Australian companies ‘significantly exposed’ to slavery risk – investors
Thomson Reuters Foundation Australian companies are “significantly exposed” to modern slavery in their supply chains, with sectors ranging from finance and mining to healthcare most at risk, an influential group representing some of the country’s biggest investors said. Australia last month became only the second country in the world to bring in an anti-slavery law, […]
UK companies’ struggle to ensure fair wages sparks slavery concerns
Thomson Reuters Foundation British businesses are struggling to ensure workers in their global supply chains are paid a decent wage, and the situation could worsen after the country leaves the European Union next year, a survey of company managers found on Monday. A fifth of companies have discovered wage violations in their operations over the […]
ETHICAL FASHION: INDUSTRY MAKES “SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS” IN PROTECTING WORKERS BUT GAPS STILL REMAIN
DAVID ADAMS reports on the release of Australian Baptist World Aid’s 2017 Ethical Fashion Report…