To overcome this issue, we approached the communities one-by-one and held discussions with them in partnership with the Department of Fisheries – as a result, we were able to gain a better understanding of the fishers’ needs, and show how such a tool could help them. Involving fishers in the design of PeskAAS highlighted the need and mechanism for frequent feedback via municipal fisheries officers, which also helped establish local acceptance.

The report highlights the role played by G nations in fuelling forced labour within global supply chains, including state-imposed forced labour. The G accounts for over half of all people living in modern slavery and imports US$ billion of at-risk products annually. The United States was by far the biggest importer of at-risk products (US$. billion). Electronics remained the highest value at-risk product (US$. billion), followed by garments (US$. billion), palm oil (US$. billion), solar panels (US$. billion), and textiles (US$. billion).

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From -, growth in single-use plastics made from virgin polymers was times that from recycled feedstocks. Petrochemical companies are (naturally) only expanding into recycling in markets where the economic conditions are (somewhat) more favourable. These are markets where policies are more progressive and demand for recycled plastics is stronger. However, across all polymers and technologies, only MMT of additional on par recycling capacity is expected to be brought online by (. MMT by the petrochemical industry).

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