Briefing: Recommended content for a modern slavery statement
[This] is one of four briefings designed to provide information for business on reporting under the Transparency in Supply Chains clause in the Modern Slavery Act 2015...
1. The Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement: Legal Requirements
Section 54 of the UK Modern Slavery Act (2015) requires commercial organisations operating in the UK with an annual turnover in excess of £36m to produce a ‘slavery and human trafficking statement for each financial year of the organisation’... Companies that do not meet these basic requirements are breaking the law.
2. Content of the statement
...A company’s slavery and human trafficking statement should make clear its commitment to tackling modern slavery, and substantiate this by documenting its risk-mapping processes, relevant policies, training procedures, action plans, and engagement stakeholders...
3. Appropriate content for each of the six areas listed in the Act
...Section 54(5) of the Modern Slavery Act lists six areas which companies ‘may’ cover in their statements. This briefing [...] provide[s] an overview of the type of information that companies should provide...