Global Sustainability Network

Global Sustainability Network Committed to delivering Global Goal 8: Decent Work & Economic Growth. Network of over 1300+ members across the globe. Connecting. Collaborating. Creating.

The Global Sustainability Network (GSN) is a network organization consisting of key representatives from multiple faith-based communities, the business sector, academia, and civil society. GSN is a network of over 1,300 people and organisations and was formed after the signing of the Joint Declaration Against Modern Slavery by The Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholome

w from Greece, and senior representatives of the Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist faiths in 2014, and is now registered as a UK based CIO.

138 million childhoods interrupted. Missing the 2025 target to eradicate child labour is a collective failure we must co...
05/06/2026

138 million childhoods interrupted. Missing the 2025 target to eradicate child labour is a collective failure we must confront head-on. At the Global Sustainability Network, we are driven by a vision of a world free from child labour and human trafficking. Achieving Goal 8 requires us to work together more than ever, focusing heavily on cross-sector partnerships, survivor voices, and business accountability. To our network of changemakers across government, business, faith, academia, and media —now is the time to accelerate our efforts. Every child deserves a classroom, not a hazardous worksite.

Modern slavery survives when the world learns to look away.Annie Kelly’s words remind us that indifference is not neutra...
27/05/2026

Modern slavery survives when the world learns to look away.

Annie Kelly’s words remind us that indifference is not neutrality. It is the space where exploitation grows, hidden in supply chains, workplaces, borders, homes, and everyday economies.

A world where modern slavery thrives cannot be normalised.

The question is no longer whether we know enough.
The question is whether we are willing to act.

The future of work must not become the future of exploitation.As technology and AI reshape economies, we must ask a hard...
22/05/2026

The future of work must not become the future of exploitation.

As technology and AI reshape economies, we must ask a harder question: who is protected, who is displaced, and who becomes vulnerable to new forms of coercion?

At the GSN Abu Dhabi Conference, Raza Jafar, our co-founder, reminded us that the fight against modern slavery must also look ahead.

For millions of women and girls, marriage is not an institution of security.It is the point at which control becomes per...
21/05/2026

For millions of women and girls, marriage is not an institution of security.
It is the point at which control becomes permanent.

We count 50 million.But exploitation does not happen to numbers.It happens to people with names, memories, dreams, and f...
19/05/2026

We count 50 million.
But exploitation does not happen to numbers.

It happens to people with names, memories, dreams, and futures.

Sophie Otiende’s words remind us that modern slavery cannot be understood only through statistics. Every figure carries a life that deserves safety, dignity, and freedom.

Behind the number is someone’s world.

138 million children are not just working.They are losing childhoods, safety, education, and futures.Child labour is an ...
18/05/2026

138 million children are not just working.

They are losing childhoods, safety, education, and futures.

Child labour is an exploitation that the world has waited too long to end.

A child’s dream should never become a trafficker’s opportunity.Education, safety, and dignity are not charity. They are ...
15/05/2026

A child’s dream should never become a trafficker’s opportunity.

Education, safety, and dignity are not charity. They are protection against exploitation.

In 1930, the world agreed that forced labour and slavery should end in the shortest possible time.In May 2026, that prom...
12/05/2026

In 1930, the world agreed that forced labour and slavery should end in the shortest possible time.

In May 2026, that promise feels more urgent than ever.

Modern slavery is not only a memory of the past. It is an ongoing crisis. Across the world, conflict, displacement, poverty, unsafe migration, digital exploitation, and hidden abuses in supply chains are putting millions at risk.

Kevin Hyland’s words at the GSN London Conference remind us that declarations are not enough when exploitation continues in plain sight.

Ninety five years is not the shortest possible time.

The world does not need more delay. It needs urgency, accountability, and collective action now.

08/05/2026

Say no to slavery.
Support freedom. Support dignity. Support humanity.

In Ghana, the rescue of children from organised street begging networks exposes a painful truth about modern slavery in ...
07/05/2026

In Ghana, the rescue of children from organised street begging networks exposes a painful truth about modern slavery in West Africa.

Exploitation does not always hide in darkness. Sometimes, it survives in public view because society has learned not to look closely.

A child on the street may be facing far more than poverty. Behind forced begging can be coercion, daily targets, cross-border movement, and organised profit.

Ending modern slavery in Africa requires more than rescue. It requires visibility, protection, documentation, prosecution, and long-term care.

No child should be seen as invisible.

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