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| | | ... chains are in Australia, or overseas." Modern slavery - which may exist in many forms including as human trafficking, forced labour or debt bondage - continues to affect millions of workers around the world with some estimates putting the figure as high ... |
| | | | ... areas assessed. These areas include development in gender equality, responsible purchasing practices, child and forced labour, and transparency. Outland Denim achieved an A+ ethical grade with more Australian brands including Kookai, Cotton On and Country ... |
| | | | ... UN, 40 million people, worldwide, live in modern slavery conditions, with an estimated 24.9 million of these in forced labour. It is estimated that in Australia alone, some 15,000 people could be living in modern slavery conditions. Ausbil has consulted ... |
| | | | ... include workers' exposure to toxic materials, unfair wages, failure to obtain proper consent in clinical trials and forced labour in production of raw materials for medical devices." The report contains checklists for companies to assess their readiness ... |
| | | | ... reporting to GRESB said they have policies in place to address social issues including diversity and equal opportunity, forced labour, safety, and worker rights. Meanwhile, 85% of participants measure and monitor the impact of their operations on communities ... |
| | | | ... there are 168 million children aged between 5 and 17 years engaged in child labour and over 20 million victims of forced labour - and more likely to occur in the Asia-Pacific region than anywhere else, a region that includes Australia's largest trading ... |
| | | | ... report grades 114 companies from A to F, based on the "strength of their systems to mitigate against the risks of forced labour, child labour and exploitation in their supply chains." "One of the big shifts since 2013 has been the increased willingness ... |
| | | | ... consider ways in which Australia could combat the growing problem of modern slavery which includes practices such as forced labour, child labour and debt bondage. The report ' Hidden in Plain Sight ' offers a number of recommendations and with bipartisan ... |
| | | | ... creation of a reporting regime. ACSI supports the definition of modern slavery, which includes "slavery, servitude, forced labour, debt bondage and deceptive recruiting for labour or services," as well as the proposed threshold of $100- million in revenue. ... |
| | | | ... companies' behaviours has been tightened up on the criteria related to the elimination of the worst forms of child and forced labour; information to customers (labelling and marketing.). In the governance domain, Vigeo Eiris examines companies' strategy ... |
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