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,...
by Sally Irwin | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog, Child Labour, Global Modern Slavery Updates, Slavery in Cocoa
Did you know that some of your favourite foods may be produced with child labour? Take chocolate, for instance: 60 percent of its main ingredient, cocoa, is grown in the Ivory Coast and Ghana, where child labour remains widespread. 2 million children in Ghana and...
by Sally Irwin | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog, Child Labour, Slavery in the Financial Sector
How your savings could be invested in firms making deadly weapons banned under international treaty. Investing in cluster munitions are part of a wider problem. Highlighted in a report by ShareAction, many asset managers have paid scant regard to human rights abuses...
by Sally Irwin | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog, Ending Modern Slavery, Slavery in Coffee, Waterloo Cafe
Here are 5 Tips for finding really good Coffee… You wake up, dreary eyed, not wanting to get out of bed but you do… slowly. Priority 1 – good coffee. Once ready for work, you race towards your local coffee shop to get your morning caffeine burst just so...