by Sally Irwin | Jul 12, 2021 | Blog, Forced Labour, Sex Slavery, Slavery in Hospitality
Hotels provide a service that centers around appeasing guests. Whether it’s employees like maids and room service, or amenities like restaurants and pools. This industry wants you to travel to different places, enjoy your stay, then go home to recommend it to...
by Sally Irwin | Jul 12, 2021 | Blog, Child Labour, Global Modern Slavery Updates, Slavery in Mica
We all use products every day that are made from mica. But most of us are unaware that this mica may have been acquired through the worst forms of child labor. From its use as an insulator in our computers, phones, and other electronics; to its use in cosmetics...
by Sally Irwin | Jul 1, 2021 | Ending Modern Slavery, Ethical Events
7 Questions to Ask Yourself When Planning an Ethical Event With a few clicks or a quick trip to the store, it seems that almost anything is at our fingertips. The easy and fast deliveries we are accustomed to is what makes it so tempting to forget about...
by Sally Irwin | May 17, 2021 | Blog, Ending Modern Slavery, Ethical Business, Waterloo Cafe
Our Ethical Business projects have a number of purposes. we started these with the idea to fund the work we do with our survivors (Covid has set this aim right back!) so we can model to other businesses how to put people over profit and have a low risk of slavery in...
by Sally Irwin | Apr 26, 2021 | Blog, Child Labour, Global Modern Slavery Updates, Slavery in Coffee, Stats and Facts about Modern Slavery, Waterloo Cafe
Is Your Coffee Brewing Slavery? How do you know and what can you do to be sure you aren’t? Every morning, the process of getting a cup of coffee is pretty simple. Because you just put your coffee grounds into your coffee machine and hit start. Even though this...
by Sally Irwin | Mar 2, 2021 | Blog, Forced Labour, Slavery in Fish
Seafaring Slavery aboard Chinese fishing vessels in the Indo-Pacific “Video footage went viral in May showing bodies of dead Indonesian fishermen thrown overboard from Chinese fishing vessels. Specifically from Long Xing 629, a high-sea boat of the Dalian Ocean...