This toolkit, jointly developed by STOP THE TRAFFIK and Shiva Foundation, seeks to provide practical guidance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on how they can prevent modern slavery in their business operations.  

The self-contained sections are presented in a logical order that starts with identifying the risk and progressively moves through mitigation steps.

1. Relevance to SMEs Page 3

This section will outline how businesses, including SMEs, might be affected so that you can take crucial steps to reduce your risk.

2. Risk Assessment Page 8

This section provides a quick tool for assessing your company’s modern slavery risk, enabling you to determine which parts of the toolkit are relevant to your business.

3. Protecting Employees Page 10

As modern slavery can occur in your workforce without your knowledge, this section provides practical steps to take to reduce the risk of modern slavery affecting your employees.

4. Protecting Agency Workers Page 13

This section provides practical guidance on what questions to ask of labour providers and what checks to make to reduce the risk of modern slavery when using agency workers.

5. Reporting Incidents Page 18

This section provides clear guidance on how to report concerns if you suspect modern slavery is occurring.

6. Supply Chains Page 19

Recognising that SMEs do not have the same buying power as large companies, this section provides quick steps to take to prioritise and manage your supply chain risk. stopthetraffik.org/download/smetoolkit/?wpdmdl=25081&refresh=6707a662b9c041728554594