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Article

11 Jan 2017

Author:
Cindy Berman, Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI)

ETI endorses Business & Human Rights Resource Centre's UK Modern Slavery Act Registry

“Modern slavery statements: seeing evidence of company action”, 11 January 2016

ETI is recommending that companies place their modern slavery statements in the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre’s central UK Modern Slavery Act Registry arguing that it provides the only independent, credible, free, open and accessible repository that is accountable to the public interest.

On the surface, the Act’s requirements are minimal…But what’s at stake is a public statement of evidence; on the steps a company is taking to ensure that slavery is not occurring in either its direct operations or its supply chains.

Government has said that it is not their responsibility to establish a central registry…They argue that they have established the legislation and it is for the public – investors, consumers and civil society organisations – to hold companies to account.

The BHRRC is exactly the right home for this; its primary purpose is to share knowledge, research and evidence to drive improved practice on business and human rights, and to expose bad practice so that lessons can be learned.