An anti-slavery group which works with Australia’s biggest companies is pushing for more action to be taken to dismantle modern slavery domestically and globally.
Chief Executive Officer of Better Sydney, Robin Mellon, says there are eight types of exploitations which define modern slavery.
“In Australia, they’re probably in all the way through our supply chain,” he told Gary Adshead.

​Listen to the radio interview at https://www.6pr.com.au/anti-slavery-expert-on-the-current-state-of-slavery-in-australia/ 

Property and construction businesses play a crucial role in combatting modern slavery in their workplaces. They do this by listening, responding as well as remediating harm to people across business operations and supply chains. This is part of the corporate responsibility to respect human rights.
Last Friday, on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, the Property Council released ‘Remediating Modern Slavery in Property and Construction: A Practical Guide for Effective Human Rights Remediation’.
Building on the Property Council’s Modern Slavery Working Group’s focus on its supplier engagement platform and guide to grievance mechanisms, remediating modern slavery was identified as a priority area of members and their suppliers requiring a collaborative effort.

​Read more at https://www.propertycouncil.com.au/property-australia/remediating-modern-slavery-in-property-and-construction