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Companies that are required to report under the Modern Slavery Act must address this issue by ensuring decent work in their supply chains, rather than merely focusing on eradicating the worst forms of slavery.

Two buyers have significant leverage to address modern slavery and labour abuses in the Australian horticultural sector: Coles and Woolworths. Together they have almost 70% of market share for grocery sales.

To meaningfully address concerns about modern slavery, we call on these two supermarkets to:
- take a multi-stakeholder approach to supplier certification that actively involves workers and their trade unions
- actively involve trade unions in labour rights education and in grievance procedures.
- ensure that all contracts with suppliers are sufficient to deliver at award wages to all workers.

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