What are modern slavery obligations in supply chains?

Four regimes matter to most buyers. Australia: the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) requires entities with consolidated revenue of AUD 100 million or more to publish an annual Modern Slavery Statement describing risks in their operations and supply chains and the action taken, filed on the public Modern Slavery Register. United Kingdom: Modern Slavery Act 2015 s.54 requires commercial organisations with turnover of GBP 36 million or more to publish an annual slavery and human trafficking statement. European Union: the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/1760) imposes risk-based human-rights and environmental due diligence across a company's chain of activities, and the EU Forced Labour Regulation bans products made with forced labour from the EU market. United States: the UFLPA creates a rebuttable presumption against goods linked to Xinjiang or to listed entities, and Withhold Release Orders under s.307 of the Tariff Act can detain shipments at the border. Note the difference in character: the Australian and UK duties are disclosure obligations, while the US and EU measures are enforcement - and they bite on goods you have already paid for.