Month: October 2016

The Medaille Trust’s response to the Haughey Report 2016

A year on from the enactment of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA) and Prime Minister Theresa May has recently reiterated her support of the legislation with an announcement that the UK must lead the way in defeating the global problem that is modern slavery and human trafficking. Her statements followed on from the detailed …

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Are corporates being serious about their supply chain statements?

My presentation to small businesses at the Modern Slavery Partnership (Hampshire and Isle of Wight)(26 Sept) focused on disclosure statements that corporates are obliged to make under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and upon the cascading effect of compliance on smaller businesses in the supply chain. As examples, I provided the statements of Ford, Intel …

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