{"id":16941,"date":"2020-11-19T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T01:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/?p=16941"},"modified":"2021-01-18T12:33:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T01:33:03","slug":"tips-for-organisations-with-high-risk-of-modern-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/us\/2020\/11\/19\/tips-for-organisations-with-high-risk-of-modern-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for organisations with high risk of Modern Slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Often receiving the results of a modern slavery risk assessment is overwhelming. Especially if&nbsp;that signals&nbsp;the majority of&nbsp;your&nbsp;organisation\u2019s&nbsp;supply chains have risk.&nbsp;Understanding where the risk lies is the first step, as so many of our supply chains have some level of risk within them. The&nbsp;more important next&nbsp;step is to prioritise which supply chains or which suppliers&nbsp;to&nbsp;focus on first.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this video where Edge\u2019s\u00a0Head of Sustainable and Ethical\u00a0Procurement,\u00a0Nicole Thompson,\u00a0talks about\u00a0how to approach your\u00a0Modern Slavery risks.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Special thanks to the team at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holdingredlich.com\/\">Holding Redlich<\/a> for producing this series with us.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Advice for organizations with a high Modern Slavery risk\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pvmz1i6Q2d8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-af398e80-da8c-4122-b86c-5fb91c7db4dd\">We are seeing organisations take different approaches to prioritising risk towards preventing modern slavery.&nbsp;Generally&nbsp;there a few key factors that should be considered:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-47ef2855-7d76-437f-bbd6-ed6731455d55\"><li>Risk profile (high risk countries &amp; sectors)&nbsp;and most risk of harm to people&nbsp;<\/li><li>What proximity is the risk to the organisation&nbsp;<\/li><li>Where can the organisation have the most influence or leverage over suppliers, and<\/li><li>Which suppliers need the most support.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-b7c5043c-2e36-45d3-8b4b-792fcd5e891e\">Many organisations use spend as their key prioritising criteria. This&nbsp;isn\u2019t&nbsp;wrong as it usually equates to leverage.&nbsp;It\u2019s&nbsp;important not to overlook low spend categories that carry high risk.&nbsp;It\u2019s&nbsp;a good idea to involve stakeholders from across the organisation to contribute their knowledge, this may include project managers and representatives from procurement, risk, legal and governance teams. \u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-f7aedd04-2421-4a49-8b36-cb34a6c39a14\">To discuss your\u00a0prioritisation\u00a0strategy or modern slavery risk assessment, contact <a href=\"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/profile\/nicole-thompson\/\">Nicole.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"profile-list row columns-profile-list row profile-single has-align-center\"><div class=\"profile-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/us\/profile\/nicole-thompson\/\" class=\"profile-card__link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/Nicole-500x500.jpg\" title=\"Nicole Thompson\" alt=\"Nicole Thompson\" class=\"profile-card__photo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-card__info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"profile-card__name\">Nicole Thompson<\/h5><p class=\"profile-card__position\">Head of Sustainable &#038; Ethical Procurement | Principal Consultant<\/p><a href=\"mailto:nicole@edgeenvironment.com\" class=\"profile-card__email\">nicole@edgeenvironment.com<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often receiving the results of a modern slavery risk assessment is overwhelming. Especially if&nbsp;that signals&nbsp;the majority of&nbsp;your&nbsp;organisation\u2019s&nbsp;supply chains have risk.&nbsp;Understanding where the risk lies is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":16914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":""},"categories":[1,1700,1842,228,131],"tags":[2056,522,515],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/Holding-Redlich-Modern-Slavery.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Nicole Thompson","author_link":"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/us\/author\/nicole-thompson\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tips for organisations with high risk of Modern Slavery - Edge Environment US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/us\/2020\/11\/19\/tips-for-organisations-with-high-risk-of-modern-slavery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tips for organisations with high risk of Modern Slavery - Edge Environment US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Often receiving the results of a modern slavery risk assessment is overwhelming. 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