Tackling Modern Slavery in Supply Chains

The information in this resource is primarily aimed at procurement, supply chain and sustainability professionals in companies, organisations and governments.

It is aimed at those who want concrete guidance on how to reduce or eliminate the risk of modern slavery occurring in their supply chains, either as a direct or indirect result of their procurement practices.

For the purpose of simplicity, we use the terms company, however this Guide is relevant to all governments and any other organisation wishing to tackle slavery in their supply chains.

Finally, this Guide is intended to be a comprehensive system of meaningful action to address modern slavery within an organisation’s operations and is designed for verification.

This is version 1.0 of this Guide which provides only for the basics of what a company should begin to undertake.

There are some companies that are doing significantly more today and we expect as companies adopt this guide they will naturally innovate and significantly improve on the recommended processes.

We are thus releasing this guide now to help companies get started. As we receive feedback we anticipate releasing a 2.0 version.

Modern slavery awareness is increasing fast (the Walk Free movement grows 50,000 people per week) and consumers will increasingly demand more responsibility from their favorite brands.

This guide is an opportunity for companies to get ahead of the curve on this issue.