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New Zealand's Modern Slavery Bill is in flight. We’ll help you be ready.

Fair Supply helps businesses in Aotearoa New Zealand to build the supply chain visibility, due diligence, and defensible evidence they'll need. Well before the first statement is due.

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Where the Bill sits today NZ Parliament · Legislative process
Introduced

Bill enters the House

First Reading

Referred to Select Committee

Select Committee

Public submissions & committee report

In progress
Second & Third Readings

Debate, amendment, and final vote

Royal Assent

The Act is expected to come into force 6 months after Royal Assent

Credible reporting takes evidence and time. Organisations that prepare early are more likely to report with confidence.

The New Zealand Modern Slavery Bill is still before Parliament, and requirements may shift before it becomes law. Our team tracks its progress and amendments, so the framework you build with Fair Supply keeps pace as the requirements finalise.

Compliant from Day 1.

If enacted, Aotearoa New Zealand's regime is expected to go further than comparable frameworks in Australia and the UK. With stronger enforcement mechanisms and financial penalties for non-compliance, it will set a world-leading standard.
What your statement must cover

01Reporting entity & structure

Who you are and how your organisation and supply chains are structured.

02Modern slavery incidents

Description of any incidents within operations and supply chains.

03Known or anticipated risks

Description of known or anticipated risks of modern slavery.

04Actions taken

Steps to assess, prevent, address, mitigate and remediate modern slavery.

05Complaints & remediation

Number of complaints made, and any mitigation and remediation provided.

06Effectiveness measures

Measurements of effectiveness and continuous improvement.

07Training provided

Any modern slavery training provided across the organisation.

08Employee consultation

Consultation undertaken with employees in operations and supply chains.

09Prescribed information

Any further information prescribed under the regulations.

How it works

Fair Supply supports your organisation to be compliant with every anticipated reporting requirement, right from the start.
STEP 01 · IDENTIFY

Map where modern slavery risk sits in your supply chain.

Rapidly and systematically screen every supplier to baseline your modern slavery risk by geography and industry.

Get started with just supplier names and spend. Fair Supply's platform cleans, classifies and scores your data in the background, no manual research required.
STEP 02 · ASSESS

Prioritise risk across your entire supply chain

Apply a prioritised, risk-based assessment of your whole supplier network, including the deep tiers most assessments never reach.

Surface cited reports of forced labour, regulatory action and media issues from validated third-party sources, and build a defensible audit trail as you go.
STEP 03 · ENGAGE

Turn risk insight into defensible due diligence.

Engage prioritised suppliers with structured Self-Assessment Questionnaires (SAQs) that are sent, and automatically tracked and scored.

Every response strengthens your evidence base.
STEP 04 · REPORT

Build the evidence base for your Modern Slavery Statement.

Framework-aligned data outputs you can export and include in your modern slavery statement, board reports and regulatory submissions.

When the first statement is due, you'll be ready.

Platform and people, together

You're never left to interpret the legislation on your own.

Fair Supply pairs a purpose-built risk platform with deep modern slavery expertise honed over years of guiding organisations across mature reporting regimes globally. You're never left to interpret the legislation, wrangle data, or draft a statement on your own.

From your first supplier risk map to the statement you submit, we're alongside you.

Educational Resources

Go deeper on the legislation.

Free compliance guide

Know exactly what the Bill asks of you.

A plain-English walkthrough of the proposed reporting regime: who it captures, what a compliant statement must cover, how it compares to the Australian Modern Slavery Act, and the steps to take now.

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Modern slavery expertise

Led by a lawyer who's helped shape the legislation.

Kimberly Randle, Human rights lawyer
CEO & Co-Founder of Fair Supply

Kim has spent more than 15 years working in law and human rights across Australia and the United States, including as Senior Director of Corporate and Legal for International Justice Mission Australia. She founded Fair Supply to close the gap between what modern slavery legislation demands and what businesses can actually see in their supply chains.

She is a sought-after expert on modern slavery regulation, called on to give evidence and submissions to parliamentary inquiries on both sides of the Tasman.

View Fair Supply's submission to New Zealand Parliament (Pāremata Aotearoa)
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Built for a connected market

A database of shared questionnaire responses

In a market like Aotearoa New Zealand, supplier networks overlap constantly. With Fair Supply, a supplier can complete an assessment once and if they opt in, share it with the other organisations that need it.
  • Less supplier fatigue. Fewer repeated forms means suppliers respond faster and with higher-quality answers.
  • Better data across the market. Shared assessments raise coverage across a tightly connected market.
  • Effort where it matters. Direct your team's time to the suppliers and risks of greatest strategic impact.

Why companies choose Fair Supply


Data for defensible compliance
Your risk estimates are only as good as the model behind them. Built on globally established MRIO analysis, we can map the deepest tiers of your supply chain most assessments never reach.
Expert guidance included
Our human rights and supply chain specialists are on hand to help you interpret findings and prioritise action. You won’t be stuck with a dashboard and no direction.
Results in days, not months
We model risk directly from trade data, so you don't need to manually chase up supplier responses to get an initial risk map. Your supplier list and spend data is all you need to get started.
Deep dive on any supplier in the world
Instantly surface risk flags, media allegations and known issues. Then choose to engage a supplier with targeted surveys.
Streamlined, regulation-ready outputs
Fair Supply works so that your path from risk assessment to signed statement is short, and every claim traces back to evidence.
One platform for all of your ESG needs
All of Fair Supply’s ESG modules run on the same supply chain model with different data overlays, so one set of inputs delivers a comprehensive view across all of your ESG risk.

The Bill is in flight. Your evidence base should be too.

Talk to our team about where your organisation stands, and the fastest path to a defensible first statement.

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FAQs

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Is the New Zealand Modern Slavery Bill law yet?

Not yet. The Bill has passed its first reading and is currently before the Education and Workforce Select committee. Requirements may still change before it becomes law.

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When will our first statement be due?

There is no confirmed date. Under the current Bill, the regime is expected to take effect around six months after Royal Assent. It is expected that Statements will then be due six months after the end of each reporting period. Currently, the reporting period is slated to be from 1 July to 30 June each year (NZ financial year) for government entities, while the reporting period for all other entities, including private entities, is from 1 April to 31 March.

Which organisations will need to report?

Reporting obligations are expected to apply to larger organisations operating in Aoteara New Zealand. For more information about what needs to be reported, see Fair Supply’s free Compliance guide.

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Should we wait until the Bill passes to get started?

No. The fundamentals hold regardless. While some of the details are being finalised, mapping suppliers, running due diligence and gathering defensible evidence is good practice and will set reporting entities up for success. Starting now means avoiding rushing when the Act passes.

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How does Fair Supply assess modern slavery risk in supply chains?

Modern slavery risk is assessed by combining MRIO models with data from the Global Slavery Index, International Labour Organisation, U.S. government sources, reported modern slavery incidents and global industry risk estimates derived from Fair Supply’s subject matter expertise. Risk is quantified across supply chains and expressed as estimated people in forced labour per million dollars spent.

Is Fair Supply able to support our organisation with drafting a modern slavery statement?

Yes. Alongside our supply chain ESG intelligence platform, we provide specialist advisory and modern slavery reporting consulting for organisations meeting their obligations once the New Zealand Modern Slavery Bill becomes law. Engagements range from one-off statement and disclosure preparation through to ongoing advisory retainers, and can be combined with platform access under a single agreement.

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We already report under the Australian Modern Slavery Act, does that cover us in New Zealand?

Not automatically. New Zealand entities with Australian reporting obligations will still need to prepare a separate statement to comply in Aotearoa New Zealand, unless a joint modern slavery reporting template that covers multiple jurisdictions is released. Fair Supply’s platform supports reporting in both jurisdictions from the same underlying supply chain model, so the risk mapping carries across.

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What data do I need to get started with Fair Supply?

All you need is a list of your suppliers and your annual spend with each one to assess their risk across multiple country and industry segments. For individual supplier checks, you only need the business name or website to get a deep dive into each supplier’s risk profile.

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How quickly can we see results?

You can obtain an initial risk map in days, not months. Because we model risk directly from global trade data, you don't have to wait on supplier responses to begin. Your supplier list and spend data is all it takes for a comprehensive risk map of your supplier base.

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What are the penalties for non-compliance?

The Bill proposes financial and civil penalties for non-compliance. For more information about what the proposed penalties are, see Fair Supply’s free Compliance guide.