Construction Magazine June 2021 | Page 66

The Ethisphere Institute recently announced SNC- Lavalin earned the Compliance Leader Verification for 2021 / 22 , extending a 2019 / 20 verification . Its performance was evaluated across six areas – program resources and structure ; perceptions of ethical culture ; written standards ; training and communication ; risk assessment , monitoring and auditing ; and enforcement , discipline and incentives . This year , SNC- Lavalin outperformed Ethisphere ’ s benchmark of comparable companies across all eight pillars of an ethical culture . “ In practice , this means that employees know how to act in an ethical and compliant manner and are comfortable speaking up and reporting concerns ,” said Douglas Allen , Managing Director , Data & Services , Ethisphere . prevalences of human trafficking and forced labour , according to EcoVadis , the provider of business sustainability ratings .

CCLA is urging all industries to take a more active approach in its Find it , Fix It , Prevent It programme , which brings the investment community together with academics and NGOs to address modern slavery in supply chains – and the construction sector will be firmly in its sights later this year .

Dame Sara Thornton , the UK ’ s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner , said no large supply chain is safe from the risk of modern slavery , but it thrives in environments where there is weak governance , poor oversight and failure

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