Kate Carroll, Wednesday, 3rd March 2021 - By working with suppliers businesses can help raise awareness of modern slavery and better understand the structures that allow it to thrive, writes Kate Carroll, sustainability…
Contributor, Wednesday, 25th November 2020 - Research on the impact of modern slavery laws on consumer awareness about ethical fashion shows shoppers struggle with knowing what is truly ethical, write Harriette Richards and…
Luke Michael, Tuesday, 25th August 2020 - “Every day that we go without this law coming into force is a day that goes against the will of the parliament,” the NSW opposition leader says. Anti-slavery advocates…
Luke Michael, Tuesday, 21st July 2020 - Advocates believe charities also have a role to play in stamping out modern slaveryMore than 117 organisations, academics, lawyers, community and faith leaders have signed an open…
Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 10th April 2019 - Despite nearly 40 per cent of Australian clothing companies cleaning up their ethical act from the year before, only 5 per cent pay their factory workers a living wage, an annual report…
Ushi Ghoorah, Monday, 1st April 2019 - Australia’s first law firm dedicated to helping business comply with state and federal Modern Slavery Acts has launched in a bid to help business become more humanitarian, without…
Luke Michael, Tuesday, 4th December 2018 - Australian businesses are being urged to show leadership in eliminating modern slavery in their supply chains, in wake of Australia’s first federal Modern Slavery Act becoming…
Ellie Nikakis, Wednesday, 4th July 2018 - Ellie Nikakis from Vollie sits down with Colleen Ferrier to discuss the role of CSR in mining and combating the modern day slavery, in the first in a series of Purposeful Conversations…
Luke Michael, Wednesday, 18th April 2018 - Only 5 per cent of fashion companies are paying all their workers a living wage, according to a new report examining worker exploitation in the fashion industry.Baptist World Aid …
Luke Michael, Wednesday, 21st March 2018 - Implementing a Modern Slavery Act offers Australia the chance to be a world leader in combating human trafficking, and businesses can show leadership by addressing slavery in their…
Rachel McFadden, Tuesday, 6th June 2017 -
A coalition of Australian big businesses has backed calls to introduce Australia’s first anti-slavery legislation.
The Modern Slavery Act, introduced by the federal opposition…