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There are many ways that modern slavery and human trafficking risk can manifest in supply chains. To assess the risk of slavery in your supply chains, you must first understand the features of your business that may be particularly vulnerable to slavery and human trafficking occurring. These are most likely to include using third-party suppliers and recruitment. There may be other factors depending on your operations. This Practice Note contains guidance on assessing the risk of your organisation’s supply chain, being involved in modern slavery and/or human trafficking, in particular supplier risk.

For guidance on managing modern slavery and human trafficking risks to your organisation, including risks posed by suppliers see Practice Notes: How to manage modern slavery and human trafficking risk and Modern slavery risk management guide, and Precedent: Modern slavery and human trafficking risk assessment.

A risk assessment is a fundamental aspect of both detecting and preventing modern slavery in supply chains. It will usually be a two-stage process:

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   step 1—initial high-level assessment of the entire supply chain,