Big businesses from Apple to Walmart say train suppliers to stamp out slavery

New published reports are showing how some corporations, like Apple, lowered their tax bills. (Dreamstime)

LONDON: Businesses striving to stamp out slavery from their supply chains should not dismiss struggling suppliers but train them to improve the lives of workers, and technology can play a part, leading companies including Apple and Walmart said on Nov 15. 

In recent years modern-day slavery has increasingly come under the global spotlight, putting ever greater regulatory and consumer pressure on firms to ensure their supply chains are free of forced labour, child labour and other forms of slavery.