Business trainings

Modern Slavery in Supply Chains

Designed for businesses to understand what modern slavery is, how to identify it, and how to practically reduce its presence within their own business and supply chains.

The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights offers companies guidance on key themes for labour and human rights and are highly relevant to trafficking and forced labour.

In 2015 the Modern Slavery Act (MSA) came into effect in the UK. Section 54 of The Act requires every business which supplies goods or services, and carries on a business or part of a business in the UK with a total annual turnover of £36m or more to produce a statement of the steps a business has taken during the financial year to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not occurring in their supply chains and in their own business. It is has now become known as the Transparency in Supply Chains clause (TISC).

Similar reporting legislation has existed in the US since the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act 2010, and more recently in Australia with Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018.

The Act further recommends that companies publish details regarding the training that is available to staff. However, most employees are not even aware of what modern slavery is and therefore lack the knowledge and tools for preventing, identifying and eradicating slavery from within their business and supply chain.

Learning Outcomes

Our workshop will ensure trainees:

  • Understand what is meant by ‘modern slavery’ and its constituent offences
  • Grasp national and global patterns of forced labour and modern slavery
  • Identify the recruitment and control methods used by traffickers
  • Pinpoint risks of modern slavery within your business and supply chains and anticipate future trends
  • Develop and implement control measures to mitigate risks of modern slavery in the supply chain
  • Identify and respond to forced labour
  • Spot gaps in existing policies
  • Develop a MSA Section 54 statement to promote company ethical values and increase brand strength

Who is this for?

The workshop is bespoke in nature and tailored to our clients’ needs, however our trainees have typically included Board Members, Global Supply Chain and Procurement Managers, Human Resources, Corporate Law, CSR Managers, and Sustainability Managers.

Duration:

2 full days (in-person/online)

Features:

  • Case Studies
  • Simulation Exercises
  • Task Booklet
  • Modern Slavery Risk Assessment Key Datasets v.3 4

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