Sets out what effective remediation looks like when forced labour is identified in a supply chain: the immediate priorities, the decisions that need to be made, the distinction between private and state-imposed forced labour, the role of disengagement as a genuine last resort, and what workers are entitled to when things have gone wrong.
What will companies required to make a modern slavery statement include in it? It will be a bold consumer-facing brand that chooses to make only a minimal disclosure.
Explains the key definitions, the different forms modern slavery takes, its scale globally, and what these concepts mean in practice for businesses operating or sourcing internationally.
Forced labour is a symptom of a wider malaise facing workers in global supply chains. Governance gaps and skewed business structures are exacerbating inequality and must be tackled for workers to be properly protected.
What forced labour and modern slavery mean in practice, why the regulatory environment is intensifying, what businesses are now expected to do – and how to build an approach that goes beyond compliance.
Sets out what a modern slavery statement needs to cover, what distinguishes a strong statement from a weak one, how to approach the statement as part of an ongoing programme rather than an annual compliance exercise, and how to use ETI’s evaluation framework to assess and improve your own statement.