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Meets Minimum Australian MSA Requirements
Does the company meet the minimum legal requirements of the Australian Modern Slavery Act?
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About the data

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Under the Australian Act, a company is compliant if it's Australian Modern Slavery statement meets all of the following criteria:

  1. has submitted their statement to the Australian Modern Slavery Register
  2. has been approved by the Board
  3. has been signed by the appropriate person
  4. describes its organizational structure AND/OR discloses details about its supply chain
  5. describes a modern slavery policy AND/OR remediation strategy AND/OR an incident of modern slavery that they have identified AND/OR a whistleblowing mechanism
  6. describes how they do their risk assessment AND/OR risk management AND/OR what risks they have identified
  7. describes KPIs for monitoring the affectiveness of their anti-slavery policies and actions AND/OR business KPIs that monitor if changes to their business are increasing or decreasing the risk of modern slavery occuring
  8. describes how they have consulted with their owned/controlled entities

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signature_accepted_values = ["Signed by CEO", "Signed by Director", "Signed by Managing Director", "Signed by Chairman"]
supply_chain_disclosure_accepted_values = ["Geographical", "Facility/Supplier"]
risk_identification_accepted_values = ["Geographic","Resource", "Workforce","Industry"]
incident_remediation_accepted_values = ["Worker remediation", "Corrective action plan", "Senior management", "Cancel contracts", "Remediation is mentioned but no details of the process or measures"]
grievance_mechanism_accepted_values = ["Hotline (direct employees)", "Hotline (supply chain workers)", "Whistleblower protection (direct employees)", "Whistleblower protection (supply chain workers)", "Focal Point (direct employees)", "Focal Point (supply chain workers)"]
risk_assessment_accepted_values = [ "Risk-based questionnaires", "Use of risk management tool or software", "Conducting research"]
risk_management_accepted_values = ["Audits of suppliers (self- reporting)", "Audits of suppliers (independent)", "On-site visits (self- reporting)", "On-site visits (independent)"]
policy_revised_not_accepted_values = ["No", "In Development"]

c1 = signature_accepted_values.includes signature
c2 = board_approval == "Approved by Board"
c3 = registry_submission == "Yes"
c4 = organizational_structure == "Yes"
c5 = supply_chain_disclosure_accepted_values.some((v)=> supply_chain_disclosure.indexOf(v) >= 0)
c6 = risk_identification_accepted_values.some((v) => risk_identification.indexOf(v) >= 0)
c7 = grievance_mechanism_accepted_values.some((v) => grievance_mechanism.indexOf(v) >= 0)
c8 = kpis_effectiveness == "Yes"
c9 = consultation_process == "Yes"
c10 = risk_assessment_accepted_values.some((v) => risk_assessment.indexOf(v) >= 0)
c11 = risk_management_accepted_values.some((v) => risk_management.indexOf(v) >= 0)
c12 = incident_remediation_accepted_values.some((v) => incident_remediation.indexOf(v) >= 0)
c13 = assessed_statement == "Yes"
c14 = isKnown(statement) && (statement.includes "Yes - UK Modern Slavery Act")
c15 = isKnown(statement) && (statement.includes "Yes - Australian Modern Slavery Act")
c16 = isKnown(statement) && (statement.includes "Yes - California Transparency in Supply")

c17 = kpis_business == "Yes"
c18 = not policy_revised_not_accepted_values.includes policy_revised
c19 = incidents_identified == "Yes"

if c1 && c2 && c3 && (c4 || c5) && (c18 || c12 || c19 || c7) && (c10 || c11 || c6) && (c8 || c17) && c9
  if c13 && c15
      "Yes"
  else if c14 || c16
      "Yes - but non-AUS statement"
  else
      "Yes - but statement partially assessed"
else if c15
    if c13
      "No"
    else
      "No - but statement partially assessed"
else if (c14 || c16)
  "No - but non-AUS statement"
else 
  "Unknown"
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MSA Statement Approval
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board_approval
MSA Organizational structure and operations
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organizational_structure
MSA supply chain disclosure
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supply_chain_disclosure
MSA Identification of risks
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risk_identification
MSA risk assessment
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risk_assessment
MSA risk management (revised)
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risk_management
MSA incidents remediation (revised)
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incident_remediation
MSA whistleblowing mechanism (revised)
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grievance_mechanism
MSA Performance Indicators
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kpis_effectiveness
MSA Consultation Process
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Modern Slavery Statement
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MSA policy (revised)
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MSA Business Performance Indicators
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kpis_business
MSA incidents identified
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License
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Topics
Social
Human Rights
Child Labor
Modern Slavery
Forced Labor
Governance
Transparency
Supply Chain Transparency
Human Rights Due Diligence
Risk Management
Supply Chain Risk
Supplier Audits & Monitoring
Supplier Code of Conduct
Sustainable Supply Chains
Environment
Grievance Mechanisms
Whistleblowing Mechanisms
Business Ethics
Employee Training & Development
Education & Training
Corporate Governance
Stakeholder Accountability
Public ESG Commitments
Migrant Worker Protections
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Framework Mappings
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Options
Yes
Yes - but non-AUS statement
Yes - but statement partially assessed
No
No - but statement partially assessed
No - but non-AUS statement
Unknown
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Assessment
Community Assessed
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