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NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... https://www.fssustainability.com.au/asx-200-modern-slavery-disclosure-lags Compliance without ambition: Taking stock of ASX200 reporting under Australia's Modern Slavery Act, a report produced by Pillar Two. It describes analysis of ASX200 companies ...

Human rights in business remain a challenge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... More than 7000 Australian businesses have filed modern slavery statements following the implementation of the Modern Slavery Act in 2018. However, broader adherence to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights remains a challenge. The expectations ...

NSW Modern Slavery Plan to build prevention capability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Real Freedom is a preliminary five step plan for anti-slavery action alongside the National Action Plan and Modern Slavery Act 2018 (NSW). It aims to support policy and legislation, support and advocate survivors, and issue codes of practice and maintain ...

Experts evaluate impact of Modern Slavery Act review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
The proposed reforms to Australia's Modern Slavery Act will serve to improve transparency and enhance focus on remedies and remediation of instances of modern slavery, according to experts. Last week, the Australian government tabled a sweeping review ...

Review recommends significant reforms to Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
A sweeping review of Australia's Modern Slavery Act has recommended the introduction of a mandatory due diligence process for reporting entities, penalties for organisations that don't comply with the act, and the establishment of a federal ...

Is divestment the last resort for modern slavery?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... comments come as the government is preparing to release a review of the first three years of Australia's Modern Slavery Act, and told the audience he has been invited to return to Australia next year for a formal investigation. Obokata noted that ...

Renewable energy, climate in spotlight in Federal Budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Anti-Slavery Commissioner, a move that would confirm widely held presumptions that that reform to the existing Modern Slavery Act would include the establishment of that function. "The Government will provide $8.0 million over 4 years from 2023-24 (and ...

Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... they fail to report on human trafficking in their supply chain. In the UK, a recently concluded review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 made recommendations to strengthen transparency in the supply chain. In Australia, the Modern Slavery Act that came ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... a significant rise of people in modern slavery over the last five years. In 2020, Australia introduced the Modern Slavery Act and companies have responded with reporting on exposures and risks in their operations and in their supply chains, but experts ...

ASX 200 modern slavery disclosure lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... 8% of companies identified a modern slavery incident or allegation in the third year of reporting under the Modern Slavery Act, according to new research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI has commissioned Compliance ...