{"id":91491,"date":"2021-04-06T11:25:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T10:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=91491"},"modified":"2021-04-06T11:25:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T10:25:26","slug":"sme-modern-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/sme-modern-slavery\/91491\/","title":{"rendered":"Partnership launched to tackle modern slavery in construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chas.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CHAS<\/a> has partnered with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Nottingham<\/a> Rights Lab to research the risk of modern slavery within construction supply chains, with a focus on SMEs<\/h2>\n<p>The project, which will begin in April 2021, will assess the risk of modern slavery in construction supply chains and seek to establish how construction businesses can effectively tackle the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2015\/30\/contents\/enacted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Modern Slavery Act 2015<\/a>, there is no legal requirement for businesses with a turnover of less than \u00a336m to publish a statement regarding how they are addressing the risk of modern slavery.<\/p>\n<p>With 99% of private businesses in the UK made up of SMEs, nearly a fifth of which operate in the construction sector, supporting SMEs in effectively managing this issue has the potential to greatly improve the UK\u2019s record in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-slavery-exploitation\/58974\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tackling modern slavery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Through their collaboration with the Rights Lab, CHAS will establish a range of tools and resources to help construction SMEs take positive action to manage, mitigate and eliminate the risk of modern slavery and labour exploitation in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/trade-credit-insurance-2\/77615\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">construction supply chain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Making a significant impact on reducing modern slavery<\/h3>\n<p>Dr Akilah Jardine, Research Fellow at the Rights Lab, said: \u201cWe are thrilled to collaborate with CHAS on this important piece of work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether we hope to progress understanding of SME engagement with the anti-slavery agenda, including opportunities and challenges to engaging smaller businesses, and develop tailored guidance to support their members in tackling modern slavery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gareth Rondel, sustainable business lead at CHAS, said: \u201cWe know that collaboration is often the key to progress in the construction industry so we are extremely pleased to be undertaking this research project with an organisation as 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