Last week, Tonkin + Taylors’ Group Sustainability Programme Director – Erica Olesson, was a panellist at the Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC) Connect Breakfast, speaking on Modern Slavery in the Infrastructure Sector. We asked Erica for her key takeaways from the event and its relevance to our industry: - The construction sector has high risk of modern slavery, including from exploitation of migrant labour, building material supply chains, and the renewable energy supply chain. - Modern slavery is complex, so it can be overwhelming, but we just need to start. The first steps are identifying where the highest risks are for the organisation and starting to address those. - We need to find ways to work together as an industry, which will help us move faster and make meaningful change. In 2021, New Zealand joined the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada to express concern about forced and compulsory labour and call on the International Labour Organisation to create a strategy to bring attention to, and address, serious and persistent labour rights deficits around the world. One of Tonkin + Taylor’s key impacts is ‘supporting the built environment workforce’. Understanding and taking action on Modern Slavery is an important component of how we can make a real difference in our sector. Our modern slavery statement is on our website. It outlines our first steps and marks our commitment to action. We’ve found action has been supported by forming a cross-company working group, establishing an action plan with tangible immediate steps, and scheduled review periods to make sure we’re moving forward. We welcome opportunities to learn and share with others to help us all tackle this terrible human cost that is a part of the sectors we work in. https://lnkd.in/gbd34R8c
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To my built environment sector friends - check out this strategy paper on Social Value in the Built Environment Sector from Green Building Council Australia. A good read. https://lnkd.in/gjmRqUXG #SocialValue #BuiltEnvironment
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5moVery informative