Shining a light on modern slavery
Over 40 million people are estimated to be trapped in modern slavery worldwide, including in various forms of child, trafficked or forced labour.
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The FTSE 100 in the first year of modern slavery reporting: room for improvement?
Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires every organisation with a global annual turnover of £36 million or more conducting business in the UK to publish a yearly statement detailing efforts to investigate and eradicate modern slavery in its operations and supply chains. The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) recently published their analysis of the first statements issued by FTSE 100 companies under the Act – a comprehensive study that highlights encouraging signs of good practice among a leading group but a lower level of compliance across the remainder.
Investor Day 2016 - Steve Chalke interview
Our keynote speaker, Steve Chalke MBE (founder of Stop The Traffik) talks about how events like Investor Day can help bring about change.
Investor Day 2016 - highlights video
This year’s Investor Day was a fantastic event held at the Institution of Engineering and Technology, London. We’ve put together a short video of the day that captures all the key messages.
Modern slavery: whose business is it?
Speakers at our 19th annual Investor Day addressed an audience of clients, guests and friends as part of an informative debate on modern slavery.
Reporting on modern slavery in supply chains
Rathbone Greenbank played an important role in lobbying for a clause demanding increased corporate transparency on supply chain risk to be included in the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Parliamentary debate on modern slavery
On Wednesday 11 March, Rathbone Greenbank Investments and key partners hosted a parliamentary debate to provide further impetus for the Modern Slavery Bill as it enters its final phases.
Westminster legal policy forum on modern slavery and trafficking
On 2 December 2014, Matt Crossman (Rathbone Greenbank’s lead researcher on corporate engagement), participated in a panel discussion as part of a high-profile seminar on business best practice in the context of transparent supply chains, ethical sourcing and staff training.
Investors support inclusion of supply chain reporting in the modern slavery bill
Investors with a total of £940billion in assets under management are backing the Government’s recent commitment to include proportionate supply chain reporting requirements in the Modern Slavery Bill.
