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| | | ... slavery poses significant regulatory, legal and financial risks to investments," RIAA said. "Companies connected to forced labour or exploitation face risks to long-term business sustainability, reputational harm and legal and regulatory scrutiny. In ... |
| | | | ... Canada and Australia already have modern slavery laws in place while several others have adopted or are considering forced labour import bans. "Failure to introduce appropriate modern slavery legislation carries significant risk. As our trading partners ... |
| | | | ... fair treatment for migrant workers." Furthermore, one third of migrant workers reported experiencing at least one forced labour indicator, including being made to work in unsafe conditions, excessive hours or different hours than agreed, long periods ... |
| | | | ... 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 ... |
| | | | ... modern slavery as eight types of serious exploitation: trafficking in persons; slavery; servitude; forced marriage; forced labour; debt bondage; deceptive recruiting for labour or services; and the worst forms of child labour. Under the worst forms of ... |
| | | | ... 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 ... |
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