The global nature of complex supply chains made up of companies competing on prices, profitability and lead times increases the risk of workers being exploited, and in the worst cases, forced into modern slavery.
Can discussing discrimination and injustice directly with suppliers mitigate the risks of slavery and child labour? Sign up for this event, on 12 November, organised by the Danish Ethical Trading Initiative.
The risk of forced labour and trafficking in supply chains is rising up the business agenda. But what happens when the forced labour is imposed by the State itself?
Business can go so far in driving good practice as directed by the UNGPs, but States have a clear role too in bringing change. A new Standard - the Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard - is an important step towards allowing good practitioners to stand out and be counted
Anti-Slavery Day came about through an Act in the UK parliament in 2010. It designated 18 October every year as a day to acknowledge that millions of men, women and children continue to be victims of slavery, depriving them of basic human dignity and freedom