Slavery experts meet big business to tackle exploitation

From Global development | The Guardian Thu Apr 10 2014, 10:05:35

Conference brings together international business leaders to explore how to drive forced labour out of global supply chains

It's almost a year since 1,200 people died when a garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh. The Rana Plaza disaster brought the issue of global supply chains to the world's attention but there is still no consensus on the best way to drive exploitation out of supply chains.

On Friday, business leaders and NGOs from around the world will meet to debate this issue at the global supply chains summit organised by the Guardian and the Institute for Human Rights and Business.

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