Kim Nihill writes that companies must
help fight modern slavery or face severe reputational
damage.
"SLAVES ON OUR STREETS" scowled the front page of
the Evening Standard on September 12, 2017.
Together with the Independent, the newspaper has
launched an investigation into modern slavery in London. The
Standard is calling on Londoners to aid in the fight against modern
slavery and is dedicated to helping deliver change by helping to
force the closure of businesses in London that use slave labour and
campaigning for new policies and laws to crack down on slavery,
wherever it occurs.
The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA) contains three key criminal
offences: slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour; Human
Trafficking; and Committing an Offence with the intention to commit
Human Trafficking. The MSA also created the Transparency in Supply
obligation, which applies to commercial organisations in any sector
that supplies goods or services, carries on a business
