Is your organisation compliant with the Modern Slavery Act?
Entities operating in Australia with $100M or more in consolidated revenue are required to submit a Modern Slavery Statement within 6 months of their financial year end. For many, the deadline is on 30 June 2026.
The Statement requires director sign-off, and penalties for non-compliance are being considered as part of further reforms to the Act.
Not sure what that actually means for your organisation? We've put together a free mini-course covering the core requirements, how to identify and manage modern slavery risk, and where most first-time reporters get caught out.
What you'll learn in the mini-course
Over one week, we deliver short and practical insights on the most common modern slavery reporting mistakes. Designed for the people who have to get this right: procurement leads, risk and compliance teams, or directors who need to sign off on their organisation's modern slavery statement.
Your obligations under the Act
Who needs to report under the Modern Slavery Act (2018) and what the statement must cover.
Conducting structured modern slavery risk assessment
How to identify where risk actually sits in your supply chain, why looking beyond Tier 1 (direct suppliers) is essential, and what stakeholders are looking for in credible Statements.
What defensible due diligence actually looks like
How to build a robust due diligence program, including supplier engagement that is prorportionate to risk.
Filing a statement is one thing. Defending it is another.
Submitting a Modern Slavery Statement is a legal requirement. But compliance expectations are rising. Significant reforms are under consideration, including penalties for failing to report and mandatory due diligence requirements.
Now is the time to ensure your organisation has the right systems, governance structures, and risk management processes in place, because a Statement is only as strong as the work behind it.
Assuming risk sits only with direct suppliers
Screen your full supply chain, not just tier one
Sending blanket surveys to every supplier
Triage by inherent risk before engaging
Recreating an evidence trail at the reporting deadline
Document decisions and actions as you go
Treating the statement as a tick-box exercise
Produce a statement directors can genuinely stand behind
- Treating every supplier as equal risk
- Surveying your entire supplier base
- Chasing responses under time pressure
- Managing risk without documentation
- Screen your full supplier list to identify higher-risk suppliers
- Prioritise effort where risk is highest
- Escalate only when thresholds are met
- Maintain a clear evidence trail as you go
Operationalising modern slavery risk management
Embed modern slavery risk into the governance, procurement, and reporting structures your organisation already has.
Map your supply chain
Use business data you already have - supplier list and spend - to establish a baseline risk map.
Screen suppliers
Screen suppliers to identify higher-risk areas.
Prioritise due diligence effort
Direct scrutiny and engagement toward highest-risk suppliers first.
Integrate into procurement
Screen at tender, onboarding, and renewal stages to ensure risk is managed in an ongoing manner.
Keep an evidence trail
Log decisions and actions as they occur to track effectiveness across reporting cycles.
Built for organisations who need to get this right — not just get it done
Spreadsheets, one-off surveys, and consultants are hard to apply consistently across teams and hard to defend when a statement is scrutinised. Fair Supply gives organisations the data, structure, and evidence trail to approach modern slavery compliance with confidence.
Risk-based prioritisation
Identify which parts of your supply chain carry the highest inherent risk before deciding where to focus effort. Not every supplier needs the same level of scrutiny.
Visibility beyond tier one
The risks that attract the most attention from regulators and investors rarely sit with your direct suppliers. Fair Supply models risk up to 10 tiers deep across global supply chains.
Director-ready documentation
The evidence directors need to stand behind a statement is built continuously as you work — not assembled under pressure in the weeks before a deadline.
Fits into existing processes
Fair Supply connects to the supplier and spend data your team already has. Supplier onboarding, renewals, and tendering don't need to be rebuilt from scratch.
How organisations like yours have approached this
Fair Supply works with organisations across energy, infrastructure, healthcare, financial services, and retail. Many began with the same questions first-time reporters are working through now.
