Investors, lenders and large buyers now expect organisations to show that they know where people are being harmed in their business relationships, and what they are doing about it. Modern slavery, trafficking and unsafe working conditions are most likely to appear in agriculture, mining, construction, manufacturing, fishing, cleaning and security services, and in the labour recruitment channels that feed them. Organisations that cannot demonstrate a credible process risk lost contracts, enforcement action and serious harm to workers.

The Human Rights Due Diligence and Modern Slavery Risk Training Course follows the due diligence cycle from policy commitment to remediation. Participants begin with the expectations set by the UN Guiding Principles and OECD guidance, then learn to scope risk, identify salient issues, and prioritise suppliers for deeper review. They examine how to read an audit report critically, why audits alone miss exploitation, and how worker interviews, grievance data and community engagement fill the gaps. The programme then turns to remediation, contract clauses, supplier capacity building, responsible disengagement, reporting and board oversight.

Every session works from realistic scenarios such as a labour broker charging recruitment fees or a contractor housing workers in unsafe camps. Participants finish with a draft risk map, a supplier engagement plan and a grievance and remediation procedure they can adapt to their own organisation.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the corporate responsibility to respect human rights under the UN Guiding Principles and related due diligence guidance.
• Identify the ILO indicators of forced labour and the warning signs of trafficking and debt bondage.
• Map and prioritise human rights risks across operations, suppliers and labour recruiters.
• Design supplier screening, questionnaires and audit programmes that go beyond box-ticking.
• Establish worker-centred grievance mechanisms and use their data to detect risk.
• Plan proportionate remediation and responsible exit when abuses are found.
• Prepare clear reporting and disclosure on due diligence for boards, investors and the public.

The course suits professionals who manage people, suppliers or reputational risk, including:

• Procurement and supply chain managers
• Compliance, legal and ethics officers
• ESG, sustainability and corporate responsibility managers
• Human resource and labour relations managers
• Internal auditors and supplier quality inspectors
• Contract managers in construction, mining and agribusiness
• NGO and civil society staff who partner with companies
• Development finance and impact investment analysts
• Recruitment agency and labour broker managers

Participants leave with practical tools and a clearer view of their obligations:

• A draft human rights risk map showing the highest-risk suppliers, sectors and labour channels.
• A checklist of forced labour indicators for use during site visits and audit reviews.
• Sample contract clauses and supplier expectations covering recruitment fees and worker documents.
• An outline grievance procedure with escalation steps and protection against retaliation.
• A remediation decision guide for deciding when to engage, support or exit a supplier.
• A reporting template for a modern slavery or due diligence statement.

Learning is built around realistic situations where judgement matters more than rules. Sessions include:

• Facilitated briefings on frameworks, standards and emerging legal expectations
• Scenario files featuring labour brokers, outsourced services and multi-tier supply chains
• Group risk mapping and audit-review workshops
• Role plays of worker interviews and supplier negotiations
• Peer exchange on challenges in participants' own sectors

On completing the programme with full attendance and the practical exercises, participants are awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy. It records the subject, duration and date of training for professional development files.