We are calling on U.S. Congress, U.K. Parliament, European institutions and all governments and regional blocs to pass mandatory human rights due diligence laws, so that the private and public sectors are required to take responsibility for the impact of modern slavery and all other human rights abuses across their supply chains.

While some countries have passed local and national legislation around modern slavery in supply chains, too few of these include mandatory requirements to ensure businesses or public procurement are not negatively impacting human rights. Current measures are mostly reactive in nature and rarely provide deterrents or access to remedy for victims, which we believe are essential to moving toward our vision of a world without exploitation, human rights abuses, and environmental harm.

To root out modern slavery, we must go beyond reporting and transparency in supply chains to demand accountability from the private and public sector.