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There are seven mandatory criteria for a Modern Slavery Statement (MSS). The information below relates to Criteria 4, which requires a business to describe what actions the business is taking to assess and address the risks of modern slavery practices occurring in its operations and supply chains.
You must also report on the actions taken by any other businesses that you own or control and should only cover the actions taken during the 12-month reporting period.
The description of the actions taken must include information about due diligence and remediation processes that your business undertakes.
Due diligence is the ongoing management processes to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for how your business addresses actual and potential modern slavery risks.
There are four parts to due diligence:
Businesses that identify that they have caused or contributed to modern slavery must provide for, or cooperate in, the remediation of its impact. This means you should try to ‘make good’ the adverse impact by restoring the victim to the situation they would have be in if the adverse impact had not occurred.
Remediation can take many forms and doesn’t necessarily need to just focus on modern slavery – for example:
If your business did not directly cause or contribute to the harm, but is linked to a business which caused adverse impacts, while not responsible for remediation, it is recommended you work with the business that caused the harm to minimise the impact and prevent reoccurrence. If this is unsuccessful you may wish to cease any further business interaction with such a business.
Effective remediation processes can help you identify issues before they escalate, better manage risks, reinforce your culture, improve morale and wellbeing and strengthen your entity’s reputation.
For further information, view the ‘Guidance for Reporting entities’ published by the Department of Home Affairs.
This information is part of a series on modern slavery reporting requirements aimed at assisting members understand the requirements. See the related documents contained in the ‘What to read next’ section for more information.
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