Modern Slavery Benchmarking Tool

This tool is designed to help companies establish good practices to assess and address modern slavery risks in their operations and throughout their value chain. It provides companies with a preliminary score of their current performance and a list of steps they can take to improve it, including information that should be disclosed to their stakeholders.

 

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Modern Slavery Benchmarking Tool

This tool is designed to help companies establish good practices to assess and address modern slavery risks in their operations and throughout their value chain. It provides companies with a preliminary score of their current performance and a list of steps they can take to improve it, including information that should be disclosed to their stakeholders.

 

Download the complete list of questions

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SECTION A
Governance & Policy
Responsibility

Has our organisation established responsibility for managing modern slavery risks and implementing policies at:

The Board level?

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The operational level (e.g. to a working group or lead officer)?

YesNoUnsure
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SECTION A
Governance & Policy
Strategy

Does our organisation have a strategy for managing modern slavery risks that has been approved by the Board?

YesNoUnsure
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SECTION A
Governance & Policy
Policy Commitment
Policies Definition

Modern slavery specific commitments may be included within a separate policy or code such as a Human Rights Policy or Supplier Code of Conduct, for example.

Do we have policies that set out our commitment to addressing modern slavery that have been:

Approved by the Board?

YesNoUnsure

Made public?

YesNoUnsure
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SECTION A
Governance & Policy
Policy Implementation

Are our modern slavery specific policies and commitments:

Communicated to key stakeholders?

YesNoUnsure

Embedded throughout relevant operational procedures?

YesNoUnsure

Integrated into contractual provisions?

YesNoUnsure

Incorporated into company training?

YesNoUnsure
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SECTION A
Governance & Policy
Reporting

Do we report on any breaches of our policies, including modern slavery risks/incidents and our response:

Internally to the executive and Board?

YesNoUnsure

Publicly in our sustainability or other reports?

YesNoUnsure
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SECTION B
Risk Assessment & Due Diligence
Risk Assessment

Where have we mapped, assessed and prioritised risks of modern slavery and related exploitation in our operations and value chain?

Our own operations/employees.

YesNoUnsure

Our direct suppliers (Tier 1).

YesNoUnsure

Beyond Tier 1 suppliers, including some of our raw materials and other business relationships (e.g. our customers).

YesNoUnsure
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SECTION B
Risk Assessment & Due Diligence
Our Employment Practices
Living Wage Definition

A living wage is remuneration sufficient to afford a decent standard of living for the worker and his or her family. Elements of a decent standard of living include food, water, housing, education, health care, transportation, clothing and other essential needs including provision for unexpected events.

Have we assessed whether our own organisation’s employment practices are fair and working conditions are decent?

Are workers paid a living wage?

YesNoUnsure

Are workers paid their wages and other benefits on time?

YesNoUnsure

Are workers required to work excessive overtime?

YesNoUnsure

Do workers pay recruitment fees or other fees to get the job?

YesNoUnsure

Are workers in situations of debt bondage?

YesNoUnsure

Do workers have safe and sanitary working and living conditions?

YesNoUnsure

Do workers have contracts in a language they understand?

YesNoUnsure

Do workers have access to passport/ID documents at all times?

YesNoUnsure

Are workers free to leave their employment or accommodation at all times?

YesNoUnsure

Do we ensure workers’ interests are adequately represented, including by respecting worker rights to join trade unions or workers associations?

YesNoUnsure

Are all workers’ ages checked and child labor prevented?

YesNoUnsure

Does discrimination occur in the workplace?

YesNoUnsure
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SECTION B
Risk Assessment & Due Diligence
Supplier Engagement and Due Diligence

How do we conduct due diligence on our suppliers or other business relationships to assess their modern slavery risks?

We ask questions about their workforce, worksites, labour practices, policies and processes for preventing forced and child labour (e.g. through a Self-Assessment Questionnaire).

YesNoUnsure

We visit the supplier’s site or facilities or conduct a social audit.

YesNoUnsure

We engage with their workers through surveys, interviews, or other technology such as mobile phone apps.

YesNoUnsure

We use other risk assessment tools (e.g. traceability and risk mapping tools).

YesNoUnsure

We engage with a civil society organisation(s) to support our  understanding of risks.

YesNoUnsure

Supplier Transparency: Does our organisation publish its list of suppliers?

YesNoUnsure
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SECTION B
Risk Assessment & Due Diligence
Purchasing Practices

Have we considered how our purchasing practices (including contract pricing, forecasts, and supplier incentives) might increase risks to our suppliers’ workers?

YesNoUnsure
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SECTION C
Grievance Mechanisms, Response & Remediation
Grievance Mechanisms

How can our employees or workers in our supply chain or other stakeholders raise complaints/grievances?

We have a complaints process/grievance mechanism that can be used by our own employees.

YesNoUnsure

We have a complaints process/grievance mechanism that can be used by external parties such as suppliers, our suppliers’ workforce and communities affected by our business activities.

YesNoUnsure

We require that our key suppliers have grievance mechanisms and share details of grievances relating to our business.

YesNoUnsure
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SECTION C
Grievance Mechanisms, Response & Remediation
Response and Remediation

Do we have a documented process that describes our responsibility to remediate harm that we have caused, contributed to or are directly linked to through our business activities?

YesNoUnsure

Does it set out steps to investigate and remediate a critical policy breach or a modern slavery incident?

YesNoUnsure

Have our processes enabled us to identify and remediate (or cooperate in the remediation of) incidents of modern slavery or related exploitation?

YesNoUnsure
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Answer each question. At the end of the survey, you will be able to view, print or download a summary of your company’s performance, including what the company is doing well and steps it can take to improve. The summary will include a brief overview of why it is important for businesses to address modern slavery as well as key modern slavery risks in your company’s industry.

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SECTION AGovernance & Policy

Responsibility
Strategy
Policy Commitment
Policy Implementation
Reporting
SECTION BRisk Assessment & Due Diligence

Risk Assessment
Our Employment Practices
Supplier Engagement and Due Diligence
Purchasing Practices
SECTION CGrievance Mechanisms, Response & Remediation

Grievance Mechanisms
Response and Remediation

Guidance on Modern Slavery Risks for Thai Businesses

If your company is based in Thailand, read our Guidance on Modern Slavery Risks for Thai Businesses. It explains what makes workers vulnerable to modern slavery, outlines specific industry risks in Thailand and provides a checklist on what businesses should do to identify, address and report on these risks.

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