Eight big Australian retailers and businesses have pledged to work together to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, forced labour, human trafficking and slavery from their manufacturing process and supply chains. Woolworths, Coles, Big W, Masters, Simplot Australia, Goodman Fielder, Inghams Enterprises and Officeworks have signed up to the Pledge against Forced Labour, developed by the Retail and Supplier Roundtable Sustainability Council. The pledge is a response to growing concerns about labour exploitation in Australia’s retail sector, which has been linked with child trafficking, sexual assault and other forms of modern slavery.
Eight big Australian retailers and businesses have pledged to work together to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, forced labour, human trafficking and slavery from their manufacturing process and supply chains. Woolworths, Coles, Big W, Masters, Simplot Australia, Goodman Fielder, Inghams Enterprises and Officeworks have signed up to the Pledge against Forced Labour, developed by the Retail and Supplier Roundtable Sustainability Council. Globally, the forced labour workforce is estimated at more than 21m people, according to the International Labour Organisation.