Government suppliers must do more on slavery

Government suppliers must do more on slavery

Posted by Admin on 22 March 2018

Extracts from an article by Logistics Manager

“More than 40 per cent of the government’s major suppliers fail to meet the basic legal requirements of the UK Modern Slavery Act, according to a survey by sustainability consultancy Sancroft and Tussell, a data provider of government procurement information.

The report examines the performance of suppliers holding public contracts worth £27.5 billion, finding a wide variance in both legal compliance and the quality of reporting from government contractors.”

Read the full article on the Logistics Manager website.