Services & Capabilities

Protecting people. Safeguarding organisations. Delivering measurable impact.

Risks to people are risks to your business. Backed by international authority in modern slavery risk, we help corporate, government, and institutional leaders turn human rights commitments into actionable strategy and measurable impact.

Fiona David, founding architect of the Global Slavery Index. Fiona’s work has shaped national and international policy. Today, she brings that global lens to regional Australia through Fair Futures.

How we help you

Risk & Governance:

Building defensible, evidence-based controls to prevent and mitigate human rights risks.

  • Social Impact Assessment: Independent assessment of the social impacts of your projects, operations, or supply chain changes on local communities, workers, and vulnerable groups.

  • Strategic Review & Benchmarking: Map your existing modern slavery program against international frameworks and competitor standards to identify gaps and prioritise your next steps.

  • Risk Prioritisation: Pinpoint high-risk supply chain areas and build actionable, step-by-step responses.

Social Impact & Innovation

Transforming corporate commitments into practical, human-centred programs that build value and protect your social licence.

  • Social Innovation: Combining expertise, stakeholder consultation, and root-cause analysis to design innovative, high-impact solutions to complex modern slavery and human rights challenges.

  • Cross-Sector Collaborations: Facilitate enduring, high-trust partnerships with civil society, industry groups, and survivor-led organisations.

  • Integration: Practical guidance on how to seamlessly embed human rights and modern slavery frameworks into existing corporate ESG, procurement, and sustainability approaches.

Measurement & Verification

Replacing assumptions with data-driven insights that prove real-world outcomes.

  • Measurement Frameworks: Establish clear metrics to track real-world effectiveness.

  • Effectiveness Evaluation: Review existing programs to drive greater impact for people and business resilience.

Case studies

"To ensure we are leveraging best practice, we engaged an external human rights expert, Fair Futures to evaluate our organisation on our readiness to meet modern slavery requirements and support our efforts to deepen and sharpen our understanding of where risk lies in our supply chains and operations."

John Stanhope AM (Chancellor), Prof Iain Martin (Vice-Chancellor), Deakin University

Case study on university evaluation

"This project reinforced something I strongly believe - lived experience does not strengthen work because of personal stories alone. It strengthens work because it brings reality into systems that are often designed far away from people’s lives. When lived expertise is embedded early, paid fairly, and supported properly, it leads to stronger evidence and more ethical outcomes."

Sherry W, Lived Experience Advisor, Fair Futures

Case study on embedding lived experience

 

Testimonial

"I engaged Fiona David from Fair Futures to develop a strategic blueprint for a new product we could take to the market, to support businesses to strengthen responsible procurement of textiles, clothing and footwear...I would highly recommend Fiona and Fair Futures to any organisation for high quality stakeholder consultation, evidence-led strategy or project design support. 

Rachel Reilly, Ethical Clothing Australia

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Thought leadership 

Our work is grounded in the same frameworks we develop for Australia’s leading governance institutions.

Fair Futures offers advice and oversight for garment supply chains