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Supply chains will face increased scrutiny under slavery law


Consumers and campaigners... will have a better understanding of what action business is taking, and can call for more action...


be as many as 30 million slaves in the world. The figures go some way to explaining why the UK government


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is introducing legislation to stamp this out. And in a speech to the Co-operative Food Ethical Trade Conference, last week Bradley made it very clear that the government is looking to industry to play a major role in eliminating slavery from supply chains.


She said: “The most progressive measure in the Bill is related to improving


transparency in supply chains. This is truly a world-leading measure. The UK will be the first country in the world to introduce such a requirement on larger businesses to disclose what steps they have taken to ensure that their supply chains are slavery free.” Bradley clearly wants to encourage public scrutiny of companies’ supply chain


practices. “Once businesses are required to disclose what they are doing to tackle modern slavery, consumers and campaigners up and down the country will have a better understanding of what action business is taking, and can call for more action if they think more is needed,” she said. “Many businesses are already taking action to eliminate modern slavery. Our hope is


that once we make it clear what activity major businesses are undertaking, public pressure and competition between businesses will encourage others who have not taken decisive steps to act.” Themove by the British government follows the California Transparency in Supply


Chains Act which came into force in 2012.This targets supply chains for tangible goods and tasks companies with addressing human trafficking and slavery in their supply chains. Under the British government proposals the duty of disclosure will apply regardless of


the nature of the company or what it supplies, whether goods or services. The California law covers all companies with worldwide sales of more than $100m


and sales of $500,000+ in California. In the UK, a consultation is planned to set the exact threshold for the size of business.


Statutory guidance will also be produced setting out the kinds of information that might be disclosed to help companies comply. While there is still a lot of discussion ahead on this legislation, it is likely that supply chains will come in for an unprecedented level of scrutiny in the future.


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