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Stronger Together initiative, launched in 2013 at M&S, aims to reduce forced labor and exploitation. It offers free toolkits, resources, training, and a network to share good practices. Over 2000 delegates from 1100 UK employers have attended workshops. The program is expanding into new industry sectors and overseas to combat modern slavery. Key success factors include leader brands' involvement and providing practical solutions while building better businesses for long-term sustainability. The collaborative program includes a Global Labour Provider Certification Scheme and a fair recruitment initiative to drive good labor practices for vulnerable workers. It involves a multi-stakeholder advisory committee and is set to launch in summer 2017.
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Consumer Goods Supply Chain multi-stakeholder collaboration launched at M&S in October 2013 • Objective “To reduce forced labour, labour trafficking and other hidden third party labour exploitation”
Stronger Together provides… • Free “Tackling Modern Slavery in Business” good practice toolkit • Free “Tackling Modern Slavery in Global Supply Chains” toolkit • Free tools and resources – posters, leaflets, videos, template policies and forms, induction, training packages • Regional workshops and a range of training solutions • Support for businesses in tackling modern slavery • A network to share good practice
Stronger Together so far… • Gained traction within UK consumer goods supply chain • Guidance and resources valued by business as practical and helpful • Home Office and IASC signposts business to Stronger Together • Over 2000 delegates from 1100 UK employers of all sizes have attended workshops and pledged to implement good practice to reach over 700,000 workers • Now developing into new industry sectors and overseas
Supporting business in tackling modern slavery 5 Key Success Factors in developing a collaborative sector programme • Requires leader brands, buy in from top of the supply chain and requirement for supply chains to participate • Engage, make the business case and win hearts and minds – make it a supportive and safe place for business • Provide practical, positive, solution focused guidance and resources that work in the real world whilst at the same time removing barriers - cost, ignorance, time, resources • It’s difficult, complex and hard work - keep working • Build on/adapt existing work - don’t reinvent the wheel
A collaborative “beyond audit” programme to build better businesses and long term sustainability in the UK garment, home and general merchandise supply base • Currently operated by ASOS, Debenhams, John Lewis, New Look, River Island and now joined by M&S, Next and Shopdirect with their UK supply base • Fast Forward programme includes, training, support website and a framework for ongoing supplier engagement to improve social compliance • Forensic audit has highlighted indicators of forced labour (which have been reported to authorities) and heightened risks with labour providers and intermediaries • Scoping an overseas rollout for 2017
Clearview Global Labour Provider Certification Scheme • Pioneering global supply chain fair recruitment initiative • To drive good practice in labour supply of “vulnerable” workers and tackles labour broker fees which cause debt bondage • Being developed by the Association of Labour Providers and NSF International – a global certification body • Multi-stakeholder Technical Advisory Committee of retailers, suppliers, audit bodies, GLAA, ETI, IHRB and IOM • To launch Summer 2017
