11 September 2017 
Emma Keenan, Procurement Specialist
At the recent Conference on University Purchasing (COUP), Angus Warren, APUC and Andy Davies, LUPC presented some hard-hitting information on the subject of Modern Slavery. Revealing that the number of victims is now estimated to be up to 21,000,000 (double the total number of African people who were direct victims of the Atlantic slave trade in the period 1650 – 1900), they showed a ten minute long factual but hard to watch video from the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority. I strongly recommend you watch this and share it with colleagues and friends to highlight the need for vigilance in your professional and personal lives.
Andy gave some simple questions any of us can consider to try and highlight if risk may be present:
The full presentation is available here. Additionally a really useful, sector and CIPS collaborative paper entitled “Protecting Human rights in the supply chain” is available here.
If you have any questions Andy Davies or Angus Warren would be pleased to hear from you.
