CCLA: Investment sector has to 'show leadership' to eradicate modern slavery

‘Fix it, Find it, Prevent it’ report

CCLA Investment Management has called on the asset management and investment industry to boost its efforts in tackling modern slavery.

In its latest Fix it, Find it, Prevent it report - part of the homonymous initiative aimed at combating modern slavery through corporate engagement with investee companies - the investment manager said UK business efforts to tackle the issue are stalling, with statements submitted to the UK government register falling sharply in 2022. ShareAction: Asset managers are failing to protect human rights CCLA CEO Peter Hugh Smith said while the initiative celebrates the progress being made in addressing modern slavery, "we should be under no illusion about there being more to do". "In tim...