The UK Modern Slavery Act – Ropes & Gray Resources for Compliance | Insights

Authors:

Michael R. Littenberg , Andrew J. Dale , Amanda N. Raad

Many companies will be publishing their second statements under the UK Modern Slavery Act towards the end of the first half of 2018. Stakeholder expectations are significantly higher this year.

Ropes & Gray has a leading supply chain compliance and corporate social responsibility practice. We advise clients across a broad range of anti-human trafficking and other supply chain compliance regulations, including the Modern Slavery Act. For individualized assistance, including information on our teach-ins in this subject area, please contact your usual Ropes & Gray attorney or contact us at RopesGrayCSR@ropesgray.com.

We encourage you to take advantage of the following complimentary Ropes & Gray resources to assist with your MSA compliance:

*Please note, Ropes & Gray partner Michael Littenberg is on the multi-stakeholder Development Committee for the STRT.

The Ropes & Gray Supply Chain Compliance and CSR Resource Center

The Resource Center contains primary source materials and articles on the MSA and other anti-human trafficking regulations, such as the US FAR, the Countering Americas Adversaries Through Sanctions Act and the proposed Australian modern slavery legislation.

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