Exhibit 1.01
Rentokil Initial plc
Conflict Minerals Report
For the Year January 1 to December 31, 2025
This Conflict Minerals Report for the year ended December 31, 2025 is provided by Rentokil Initial plc (the “Company”) pursuant to Rule 13p-1 (the “Rule”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Rule applies to companies required to file reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if any of the products they manufacture or contract to manufacture contain Conflict Minerals (as defined below) necessary to the functionality or production of the product. References in this report to “we,” “us” or “our” refer to the Company and its subsidiaries, unless otherwise specified or unless the context otherwise requires.
As defined by the Rule, “Conflict Minerals” are columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite, or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten. Tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold collectively are referred to herein as “3TG”.
As detailed below, based on our reasonable country of origin inquiry, the Company has no reason to believe that the 3TG in any of our products is funding armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the “Covered Countries”). However, it remains challenging for many companies and their suppliers (including us and our suppliers) to gather complete and reliable data. For that reason, we have not been able to rule out the possibility that some Conflict Minerals in our products may have originated in the Covered Countries and may not be from recycled or scrap sources.
Consequently, we exercised due diligence on the Conflict Minerals’ origin and chain of custody. We are providing this Conflict Minerals Report to describe our due diligence processes and results.
I. Company Overview
Rentokil Initial plc is a global leader in the provision of route-based services which protect people and enhance lives. We are a route-based business in which skilled technicians or specialists visit customer sites on a regular basis to perform services such as pest control, washroom waste removal, equipment replenishment, and the care and maintenance of plants.
We operate in 90 countries, including a number of emerging markets and countries that we have entered in recent years through acquisitions. Most of our procured products covered by the Rule are rebranded products that must follow a rigorous branding process.
II. Due Diligence Measures
A. Design of Our Due Diligence Measures
Our Conflict Minerals due diligence process has been based on the framework described in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (“OECD Guidance”) and the related Supplements for 3TG. We are a “downstream company” within the meaning of the OECD Guidance, and, therefore, we have designed our due diligence process in a manner consistent with those portions of the OECD Guidance specifically applicable to downstream companies.
B. Due Diligence Framework
1. Establish Strong Company Management Systems
(i) Supplier Code of Conduct
We maintain a Supplier Code of Conduct, which is available in 17 languages at the following website: https://www.rentokil-initial.com/responsible-delivery/ri-supplier-code-of-conduct.aspx. The Supplier Code of Conduct requires that (i) all purchased parts and raw materials must be fully traceable to the delivered product and back to their country of origin, and (ii) all minerals and metals must only be imported from responsible and conflict-free sources.
(ii) Internal Management System
The Company classifies its external suppliers as:
| (a) | Critical Suppliers (44 suppliers in 2025), which represent a high proportion of category spend, supplying unique products to multiple markets or requiring a long lead time for substitution if required; |
| (b) | Major Suppliers (78 suppliers in 2025) with a significant proportion of spend in a single country or region (i.e., over £0.5 million in a single year) and/or which supply generic products that can be substituted at short notice; and |
| (c) | Minor Local Suppliers (3,000+ suppliers in 2025), which represent the majority of suppliers by number, but a lower proportion by category spend. |
Our products that fall within the scope of the Rule are primarily our pest-connected products. All suppliers of these pest-connected products are in the Critical Suppliers category and must sign up to our Supplier Code of Conduct.
As outlined in our Supplier Code of Conduct, our suppliers are expected to import all minerals and metals from responsible and conflict-free sources, i.e., minerals that are from recycled or scrap sources, or that do not directly or indirectly finance armed groups through mining or mineral trading in the Covered Countries or any other Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, as determined by regulatory bodies and as applied by the Responsible Mineral Initiative (“RMI”).
All new suppliers are required to complete an online Environmental, Social, and Governance Questionnaire (“ESG Questionnaire”) through our OneTrust platform, during which the supplier must sign up to our Supplier Code of Conduct and state if any process or product supplied contains any 3TG. If the supplier identifies that any of the products or processes may contain 3TG, a questionnaire is provided to the supplier based on RMI’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”).
(iii) Supplier Engagement
We engage with and audit our Critical Suppliers to enable compliance with our Supplier Code of Conduct and expect them to do the same for their suppliers. It is the suppliers’ responsibility to ensure that their employees, directors, officers, suppliers, and subcontractors are made aware of and follow our Supplier Code of Conduct. The new ESG reporting requirements that are being imposed under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive in Europe, and the International Sustainability Standards Board more generally, mandate that we have visibility of our extended supply chain. We therefore expect our suppliers to share details of their suppliers and sub-suppliers and to audit their supply chain to enable compliance with our Supplier Code of Conduct.
(iv) Grievance Mechanism
We encourage all suppliers, employees, or other stakeholders to report genuine concerns over malpractice, illegal acts, or failures to comply with recognized standards of ethical behavior that they observe at any point within our global supply chain to Supplier SpeakUp by emailing supplier-speakup@rentokil-initial.com or calling +44 (0) 1276 536636. The Supplier SpeakUp can also be used when another supplier or individual has observed unprofessional behavior within another company known to be a supplier to us.
(v) Maintenance of Records
Our Document and Data Retention Schedules Guidance, along with our Local Retention Schedules, provides information regarding the minimum retention period. In general the minimum retention period is six years, but it can vary due to individual country laws set out in the Local Retention Schedules.
2. Identify and Assess Risk in the Supply Chain
As part of the process to identify and assess risks in our supply chain, we conducted a review of our direct suppliers to identify suppliers of components and materials used in products within the scope of the Rule. Following this review, we determined that, for the year ended December 31, 2025, there were four Critical Suppliers potentially within the scope of the Rule. These are the same four suppliers that were identified as Critical Suppliers in our Conflict Minerals Report for the year ended December 31, 2024.
In early 2025, these four Critical Suppliers were requested to complete a questionnaire in respect of the year ended December 31, 2024 based on RMI’s CMRT (the “2024 Questionnaire”). The completed questionnaires were evaluated by our group’s Quality function to determine the source of any 3TG minerals. Any such supplier that failed to provide adequate data received follow-up emails and/or audits to determine any issues and the reason for such response.
3. Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks
If a supplier indicates that its products may contain 3TG sourced from the Covered Countries, we will follow-up with the supplier to gather more information, including the basis for the information provided and other information regarding the sourcing country. Identified risks will be reported to our Global Product Quality Manager, who will determine appropriate follow-up actions, if any, to mitigate such risks. This may include a face-to-face audit with the supplier with the aim of generating an action plan to address any issues. There have been no known validated incidents of high-risk Conflict Minerals sourcing issues in our supply chain that require follow-up actions to be considered.
Our suppliers are also audited on their associated business risks, including Social, Environmental, Governance, and Product Quality risks, as well as a review of the accuracy of their data. In addition, we conduct audits (on average, yearly) for products that are in the highest risk category for 3TG where we have a direct impact.
4. Carry Out Independent Third-Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified Points in the Supply Chain
We do not directly purchase raw minerals, ores, or 3TG. We are many steps removed from the mines and smelters that supply the minerals, ores, and 3TG contained in our products. Therefore, in connection with our due diligence, we utilized and relied on information made publicly available by the RMI concerning independent third-party audits of smelters to assess smelter due diligence and to determine whether smelters are conformant.
5. Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence
We have published our Form SD and Conflict Minerals Report for the year ended December 31, 2025. Our Form SD and Conflict Minerals Reports are publicly available at https://www.rentokil-initial.com/investors/sec-filings.aspx. The reference to our website is provided for convenience only. Its contents are neither incorporated by reference into this Report and Form SD nor deemed filed with the SEC.
III. Results of Due Diligence
Our four Critical Suppliers manufacture proprietary products for us and are contractually obliged to notify us of any changes in component sourcing in their extended supply chain. The four Critical Suppliers and the products they produce for us have not changed, and we have not received any such notifications of changes to component sourcing, since the 2024 Questionnaire was issued to the four Critical Suppliers. In addition, the suppliers are audited regularly to enable compliance. On this basis, we did not re-issue a CMRT questionnaire in respect of the year ended December 31, 2025. We will send the latest CMRT (version 6.6, issued by RMI on 17 April 2026) to suppliers later this year.
The responses received to the 2024 Questionnaire included varying degrees of information related to the smelters listed in the Appendix.
Out of the four Critical Suppliers identified to be potentially within the scope of the Rule, three provided data on their suppliers’ smelters. The supplier with outstanding data was audited and the importance of the information required was addressed; however, due to product obsoletion, this supplier is being phased out from the main production of connected products. For the other three Critical Suppliers identified, we received and assessed in total 15 forms: 4 forms from their direct suppliers of components (classified as tier 2 suppliers to the Company) and 11 forms from their distributors (classified as tier 3 suppliers).
156 smelters were identified in the data received, of which 149 were unique. The smelters in question are listed in the Appendix.
Based on the data provided, we will continue to assess our processes with our Critical Suppliers at their next in-person audits to determine the accuracy of their data and any outstanding responses.
Notwithstanding the due diligence process described above, we do not have sufficient information to conclusively determine whether any 3TG originating in the Covered Countries was included in our products and, if so, whether the 3TG was from recycled or scrap sources, and whether or not these Conflict Minerals directly or indirectly financed or benefited armed groups in the Covered Countries. Based on the information provided by our suppliers, as well as from the RMI and other sources, however, we have not found any evidence that the countries of origin of the Conflict Minerals contained in our products include the Covered Countries. The process has highlighted improvements that are required, and these are summarized in the following section.
IV. Future Risk Mitigation Efforts
We have taken or expect to continue with the following actions in 2026 to mitigate the risk that our necessary in-scope 3TG result in any benefit to armed groups:
| · | Conducting in-person audits with suppliers that need assistance with our requirements for reporting; | |
| · | Checking the accuracy of the data related to components used within the bill of materials for products; | |
| · | Developing a process for increased control and visibility of our complete supply chain; | |
| · | Requesting an updated submission of the latest CMRT v6.6 from all relevant suppliers; and | |
| · | Engaging with relevant trade associations and industry initiatives to improve supply chain due diligence and best practices based on the OECD Guidance. |
V. Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this Conflict Minerals Report may be forward-looking in nature. Words such as “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “believes,” “estimates,” “targets,” “anticipates,” and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include statements relating to our future plans and any other statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions, which may not prove to be accurate. These statements are not guarantees and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. As a result, these statements speak only as of the date they are made and with no obligation on our part to update or revise any forward- looking statement, except as required by federal securities laws.
Documents Incorporated by Reference
Unless otherwise stated herein, any documents, third-party materials, or references to websites (including the Company’s) are not incorporated by reference in, or considered to be a part of, this Conflict Minerals Report, unless expressly incorporated by reference herein.
Appendix
List of smelting companies that have been identified by our suppliers:
| CID000019 | Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. |
| CID000035 | Gold | Agosi AG |
| CID000058 | Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao |
| CID000077 | Gold | Argor-Heraeus S.A. |
| CID000082 | Gold | Asahi Pretec Corp. |
| CID000090 | Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. |
| CID000113 | Gold | Aurubis AG |
| CID000128 | Gold | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) |
| CID000157 | Gold | Boliden AB |
| CID000176 | Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG |
| CID000185 | Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation |
| CID000233 | Gold | Chimet S.p.A. |
| CID000401 | Gold | Dowa |
| CID000493 | Gold | JSC Novosibirsk Refinery |
| CID000694 | Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH |
| CID000707 | Gold | Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd. |
| CID000711 | Gold | Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG |
| CID000807 | Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. |
| CID000814 | Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery |
| CID000823 | Gold | Japan Mint |
| CID000855 | Gold | Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. |
| CID000920 | Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. |
| CID000937 | Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. |
| CID000969 | Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC |
| CID000981 | Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. |
| CID001078 | Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. |
| CID001113 | Gold | Materion |
| CID001119 | Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. |
| CID001147 | Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. |
| CID001149 | Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. |
| CID001152 | Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. |
| CID001153 | Gold | Metalor Technologies S.A. |
| CID001157 | Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation |
| CID001161 | Gold | Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V. |
| CID001220 | Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S. |
| CID001259 | Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. |
| CID001325 | Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. |
| CID001352 | Gold | PAMP S.A. |
| CID001397 | Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk |
| CID001498 | Gold | PX Precinox S.A. |
| CID001512 | Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. |
| CID001534 | Gold | Royal Canadian Mint |
| CID001555 | Gold | Samduck Precious Metals |
| CID001585 | Gold | SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A. |
| CID001622 | Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. |
| CID001756 | Gold | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals |
| CID001761 | Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. |
| CID001798 | Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. |
| CID001875 | Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. |
| CID001916 | Gold | Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd. |
| CID001938 | Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. |
| CID001955 | Gold | Torecom |
| CID001980 | Gold | Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining |
| CID001993 | Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. |
| CID002003 | Gold | Valcambi S.A. |
| CID002030 | Gold | Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint) |
| CID002100 | Gold | Yamakin Co., Ltd. |
| CID002129 | Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. |
| CID002224 | Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation |
| CID002243 | Gold | Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. |
| CID002314 | Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand |
| CID002561 | Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC |
| CID002762 | Gold | L'Orfebre S.A. |
| CID000211 | Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. |
| CID000456 | Tantalum | Exotech Inc. |
| CID000460 | Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. |
| CID000616 | Tantalum | XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED |
| CID000914 | Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
| CID000917 | Tantalum | Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. |
| CID001076 | Tantalum | AMG Brasil |
| CID001175 | Tantalum | Mineracao Taboca S.A. |
| CID001192 | Tantalum | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. |
| CID001200 | Tantalum | NPM Silmet AS |
| CID001277 | Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. |
| CID001769 | Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO |
| CID001869 | Tantalum | Taki Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| CID001891 | Tantalum | Telex Metals |
| CID001969 | Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC |
| CID002492 | Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. |
| CID002504 | Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC |
| CID002505 | Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. |
| CID002506 | Tantalum | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. |
| CID002539 | Tantalum | KEMET de Mexico |
| CID002544 | Tantalum | TANIOBIS Co., Ltd. |
| CID002545 | Tantalum | TANIOBIS GmbH |
| CID002547 | Tantalum | H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH |
| CID002548 | Tantalum | H.C. Starck Inc. |
| CID002549 | Tantalum | TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd. |
| CID002550 | Tantalum | TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG |
| CID002557 | Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown |
| CID002558 | Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu |
| CID002707 | Tantalum | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. |
| CID002842 | Tantalum | Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material |
| CID000228 | Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. |
| CID000228 | Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. |
| CID000292 | Tin | Alpha |
| CID000402 | Tin | Dowa |
| CID000438 | Tin | EM Vinto |
| CID000468 | Tin | Fenix Metals |
| CID000538 | Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. |
| CID000942 | Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC |
| CID001070 | Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. |
| CID001105 | Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) |
| CID001142 | Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. |
| CID001173 | Tin | Mineracao Taboca S.A. |
| CID001182 | Tin | Minsur |
| CID001191 | Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation |
| CID001314 | Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. |
| CID001399 | Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng |
| CID001460 | Tin | PT Refined Bangka Tin |
| CID001898 | Tin | Thaisarco |
| CID002036 | Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda. |
| CID002158 | Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
| CID002158 | Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
| CID002180 | Tin | Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd. |
| CID002180 | Tin | Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd. |
| CID002180 | Tin | Yunnan Tin Company, Ltd. |
| CID002468 | Tin | Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. |
| CID002500 | Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. |
| CID002503 | Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya |
| CID002517 | Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. |
| CID002706 | Tin | Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda. |
| CID002773 | Tin | Metallo Belgium N.V. |
| CID002774 | Tin | Metallo Spain S.L.U. |
| CID002834 | Tin | Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. |
| CID003116 | Tin | Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd. |
| CID000004 | Tungsten | A.L.M.T. Corp. |
| CID000105 | Tungsten | Kennametal Huntsville |
| CID000218 | Tungsten | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| CID000258 | Tungsten | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| CID000568 | Tungsten | Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. |
| CID000766 | Tungsten | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. |
| CID000769 | Tungsten | Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. |
| CID000825 | Tungsten | Japan New Metals Co., Ltd. |
| CID000966 | Tungsten | Kennametal Fallon |
| CID002044 | Tungsten | Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG |
| CID002082 | Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| CID002316 | Tungsten | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. |
| CID002317 | Tungsten | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd. |
| CID002320 | Tungsten | Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. |
| CID002494 | Tungsten | Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd. |
| CID002513 | Tungsten | Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. |
| CID002541 | Tungsten | H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH |
| CID002542 | Tungsten | TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG |
| CID002543 | Tungsten | Masan High-Tech Materials |
| CID002551 | Tungsten | Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd. |
| CID002589 | Tungsten | Niagara Refining LLC |
| CID002649 | Tungsten | Hydrometallurg, JSC |