Bridge the Gap

Modern Slavery Gap Analysis Tool by SD Strategies

SD Strategies ‘Bridge the Gap’ tool enables you to identify gaps in your organisation’s systems and processes that may be increasing your modern slavery risk and impacting your efforts to manage it. It provides invaluable guidance if you are unsure where to start and monitors your governance maturity and program effectiveness as your modern slavery risk management program develops.

Our gap analysis tool:

  • Engages your Board or leadership team, demonstrating commitment to managing modern slavery risks and securing necessary resources.
  • Informs your Modern Slavery Statement by documenting operational gaps and risks and establishing actions to manage and mitigate them as required under the Australian Modern Slavery Act and other global reporting legislation.
  • ‘Stress tests’ existing risk management systems, identifies improvement opportunities, and facilitates the development of a road map to address identified risks.

How it works

The tool is simple and intuitive to use. Gaps and opportunities for improvement are investigated across five key business areas: management systems, human resources and recruitment, customers and stakeholders, procurement and supply chain and risk management.

Click on the arrow below to understand the tools simple three step process.

STEP ONE

Engage your team

  • For a comprehensive (and accurate) analysis of your modern slavery governance maturity, involve representatives from various areas of your organisation in the gap analysis to capture diverse perspectives and understandings.
  • Make sure you include representatives from your Executive Leadership Team, procurement, operations, HR, legal, audit and risk, communications and training.
  • The tool can be completed by your team independently or can be facilitated in an online or face-to-face workshop by our experienced consultants.

STEP TWO

Complete the questions

  • Together with your team, you will review 22 questions and select the most appropriate response to each question to accurately reflect your current modern level of maturity across five business systems.
  • Your responses should reflect actions taken, the level of integration of modern slavery risk management into existing processes, and your engagement with stakeholders and suppliers on the issue.

STEP THREE

Heat map and next steps

  • On completion of the questions, you will receive a visual ‘heat map’ showcasing your company’s effectiveness in managing modern slavery risks across the five business areas.
  • Once you know where your gaps are, you have the option to choose from 130 practical actions, tailored to your business needs and resources, to inform your modern slavery risk management approach, your Modern Slavery Statement or other reporting requirements.

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Plans & Pricing

We offer a range of flexible, cost-effective plans which will help get your modern slavery risk management program off the ground or fine tune what you already have in place.

Features available within each plan vary depending on your organisation’s needs, budget and time frame.

If you are not sure what plan best suits your organisation, please contact us.

Basic Plan

$1500
Modern slavery gap analysis question and responses Visual 'heat map' demonstrating governance maturity.
Summary of the state-of-play for each of the five business systems.
Downloadable PDF report with your organisation's details.

Standard Plan

$2100
Basic Plan benefits plus a list of 130 practical actions to address identified gaps and opportunities.
Select Red actions to develop an initial 18-month plan with high-priority actions.
Add Orange and Yellow actions to create a more comprehensive 3-year plan.
For continuous improvement or sector leadership, choose Green actions and incorporate your own custom actions.
Download your actions, heat map, and state-of-play summary as a PDF.

Premium Plan

Premium
$2500
Includes all the benefits of the basic and standard plans.
Advanced functionality where selected actions are automatically integrated into a personalised online action planning template.
Includes free-text function to add own actions. The template allows you to list, prioritise, assign responsibilities, and set timeframes for your actions.
Download your report and action plan as a Word or PDF file. You also have the flexibility to log back into Bridge the Gap and update your action plan whenever needed, at no extra cost.