by Sally Irwin | Jun 14, 2020 | Blog, Ending Modern Slavery, Ethical Business, Global Modern Slavery Updates
Calls for European Companies to Focus on Human Rights Abuses in Supply Chain. We are always glad to read when governments are responding to the human rights abuse of modern slavery. Yes there is so much more to do. And it can often be overwhelming. The enormity of...
by Sally Irwin | Jun 12, 2020 | Blog, Ending Modern Slavery, Ethical Business, Waterloo Cafe
Top Award Winning Ethical Cafe Reveals How it Creates a Feel Good Vibe by Changing Lives. It can be pretty daunting choosing which cafe to go to for a meeting or coffee catch up. Sometimes the coffee tastes bad or the tables are dirty or the music sucks. Other cafes...
by Sally Irwin | Jun 6, 2020 | About Modern Slavery, Blog, Forced Labour, Global Modern Slavery Updates, slavery on farms
Did you know fruit picking is a really high risk area for slavery in Australia and overseas? People are made to live in squalid rooms, and many are sexually abused. Most of them have to work really long hours and with almost no pay. So they are being totally ripped...
by Sally Irwin | Jun 6, 2020 | Blog, Ending Modern Slavery, Ethical Business, Global Modern Slavery Updates, Slavery in the Financial Sector
This is a great initiative put together by The Liechtenstein Initiative for Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST Initiative). They have launched a modern slavery certificate. As a result of this initiative they take another step toward their goal:...
by Sally Irwin | Jun 6, 2020 | About Modern Slavery, Blog, Child Labour, Global Modern Slavery Updates
Known statistics of Child Labour in India is over 10million children. But the coronavirus has brought to light that child labour and child trafficking is rampant in India. More than the local charities and campaigners had realised. This article by the Thomson Reuters...
by Sally Irwin | Jun 6, 2020 | About Modern Slavery, Blog, Forced Labour, Global Modern Slavery Updates
Can the relationship Australia is building with India, force millions more people into modern slavery? India is a country with some 450million people in “informal labour”. As a result, there is a huge risk of slavery in the supply chains. Because,...
