Modern slavery resources for suppliers

HSV recognises that suppliers play a vital role in assessing and addressing the risk of modern slavery in Victoria's health service supply chains. To reduce modern slavery risk, the health sector needs to foster open and transparent supplier relationships which encourage modern slavery reporting and meaningful change.

HSV provides supplier resources with the aim of reducing Modern Slavery risk in the health sector by improving supplier awareness of modern slavery risks through awareness-raising and training.

The following resources will assist suppliers to understand their Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) requirements and support suppliers that want to take a proactive stance against modern slavery risk.

Modern slavery resources for suppliers

Commonwealth Modern Slavery Act 2018 – Guidance for reporting entities

The Australian Government's Attorney General's Department has put together the Commonwealth Modern Slavery Act 2018 Guidance for Reporting Entities May 2023. This document provides information for individuals responsible for preparing a statement for their entity. Information in the guide covers background on modern slavery, the Act and what you need to do to comply with the reporting requirement.

The guide also supports entities wanting to report voluntarily.

You can also view the Official Modern Slavery Act Guidance document on the Attorney General's Department website Resources page

 

Modern slavery eLearning modules

HealthShare Victoria (HSV) has developed training modules to increase knowledge and awareness of modern slavery. These modules are available to all suppliers to the Victorian public health sector.

View HSV's modern slavery risk mitigation training modules for suppliers in our training resources section.

Note: Health service staff should complete the modules via the ECHO platform to ensure that completion can be tracked for your health service to support your health services reporting requirements.

Supplying to the Victorian Government

The following links provide further detailed information for existing suppliers or suppliers wanting to do business with the Victorian Government:

 

Australian Government resources

The Australian Government's Attorney General's Department website Resources page provides resources to assist suppliers learn more about modern slavery and the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) and to meet any obligations under The Act.