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| | | ... he will be advancing the debate in Australia about how businesses and investors can strengthen their response to forced labour and modern slavery and called on ACSI attendees to help. Evans said while Australia's Modern Slavery Act has some "weaknesses" ... |
| | | | ... relations and strategy, respectively. Moore is a counter-trafficking specialist working to enhance remediation of forced labour in supply chains and moves over from The Salvation Army. McManus is a leading specialist in corporate human rights due diligence ... |
| | | | ... the NSW Parliament this week found. "Modern slavery risks identified include debt bondage, deceptive recruiting, forced labour and, in extreme cases, servitude, sexual servitude and even human trafficking," said Commissioner James Cockayne. Foreign workers ... |
| | | | ... is reputational damage. Australia's criminal code recognises slavery practices as including: slavery, servitude, forced labour, deceptive recruitment, forced marriage, debt bondage, human trafficking, child trafficking and domestic trafficking. There ... |
| | | | ... increasingly face regulatory and stakeholder scrutiny regarding the labour practices of their holdings. Issues like forced labour, child labour and human trafficking can be difficult to identify in the value chain. The sustainable investing arm of ISS ... |
| | | | ... chains that rely on underpayment of workers, underpaid workers, weak regulations, and illegal activities such as forced labour, are unsustainable. Companies that practice such activities are exposed to compliance and brand risk, which may negatively ... |
| | | | ... recently revealed that leading carbon trading platform South Pole sold carbon credits allegedly linked to potential forced labour of Uyghur minority in China, as reported by the Guardian and Follow the Money. The investigation alleged that South Pole ... |
| | | | ... modern slavery in renewable energy, such as the use of forced and child labour in cobalt mining and state-sponsored forced labour in the production of polysilicon that goes in to PV panels, as highlighted by NSW anti-slavery commissioner James Cockayne. ... |
| | | | ... (82%) rather than impact (18%). Australians believe governments and companies should be responsible for eradicating forced labour, child labour, and ensuring a fair living wage. "This report shows that Australians are increasingly aware and care about ... |
| | | | ASX-listed companies have a higher level of forced labour risk in their operations than other developed countries, according to the NSW independent anti-slavery commissioner. Speaking at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) Phil ... |
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