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17 Nov 2022

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Triple M

Two Thirds Of Businesses Failing To Comply With Modern Slavery Act

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17 November 2022

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The report, Broken Promises, investigated 92 businesses across four sectors known to have risks of modern slavery: garments from China, rubber gloves from Malaysia, seafood from Thailand and fresh produce from Australia.

It also found over half of the commitments (56 per cent) made in the first year of reporting by those companies investigated have failed to be fulfilled.

Forty-three per cent of companies still are failing to identify obvious modern slavery risks within their businesses.

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