Thai Union Group has shared its efforts to combat modern slavery and forced labour at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The company’s global director for sustainable development Dr Darian McBain talked about Thai Union’s SeaChange sustainability strategy and shared insights and demonstrated lessons learned from its experience on the importance of innovation and partnership between government and the private sector to eliminate modern slavery from supply chains.
“Governments and businesses must come together to resolve the social challenges plaguing some modern-day supply chains, specifically forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking,” said Ms McBain.
Bali Forum
Multiple business leaders at the event highlighted the importance of the Bali Process Government and Business Forum, an important platform of which Thai Union is a member that enables public and private sector leaders across the Indo-Pacific region to learn from each other’s experiences to eradicate human trafficking, forced labour, modern slavery and the worst forms of child labour.
Additionally, Thai Union recently announced its support for the Bali Process Acknowledge, Act and Advance (AAA) Recommendations, set as a pathway for action to achieve Target 8.7 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and eliminate transnational crimes currently afflicting people throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
Thai Union published its first UK Modern Slavery Act statement in 2016, with the latest update published in 2018.
