Author Archives: Stronger Together

What is forced labour?

August 20, 2018 10:38 am, Published by Stronger Together, Leave your thoughts

Did you know that around the world an estimated 24.9 million people are in situations of forced labour? Forced labour...
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Tailored Online Training Now Available for 3 High Risk Industries

July 27, 2018 9:42 am, Published by Stronger Together, Leave your thoughts

Businesses working in manufacturing, agriculture and fishing and aquaculture can now benefit from specialised e-learning modules, providing a flexible and...
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NEW, PIONEERING ONLINE SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOL SUPPORTS BUSINESS TO MONITOR AND REPORT PROGRESS MADE IN TACKLING MODERN SLAVERY

June 21, 2018 7:02 am, Published by Stronger Together, Leave your thoughts

The free, online Stronger Together Progress Reporting Tool (PRT) enables companies to monitor, benchmark and report their progress in addressing...
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Stronger Together wins a Lotus Award 2018

May 29, 2018 8:49 am, Published by Stronger Together, Leave your thoughts

We are pleased to announce that Stronger Together has won a Lotus Award for Sustainability. The Lotus Awards are a...
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Stronger Together and Sedex Partnership

May 21, 2018 1:12 pm, Published by Stronger Together, Leave your thoughts

Stronger Together and Sedex are pleased to announce a new partnership to work together to amplify support for businesses to...
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Modern Slavery News

No job, no qualification, no dream – migrant exploitation in NZ

The Migrant Workers' Association is calling on the Government to provide amnesty to exploited migrant workers, students, and whistleblowers. Laura Walters looks at the country's shameful migrant exploitation situation, which in some cases has been described as a form of modern slavery. Each year ...

6th Mar 18

Pre-law association focuses on diversity, community

UT's chapter of the NBLSA recently joined Senator Bob Corker for the End It Movement, dedicated to ending sex slavery around the world. The organization hosted its own program called “End Modern Slavery: Human Trafficking,” with guest speaker Jane Jolley, field director for Senator Corker's ...

6th Mar 18

Bishop Lynch: Government cuts to support for survivors of modern slavery ‘deeply disappointing’

Bishop Patrick Lynch has expressed his deep disappointment at the Government's decision to cut the weekly subsistence payments for survivors of modern slavery by more than 40% - from £65 to £37.75. "It is deeply disappointing that despite the Prime Minister's pledge to go further on protecting victims ...

6th Mar 18

Labor Lens Investing: Promising New Investment Tools to Improve Global Supply Chains

It was commissioned by The Freedom Fund, an anti-slavery organization that identifies and invests in the most effective frontline efforts to eradicate modern slavery and Humanity United, a foundation created by eBay founder, Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam Omidyar. Humanity United's Working Capital ...

6th Mar 18

Specialist team dedicated to identifying modern slavery and human trafficking victims marks first …

A team dedicated to identifying victims of modern slavery and human trafficking has engaged with 185 people and visited 75 businesses in its first year.

6th Mar 18