Today marks the second year of Oxfam’s Behind the Barcodes initiative, where major supermarkets are rated on how they support workers in their global supply chains.
On UK Anti Slavery Day 2019, ETI's Head of Modern Slavery Cindy Berman reflects on what we've learned, and what we haven't. And in a series of 'mini blogs', outlines some of the things key stakeholders can do to drive longstanding change.
Audits are not the answer when it comes to tackling modern slavery, because it lurks in the dark parts of the supply chains that audits can’t reach. Cindy Berman, ETI’s Head of Modern Slavery, urges companies to make a genuine commitment to transparency
Anti-Slavery Day came about through an Act in the UK parliament in 2010. It designated 18 October every year as a day to acknowledge that millions of men, women and children continue to be victims of slavery, depriving them of basic human dignity and freedom
The risk of forced labour and trafficking in supply chains is rising up the business agenda. But what happens when the forced labour is imposed by the State itself?