FAST uses a number of different approaches to mobilize financial sector stakeholders and policymakers in understanding and addressing modern slavery and human trafficking risks in business operations and value chains.
FAST uses a number of different approaches to mobilize financial sector stakeholders and policymakers in understanding and addressing modern slavery and human trafficking risks in business operations and value chains.
FAST identifies pressing policy gaps and research needs that it is taking forward through rigorous analysis, including with partners in the Global South, to inform public policy processes, and financial sector policy, practice and regulatory guidance.
The financial sector is vast and differentiated. By activating networks and building alliances, FAST is able to reach the widest range of stakeholders across the world and different types of institutions within the sector.
FAST incubates projects, strategies and coalitions that may be independently taken forward or developed further by FAST.
One example of this is the Survivor Inclusion Initiative works with banks and survivor support organizations to ensure that survivors can access basic banking services and financial literacy tools.
FAST, in partnership with Walk Free, serves as the secretariat for Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking, an investor-led initiative convened to promote effective action among investee companies in the APAC region to find, fix and prevent modern slavery, labour exploitation and human trafficking in their value chains.
To raise awareness and build momentum, FAST undertakes global campaigns and has held convenings in every continent, bringing together key actors in the fight against modern slavery and human trafficking and new audiences within the financial sector.
Not only does FAST aim to provide targeted training to various sub-sectors, but it also creates collective learning opportunities within the sector to increase peer-to-peer information exchange.
