Northern Ireland Justice Minister Naomi Long on Wednesday launched two consultation documents on measures to eradicate modern slavery from the supply chains of public- and commercial-sector organizations. The proposed legislative changes would require covered businesses to publish a modern slavery statement and set out the steps they have taken to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any part of their business or supply chain.
In 2015, with introduction of the Modern Slavery Act, the United Kingdom became the first country in the world to require organizations to publicly report on the steps they are taking to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. These so-named “Transparency in Supply Chains” (TISC) arrangements were extended to Northern Ireland through a legislative consent motion in November 2014.
