TMU CSR Institute zoom session: Update on the ISO Managing Modern Slavery Risk Standard Now in Development -- in Conversation with Prof Alexander Trautrims

About this talk

The challenges associated with preventing, identifying and mitigating human trafficking and forced labour within organizations and throughout global supply chains are multi-faceted and daunting. At the legislative level, Canada has now joined the global fight against modern slavery in supply chains, following the lead of the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United Stakes. Concurrently, there have been responses from standards organizations. In 2022, the British Standards Institute published  (PDF file) BS 25700 Organizational Responses to Modern Slavery (external link) . And now, building on BS 25700, ISO is in the process of developing ISO 37200 Managing the risk of modern slavery. Guidelines for the prevention, identification and mitigation of human trafficking and forced labour (external link) .

The standard is intended to assist organizations in ensuring that they are acting responsibly and ethically by providing a holistic approach to addressing human trafficking, forced labour and modern slavery (HTFLMS) and effective management of the risk of HTFLMS including prevention, identification, response, remediation, mitigation, and reporting in their operations, supply chains and wider operating environment. Contents of ISO 37200 will include an overview of governance issues (direction, oversight and accountability), guidance regarding preparing statements for reporting requirements or providing voluntary statements,

The purpose of this TMU CSR Institute "in-conversation' session is to discuss the anticipated role that will be played by ISO 37500, the approach and structure, and the process of development to this stage (it is currently at the "Committee Draft" stage).

These and other issues will be addressed in this "in conversation" session.

About Prof Alexander Trautrims

In addition to being the Convenor of ISO 37200 (and prior to that, the Co-Chair of BSI 25700), Dr. Alexander Trautrims is Professor of Supply Chain Management and Associate Director at the University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab (external link) . He has many years of experience in leading research projects on modern slavery in supply chains. He works closely with business practitioners on impact-oriented research and has published practitioner guidelines on modern slavery. He regularly speaks at policy and practitioner events.

The talk is co-sponsored by the TMU Corporate Social Responsibility Student Society, and the TMU Law and Business Student Association.

About the Moderator, Prof Kernaghan Webb

Dr. Kernaghan Webb is an Associate Professor in the Toronto Metropolitan University Department of Law and Business, and is the Director of the TMU Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility.

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