14 May 2025

Recently, the Government updated its statutory guidance on ‘Transparency in supply chains’.

This is a welcome change which urges organisations to take a more structured and proactive approach to this issue in their supply chains.

This new guidance is an opportunity to take meaningful action to eradicate any modern slavery in supply chains, and build a business culture of compassion and accountability.

Recording training in your modern slavery statement

Organisations are now encouraged to include further information about their training programmes in their modern slavery statements. Specifically, when aiming for a higher standard (level 2), organisations should include in their statements:

• Training content, frequency, and how it is reviewed and changed since previous statements
• Numbers of people trained, from frontline staff to the executive team and wider community
• Details of how training is tailored to sector specific risks and job roles
• Evidence of training being offered to suppliers
• Information on materials and resources used in training
• Evidence the training has been developed with workers, NGOs, trade unions and those with lived experience.

Why training matters

Training for people at every level of an organisation empowers everyone to spot signs and take action. It’s also a foundation for embedding ethical practices across increasingly complex global supply chains.

Why choose Hestia?

As the largest provider of support to survivors of modern slavery in England and Wales, we are the perfect partner to develop and deliver expert training on modern slavery to your business at every level, and support you to meet the new requirement of working with NGOs.

Our training is developed alongside survivors whose stories and voices give a real life view of what is happening on our streets and in our communities, which businesses can take an active role to respond to.

As organisations prepare their next modern slavery statements, embedding tailored, evidence-based training programmes will no longer be optional, it will be expected. We are here to support organisations on this journey.

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