We believe in the power of our collective choices and voices in ending slavery.
We want to give you the knowledge to be curious, the tools to ask questions and the courage to act.
Modern slavery undermines the very heart of our humanity: our dignity, autonomy and freedom.
It covers some of the worst human rights violations.
We want to give you the knowledge to be curious, the tools to ask questions and the courage to act.
Modern slavery undermines the very heart of our humanity: our dignity, autonomy and freedom.
It covers some of the worst human rights violations.
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A woman is forced to work 18 hour days spinning cotton for t-shirts for a big name brand. Her wages are continually cut to keep prices low for new fast fashion. She can't leave, threatened with violence and forced to pay back a growing debt for her transport to the factory from her rural home.
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A migrant fisherman is trapped on a boat without land for months at a time. He is made to take drugs to work longer hours, given only a little rice for his meals and suffers regular physical harm to supply the tuna on our supermarket shelves.
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Will you join us in creating a more transparent, fair and kind world?
A movement is building.
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In 2018, the Australian Government passed a landmark Modern Slavery Act. The Act requires companies with a turnover of more than $100 million to publicly report on how they are tackling slavery in the production of their goods and services. Modern slavery now needs to be on the agenda of some 3,000 businesses.
A denim company hiring survivors of trafficking. A major tech company making its supply chains public in a bid to tackle forced labour. Hotels training their staff to spot the signs of trafficking. Around the world companies are progressing the fight against slavery, strengthening worker protections and supply chain transparency.
We also need grassroots revolutions. A tragic factory collapse in Bangladesh, killing over a 1,000 workers making our clothes ignited a movement. Taking to social media, consumers asked the big brands #WhoMadeMyClothes? Over 2,000 brands responded and 150 published where their clothes are made - the critical first step towards dignified lives for garment workers.
When we get informed and active we are powerful.
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Why me?
We cannot ignore that we live in an interconnected world.
What we choose to purchase, and from where, impacts people that live far from our home.
In our global world, the products we buy are made far from our shores and pass through many hands, often in numerous countries, in a complex, opaque supply chain before reaching us. Outsourcing production can lead to little oversight over the conditions faced by the people that make these products.
The Global Slavery Index estimates that Australia imports US$12 billion worth of products at risk of being made by slaves, including the cotton in our clothing, the fish on our plates and the hardware in our electronics.
This is overwhelming but don’t be disheartened! It’s this very link, our slavery footprint, that gives us an opportunity to create change.
What we choose to purchase, and from where, impacts people that live far from our home.
In our global world, the products we buy are made far from our shores and pass through many hands, often in numerous countries, in a complex, opaque supply chain before reaching us. Outsourcing production can lead to little oversight over the conditions faced by the people that make these products.
The Global Slavery Index estimates that Australia imports US$12 billion worth of products at risk of being made by slaves, including the cotton in our clothing, the fish on our plates and the hardware in our electronics.
This is overwhelming but don’t be disheartened! It’s this very link, our slavery footprint, that gives us an opportunity to create change.
Why now?
Under Australia's new Modern Slavery Act, there is no penalty for companies failing to report on modern slavery in their supply chains.
Three years on from a similar Act in the UK, 43% of the UK’s 100 largest companies have failed to meet the minimum requirements of reporting.
The effectiveness of Australia’s Act relies on us - informed consumers holding business to account.
The first modern slavery statements from Australian companies will be published in December 2020. This is a critical time to call on business to take meaningful steps to eradicate slavery from their supply chains.
Three years on from a similar Act in the UK, 43% of the UK’s 100 largest companies have failed to meet the minimum requirements of reporting.
The effectiveness of Australia’s Act relies on us - informed consumers holding business to account.
The first modern slavery statements from Australian companies will be published in December 2020. This is a critical time to call on business to take meaningful steps to eradicate slavery from their supply chains.
What can I do?
Sign up & share#SomethingForSlavery is launching in 2020. Sign up to take action & get your colleagues, friends and family on board!
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