Join Hestia Charity and RPC for a webinar on modern slavery in supply chains.
This session will provide an overview of modern slavery in the UK as well as guidance and best practice on modern slavery related topics, including but not limited to modern slavery statements, supply chain due diligence, and employment obligations.
What we'll cover:
- Understand modern slavery and human trafficking, with a focus on labour exploitation in supply chains.
- Recognise the signs of modern slavery, understand vulnerability factors and learn how to report concerns.
- Explore the scale of modern slavery in the UK and the risks it presents to businesses, including governance and reputational risks.
- Understand the legal requirements under Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act, including modern slavery statements and best practice.
- Discover practical steps businesses can take to strengthen supply chain due diligence and support responsible business practices.
Speakers
Ilaria Ferrari, Innovations Manager, Hestia
Ilaria has been working at Hestia for over six years. She joined as a frontline worker, supporting survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking in their recovery journeys, and then progressed into management, where she was responsible for the delivery of support services across West London and some areas of Berkshire.
In her current role she focuses on integrating the lived experiences of modern slavery survivors into service design, organisational strategy, and sector policies.
She also leads Hestia's training programme, which aims at raising awareness of modern slavery among organisations and businesses. She was shortlisted for an Anti-Slavery Day Award 2025 in the "Empowering Survivor Voices" category for her leadership and systemic approach to survivor-centred innovation.
Patrick Brodie, RPC Partner, Head of Employment, Engagement and Equality
Patrick is a leading litigator. He specialises in high-value and high-stakes employment disputes and business risk management, with a particular focus on restrictive covenants, whistleblowing, discrimination, and bonus disputes. He has led teams on groundbreaking cases that have clarified both domestic and international law, including in the Court of Appeal, the UK Supreme Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union.
He regularly leads multi-disciplinary teams in high-profile employee misconduct investigations often with a significant media interest and a regulatory backdrop. He works closely with and alongside leadership teams in the design and implementation of workforce frameworks and processes that enable national and international restructuring projects.
Patrick authors a leading publication on whistleblowing and regularly writes for the national press on workforce related subjects, with a particular focus on AI. He is listed by Legal 500 as a leading corporate governance lawyer.
By his work Patrick and his teams have won Legal Business' Employment Team of the Year, and the Lawyer's Employment and Pensions Team of the Year.
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