevention of tax
fraud, local community wellbeing and managing environmental performance.
● The supplier / client shall provide ongoing training to workers on all people policies, anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money
laundering and counter-terrorist financing and the prevention of tax fraud policies and environmental policies and the
procedures to be followed in order to implement such policies successfully.
● The supplier / client shall implement due diligence processes in order to ensure that policies are being adhered to and that
ethical, lawful and environmentally responsible practices are being implemented throughout the supply chain.
● The supplier / client shall collate the data on all its business practices (regarding health and safety, workers rights, anti-
bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing and prevention of tax fraud measures, local
community wellbeing) and its environmental performance and shall seek to achieve better transparency by reporting publicly on such matters.
Contact us today to explore how RDI solutions can assist with your R&D tax credit application.
Colin Copley, Owner and Founder of Copley LTD, shares his experience of working with RDI Solutions.
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