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YES
Great to hear! New Zealand has enacted laws prohibiting slavery, trafficking in persons and forced labour in New Zealand and is a party to a number of international treaties dealing with the topic.
Current legislation does not obligate businesses to look at their supply chain but new legislation for modern slavery and worker exploitation is under consideration. By taking action to identify risks now you are ahead of the curve. Be sure to keep an eye on the new legislation to ensure you are compliant when it comes into force.
You may want to communicate this in RFPs. For example:"We take every effort to identify Modern Slavery risks in our supply chain. We do this by seeking to have transparent supply chains. We identify and record the businesses, employers, contractors and suppliers across the entire supply chain and the risks to workers. We gather data about risks through monitoring, audits, and third party verification. We have channels in place to hear from workers in our supply chain directly. [Detail your specific monitoring, audit, and verification providers and arrangements]."
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New Zealand has enacted laws prohibiting slavery, trafficking in persons and forced labour in New Zealand and is a party to a number of international treaties dealing with the topic.
Current legislation does not obligate businesses to look at their supply chain but new legislation for modern slavery and worker exploitation is under consideration. You may want to take action now to identify modern slavery risks in your supply chain so that you are compliant when the new laws come into force.
Best practice
Identify and record businesses, employers, contractors and suppliers across the entire supply chain and the risks to workers. Establish ways to gather this data by monitoring, audits, and third party verification.
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Eliminating modern slavery
Many people think of sustainability as just environmental things like carbon and waste. Social sustainability however is very important and refers to things like keeping your workers health and safe throughout the supply chain.
Answer these questions to asses how sustainable you are when it comes to identifying modern slavery in your business and learn how to achieve best practice.
