Change-making education

Wilberforce Business Academy

Providing businesses and third-sector organisations with practical training on how to apply due diligence and best practice in the recruitment and management of workers across global supply chains.

Why is tackling modern slavery so important for your business?

Tackling labour exploitation is increasingly a priority for businesses, who are faced with new legislative and regulatory requirements, as well as pressure from civil society, investors and consumers. Businesses with complex supply chains face particular challenges in identifying and addressing risks of modern slavery.

Our online training programme has been designed to help organisations meet the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act and EU Due Diligence laws. Provided free of charge, these bite sized 45-minute training sessions build on the expertise of labour and human rights practitioners who have direct experience of conducting risk assessments and working alongside businesses, NGOs and trade unions to improve living and working conditions of workers worldwide.

Meet our trainer

Cristina Talens is a social auditor and one of the foremost practitioners in this field. Cristina’s international experience in labour, human rights and ethical trading stretches over 25 years and includes:

Working on labour exploitation of migrant workers in agriculture across the EU, Central and Latin America and Africa.
Developing reintegration programmes for victims of modern slavery across the EU.
Acting as a consultant researcher on the UN Global Programme Against Trafficking and Smuggling of Human Beings.
Conducting regular social audits and research assignments on behalf of major UK supermarkets and food companies.
Delivering labour, human rights and ethical training programmes for companies' technical, HR and procurement teams.

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