Public sector supply chains vulnerable to modern slavery too
Public institutions that buy food and drink with taxpayers’ money are “alarmingly” vulnerable to modern slavery risks in their supply chains, a new report has claimed.
Public sector organisations such as schools and hospitals lack the resources and legal power to effectively address potential labour exploitation threats in their operations, found a report by leading universities alongside anti-slavery charity Unseen UK and the London Universities Purchasing Consortium.
Unlike supermarkets, which are increasingly applying rigorous scrutiny to their suppliers and regularly publishing modern slavery reports, public sector purchasers “ask very little of suppliers around modern slavery risk management”, the report said.
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Maria Gonçalves, 25 January 2024, The Grocer