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Modern Slavery Risk Assessment Template
A modern slavery risk assessment identifies where forced labour or exploitation could occur in your operations and supply chain. This guide gives you a simple template and scoring approach, and shows how the results feed your modern slavery statement.
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Why assess modern slavery risk?
A risk assessment is the backbone of credible modern slavery reporting. It shows customers, portals and regulators that you've genuinely looked at where risk sits, rather than simply asserting you have none. It also tells you where to focus your due diligence.
How to run the assessment
A practical five-step method any SME can follow.
- 1
List your supply categories
Break spend into categories (e.g. materials, labour hire, cleaning, electronics, freight).
- 2
Flag inherent risk factors
Consider geography, industry, workforce type (e.g. low-skilled or migrant labour) and whether work is outsourced.
- 3
Score likelihood and impact
Rate each category low / medium / high for the likelihood of modern slavery and the severity if it occurred.
- 4
Prioritise
Focus due diligence on the highest-scoring categories first.
- 5
Decide actions
For higher-risk categories, plan controls, supplier questionnaires, code of conduct sign-off, audits.
Risk scoring example
A simple worked example across a few common categories.
| Supply category | Likelihood | Impact | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office supplies (domestic) | Low | Low | Low |
| Labour hire | Medium | High | High |
| Imported electronics | High | High | High |
| Local professional services | Low | Low | Low |
| Cleaning / facilities | Medium | Medium | Medium |
What to document
- The categories assessed and the factors you considered.
- Your likelihood/impact scores and how you reached them.
- The priority categories and the actions planned for each.
- Who completed the assessment and the date.
- A review date (typically annual).
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