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Act vs Action - Legislation not enough to combat modern slavery
2015-12-03 10:44:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Leslie Johnston, executive director of the C&A Foundation and a board director at GoodWeave believes the UK's Modern Slavery Act - which obligates large companies to report and declare their steps to address slavery - can only do so much. She is instead calling on businesses to take a broader approach to abolish slavery within supply chains and engage consumers to create change.
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Perpetrators of modern slavery are devastating our environment too
2015-11-13 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In many poor countries, environmental destruction is the tipping point that pushes vulnerable families into slavery. Unseasonal droughts, encroaching deserts, extreme flooding, the death of livestock, or illegal deforestation have a devastating impact on families already living on the brink. As their fragile livelihoods become unsustainable, such families may start to gamble with their liberty. Desperate parents accept offers from unscrupulous recruiters to employ their daughters in hotels,...
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Modern slavery in 71% of UK company supply chains
2015-10-22 13:28:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Around 71% of UK companies believe there is a likelihood of modern slavery occurring at some point within their supply chains, according to a new study, which also found that audits do not reveal what is really going on in their supply chains.
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Preparation key to protect brands under Modern Slavery Act
2015-09-01 17:04:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Brands must establish practices to identify, audit and monitor their supplier base, including subcontractors, if they are to flourish under the British Modern Slavery Act.
THE FLANARANT: What will Britain's Modern Slavery Act achieve?
2015-08-07 16:35:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Britain's Modern Slavery Act (MSA), which began coming into force on 31 July, sets new disclosure standards on an extraordinary number of garment businesses. But its legal niceities won't really determine the law's impact, believes Mike Flanagan, noting that public opinion matters more.
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