Modern Slavery Disclosure Quality Report shows jump in Australian reporting standards

Eighty of the ASX100 companies have elevated their ratings in FY2022, compared to FY2020, new report finds.

11 December, 2023

NZ Government announces new modern slavery legislation

Proposed legislation requires organisations to be transparent about their operations and supply chains through a public register.

31 July, 2023

Modern Slavery Act review tabled in Parliament

Review makes 30 recommendations to strengthen the Act, including lowering the reporting threshold from $100 million to $50 million.

28 May, 2023

Companies support stronger modern slavery laws: new research

Third report shows strong support from business for strengthening Modern Slavery Act.

4 April, 2023

NSW appoints first anti-slavery commissioner

International lawyer and professor of global politics appointed first NSW anti-slavery commissioner.

4 July, 2022

NZ introduces draft modern slavery legislation

Government proposes legislation to help reduce modern slavery and worker exploitation in New Zealand.

12 April, 2022

NSW secures laws against modern slavery

Laws against modern slavery will come into effect on 1 January 2022.

23 November, 2021

New report ranks modern slavery reporting of Australia’s largest companies

Monash Centre for Financial Studies ranks modern slavery statements of 100 largest listed companies on ASX.

6 September, 2021

Modern slavery reporting shows “cosmetic compliance” in commercial cleaning

New report assesses due diligence policies and procedures property owners have put in place to prevent modern slavery.

15 June, 2021

Scentre Group agrees to boost pandemic reporting

Westfield operator to report on how it prevents wage theft in cleaning contracts and manages cleaning workloads.

4 February, 2021

Cleanaway releases FY20 Modern Slavery Statement

Cleanaway releases FY20 Modern Slavery Statement to identify and mitigate any potential risks in operations and supply chain.

17 December, 2020

New fact sheet for businesses on modern slavery reporting

Law Council of Australia, Association of Corporate Counsel develop fact sheet to help navigate reporting requirements.

5 August, 2020