Tackling Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking at Scale through Financial Sector Leverage

Who’s behind it? – Shift, and the Liechtenstein Initiative (2019)

How can it help? – This briefing paper was commissioned by the United Nations University, as part of the Liechtenstein Initiative for a Financial Sector Commission’s efforts to push beyond the boundaries of compliance towards creative financial sector action to prevent and address modern slavery and human trafficking. It provides observations and specific examples of what implementation of the UNGPs and related efforts by financial institutions looks like in practice today, including leading approaches, recurring challenges and immediate opportunities.