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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 ...

Businesses back stronger Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... have published a new reaerc report featuring a survey of nearly 90 businesses on the impact of Australia's Modern Slavery Act and necessary reforms to the regime. The federal government has been conducting a review of the Modern Slavery Act, and ...

Former MAS chief sustainability officer launches advisory firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainability issues. "Whether you're monitoring/engaging workers to understand the supply chain, at the moment most modern slavery act reporting is quite manual, there's a great opportunity to get technology involved." To that end, McBain is working ...

Podcast: Uncovering corporate modern slavery risk with Clare Bartram

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... while investor focus on modern slavery and wider human rights is intensifying. Under the Commonwealth's Modern Slavery Act of 2018, organisations that operate in Australia and have more than $100 million in annual revenue have to report annually ...

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 ...