With the introduction of the Modern Slavery reporting Online Registery - will you be a visible leader or lagger?

What is preventing your organisation from taking action against Modern Slavery? Procrastination or a lack of empathy and social consciousness? Are you taking real action today and is it a core focus of your organisation to embed and act toward making a real a difference in any way you can? I firmly believe it will be collective actions of all, not just of those with the most influence. I believe collective action is the spirit of the Modern Slavery Act in Australia.

With the introduction of the online registry and the extensions for deadlines for reporting under the Commonwealth Modern Slavery Act, organisations now have a great opportunity to show demonstrated leadership in the steps they are taking to cooperate globally to end Modern Slavery - not just comply and pass on the risk through contractual obligation. This will inevitably create more victims - the opposite of what we should all aspire towards.

As continual improvement underpins the actions required by organisations in Australia, it highlights how getting started and having an active plan that is focussed on awareness, cooperation and engagement is a vital step all organisations should already have well in hand.

Understand your supply chain, inform yourself of the potential risks and start conversations and action today to ensure your leadership in this critical aspect of Corporate Social Responsibility. 

Oh, and get your statements in before the deadline! The nation wants to see what your plan is.