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Australian Anti-Slavery Commission Office recommends key policy reforms

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... Commission' Office has released a paper that recommends two key reforms to strengthen the national approach to modern slavery legislation. It wants to see the introduction of a mandatory risk-based modern slavery due diligence obligation for reporting ...

Avetta Partners develops new social responsibility risks tool

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... regulatory consequences. It ensures due diligence by requiring suppliers and contractors to respond to questions around modern slavery policy and controls; supply chain risk and transparency; labour policies and practices; supplier audits; training and ...

Fund managers cite net zero, active ownership as top focus: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... important focus for many managers who weighted it at the highest score of 5.0. Active ownership weighted at 4.5, while modern slavery scored 4.0 and gender equality rated 3.6. Divestment and gender diversity/sexual harassment each scored 3.0. However ...

Green moves: Foresight, Tattarang

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... tasked with expanding Foresight's work in climate risk, sustainability, nature-based solutions, human rights and modern slavery, and helping grow its partnerships and alliances. Jeyaretnam worked at EY for over a decade, joining through EY's 2014 ...

The benefits of modern slavery due diligence laws in Australia

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... Anti-slavery commissioner Chris Evans hosted the Moving the Needle: Exploring Options for Due Diligence Laws to Combat Modern Slavery webinar where experts discussed the potential benefits and methods for developing due diligence laws in Australia. Moderator ...

Improvements needed in modern slavery disclosures: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
Monash University's Business School released the Modern Slavery Disclosure Quality Ratings ASX100 Companies Update 2025 report about how Australian companies are reporting on modern slavery in their supply chains. The annual assessment by Monash Centre ...

Discipline is key to good engagements: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... way to manage the issue is to conduct due diligence according to its criteria - spanning from climate and nature, modern slavery and First Nation issues - and ask "relevant" questions. "So, we'll look at those [criteria], and we'll see the companies ...

Podcast: Fighting modern slavery

THE GREENER WAY  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... Baltazar speaks with Charlotte O'Meara, head of responsible investment at Challenger. They delve into the issue of modern slavery and how an investor network representing $12 trillion FUM hopes to fight it. The episode highlights the efforts and ...

IFM Investors launches modern slavery framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
As institutional investors grapple with addressing modern slavery in their investment processes, a new paper by IFM Investors provides a framework on how they can start tackling a problem that is often invisible. IFM's newly released paper, Addressing ...

Community housing providers improve ESG standing

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... providers. Yet, carbon emissions reporting remains challenging for many providers and the number of organisations with modern slavery policies nearly doubled while those with approved Reconciliation Action Plans increased. Australian Community Housing ...