{"id":51177,"date":"2025-06-10T06:44:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T06:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/?page_id=51177"},"modified":"2026-03-18T02:56:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:56:51","slug":"modern-slavery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/modern-slavery","title":{"rendered":"Modern Slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"51177\" class=\"elementor elementor-51177\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41836bd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"41836bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b855665 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b855665\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed71bd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed71bd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Modern Slavery<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7489904 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7489904\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa6492c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fa6492c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f11b055 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f11b055\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5322680 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5322680\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e48583a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e48583a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At COS, we recognise that respecting the human rights of those affected by our business activities is important. We endeavour to make a positive and real difference to our immediate and greater community through our operations and wider supply chain.<\/p><p>We scrutinise every element of the supply chain and place a high level of importance on the behaviour of the total supply chain, as we believe this is where COS can make the most significant impact. A core focus of managing the relationships with our suppliers is ensuring that they share COS\u2019 commitment to social and environmental responsibilities. 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Assessment Methodology against all product suppliers to affirm the risk matrix is appropriately assessing and addressing potential modern slavery risks;\u00a0<\/li><li>Extending and implementing a review of the COS Risk Assessment Methodology and companywide compliance, particularly as it applies to indirect suppliers;\u00a0<\/li><li>Continuing the rollout of sensory audits in overseas factories, achieving a minimum of five sensory audits during FY26, with a focus on modern slavery review process for the top suppliers in each category that have not had a sensory audit in the past three years;\u00a0<\/li><li>Implementing a focused review process aligned to contract renewal cycles for cleaning services and third-party labour hire agencies;\u00a0<\/li><li>Reviewing our mechanisms to capture and identify active modern slavery concerns in our supply chain to mitigate risks where suppliers have not proactively notified us of current identified concerns;\u00a0<\/li><li>Participating in a minimum of three external roundtables or industry conferences to assist in awareness and education of modern slavery;\u00a0<\/li><li>Continuing the evaluation of large installation providers for furniture and capturing one-off large purchases for solutions projects with a specific focus on service providers;\u00a0<\/li><li>Conducting a comprehensive review and evaluation of the recently acquired subsidiary, Kookaburra Audio Visual &amp; Technologies, including a focused review of new suppliers in the Education and Audio Visual Technology categories through our Supplier Management Program, with particular attention to Audio Visual installers;\u00a0<\/li><li>Explore and potentially support charities relating to modern slavery in Australia; and\u00a0<\/li><li>Continuing to refine our governance dashboards and reporting mechanisms to track compliance and effectiveness of our actions for product suppliers.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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