Why have a modern slavery statement guide?
Many companies are required to produce an annual modern slavery statement publicly available on their websites to do any business in the UK or Australia. This legislation points to a wider trend of modern slavery legislation holding the private sector accountable for identifying and reporting on their anti-slavery strategies. However, the person or team responsible for producing the modern slavery statement might need guidance to understand what to report, who to engage during the process, and how to write a modern slavery statement that is fully compliant with the different legislation. The Mekong Clubs’ modern slavery statement guide offers a one-stop resource for anyone writing a modern slavery statement written by industry experts.
How does it benefit you to have access to this guide?
This modern slavery statement guide will take you from understanding legislation requirements to identifying areas of business practice that should be included in your modern slavery statement, through to writing and assessing your own modern slavery statement. The modern slavery statement guide includes best practice examples and content checklists to ensure that your modern slavery statement is up to industry standards.
What will the modern slavery statement guide do for you?
Having a modern slavery statement is not only a legislative requirement. It is fast becoming a way to measure company performance; from ESG investors to consumers, many people are taking note of your modern slavery efforts. The modern slavery statement guide will ensure that you are producing a statement that is comprehensive, clear, and in line with expectations.
Why did we create the modern slavery statement guide?
We created this modern slavery statement guide because we understand the desire of private sector companies to identify and report on their anti-slavery work in the most effective and clear way possible. Our modern slavery statement guide is based on our experience working with professionals across multiple industries who benefit from the best-practice support that the modern slavery statement guide provides.
What impacts and outcomes for those who access our modern slavery statement guide?
The modern slavery statement guide will equip you with the knowledge and guidance needed to produce a comprehensive modern slavery statement. This will not only ensure that your company will be compliant with modern slavery legislation, but it will also empower you to demonstrate leadership in this space by incorporating a wide range of elements of your modern slavery strategy; including road-mapping for the future, as well as metrics that can help with your ESG and sustainability reporting.
About The Mekong Club
The Mekong Club works closely with private sector companies to address modern slavery in all of its forms. We work with financial service providers, hospitality companies, retailers, manufacturers, and many more. We help companies develop and report on their anti-slavery strategies, review their statements, and identify best practices. Through this work, we can produce a modern slavery statement guide based on the reality of today’s global business environment.
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Besides producing the modern slavery statement guide, the Mekong Club has many modern slavery tools and resources available. We work closely with our private sector partners in a collaborative, non-naming and shaming way to understand their anti-slavery strategies, provide trainings, resources, consultations and technologies to support them in addressing modern slavery.