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Modern slavery legislation a 'half law': Australian Human Rights Institute

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
The current Australian Modern Slavery Act raises awareness in educating people on the problem but falls short in following through and being effective, Australian Human Rights Institute director Justine Nolan said. Speaking at the recent Australian ...

Supermarket giants lead anti-slavery efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Investors began by sending a statement on the need for companies to go beyond compliance with the Australian Modern Slavery Act, sent to ASX200 companies. This led to a small number of individual company engagements. Engagement with focus companies continues ...

Human rights in business remain a challenge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... amount of work to identify, mitigate and report on their modern slavery risks in response to the Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018. "Stakeholder expectations are changing. Governments and regional governance bodies around the world are now considering ...

Varying levels of progress on modern slavery: IAST APAC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... conversations with companies." IAST APAC members are also participating in the review process for the Australian Modern Slavery Act, Turner said. "When we formed the steering committee a few years ago, our view was that if we can do something together ...

Scentre Group to increase disclosure for cleaning contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... property companies can use when developing their Modern Slavery statements in accordance with the Australian Modern Slavery Act. The platform could be adapted to capture the sort of information that Scentre Group will need under this enhanced disclosure ...

Investors urge companies to broaden view of modern slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... We've also drawn on great work done in Australia, such as the RIAA/ASCI reporting guidelines on the Australian Modern Slavery Act." The letter sent to ASX100 companies provided "overarching guidance and views" on where companies could start thinking ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... reporting obligations for all entities with revenue of more than $100 million annually, under the Australian Modern Slavery Act. Experts from investment, technology, non-governmental organisations and trade unions spoke with FS Sustainability regarding ...

Identifying exposures to modern slavery a key concern: Informed 365

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... property companies can use when developing their Modern Slavery statements in accordance with the Australian Modern Slavery Act. This collaborative group has expanded to nearly 30 participants currently, Bernhardt said. Some of the participants include ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... reporting obligations for all entities with revenue of more than $100 million annually, under the Australian Modern Slavery Act. Experts from investment, technology, non-governmental organisations and trade unions spoke with The Sustainability Report ...

Property Council of Australia develops platform for modern slavery data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... property companies can use when developing their Modern Slavery statements in accordance with the Australian Modern Slavery Act. "This is a way of trying to look at the information and look at not just what do we know about our suppliers and what they ...
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