Commencement of the Lieferkettengesetz German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Act) is fast approaching. Impacted organisations are assessing their current systems and processes for supply chain due diligence to ensure their compliance with the Act.
Australia’s Modern Slavery Act 2018 (MSA) was intended to be transformational, putting a spotlight on modern slavery risks and requiring businesses to take action on a persistent problem within global supply chains. The MSA has
The number of suspected victims of Modern Slavery in the UK continues to rise, reaching it’s highest level in a decade with over 12,500 potential victims being identified last year. This figure is up 20%
Plans in the UK to replace the UK Human Rights Act of 1998 as proposed by Boris Johnson in his 2019 election manifesto are being judged that they might make ministers less accountable for their
Author: Calvin London, Founder & Principal Consultant | The Compliance Concierge | Australia In the last five years it is estimated that the global private economy has consumed the lives of almost 90 million people into
Sustainable chocolate brand, Tony’s Chocolonely has admitted to finding 1700 cases of child labour within it’s supply chain. Despite finding more cases than in previous years, the company insists that this is indicative of positive
Case Study Anglicare Working with ethiXbase has not only empowered Anglicare to create a strong modern slavery statement, but the partnership has also facilitated buy-in of the Modern Slavery Questionnaire from suppliers and stakeholders alike.
Today, an estimated 40.3 million people are trapped in modern slavery worldwide, with approximately 1 in 4 of them being young children. Modern slavery is the severe exploitation of others for personal or commercial gain.
The world-leading Modern Slavery Act was introduced in 2015 to tackle modern slavery in this country and set an example for other countries seeking to do the same. Four years on, many effects of the
For years, Carolyn Kitto has trekked through the Himalayan foothills in northern India to assess the working conditions of pickers who gather tea leaves for global brands. At times, that’s meant wading knee-deep in raw
One of the most emotive pieces of UK legislation, regardless of its actual effect, is the 1998 Human Rights Act. The Blair-era law allowed for the European Convention on Human Rights, to which the UK
It must be a first: a US Treasury Secretary announcing that “there’s a good argument that, right now, the best place to hide and launder ill-gotten gains is actually the United States”. Janet Yellen’s remark
