A Roadmap to Modern Slavery Compliance and a Sustainable Supply Chain (eBook)

Recommended reading xi

Foreword 1

Introduction: Discovering what’s really going on 3

‘We won’t export these to Europe’ 3

Corporate social responsibility should not be optional 6

Who is this book for? 9

1. What is an ethical supply chain? 11

The two realities driving the need for sustainability 12

2. Unethical activities within supply chains 15

The three common sustainable supply chain challenges 16

Social exploitation 16

Resource exploitation 17

Ethical misconduct 17

The consequences 19

3. Domestic and international responses to sustainable supply chain issues 21

Australia 23

The United Kingdom 26

The United States 26

France 27

The growing demand for sustainable business practices 31

The benefits of active sustainable supply chain management 33

4. Preparing 37

How to get started 37

A Sustainable Supply Chain Management Framework 38

Where are you now? 40

5. Defining 43

The strategy and roadmap 43

Alignment to other processes 46

What are human rights? 47

What is the role of a business in relation to human rights? 61

Good governance 63

26 questions that help to establish if the person in front of you has practical experience 77

If worst comes to worst 84

Legal take 85

6. Implementing 87

Potential implementation pitfalls 87

Good sustainable supply chain management 89

Sustainability programs and projects 91

Sustainability as a change agent 92

Mapping scope and range 93

The materiality process 94

Training and development 99

7. Monitoring and evaluating 105

The minimum approach 106

Supplier risk assessments 107

Supplier due diligence 113

Supplier monitoring programs 114

In-country vetting 116

Corrective actions plans 116

Supply chain compliance versus supply chain conformance 117

Technology and SSCM 117

The impact of scope and assumptions 120

8. The Modern Slavery Acts 123

What are the Modern Slavery Acts? 124

Key differences between the Acts 124

Seven mandatory criteria 126

Risk response 127

Slavery indicators 131

Checklists, templates and policies 137

Policies and guidelines checklist 138

Remediation plan 139

Grievance tracker 142

Supply chain mapping 144

Child labour checklist 147

Self-assessment questionnaire 150

Conclusion 153

A point of differentiation 153

There is a need 154

Your own sustainable supply chain monitoring system 156

About the author 157

Also by Carsten Primdal: Red Flag: Your guide to risk management when buying in China 159

Bibliography 161