{"id":86274,"date":"2024-08-23T05:04:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T19:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=86274"},"modified":"2024-08-23T05:04:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T19:34:45","slug":"sq-modern-slavery-mb2992","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sq-modern-slavery-mb2992\/","title":{"rendered":"SolarQuotes Tackles Modern Slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/solar-modern-slavery.jpg\" alt=\"Modern slavery and forced labour in the solar industry\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/solar-modern-slavery.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/solar-modern-slavery-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/solar-modern-slavery-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/solar-modern-slavery-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SolarQuotes recommends certain brands across a range of solar components. Criteria relating to quality, performance and company stability aside, how do we approach the thorny, complex issues of modern slavery and forced labour?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Up until a couple of years ago, among the criteria for a manufacturer to be included on our recommended brand charts were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Having an Australian office for warranty support.<\/li>\n<li>Easily accessible phone\/email customer and technical support.<\/li>\n<li>A good reputation within the industry.<\/li>\n<li>No Clean Energy Council (CEC) flags for major violations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Modern Slavery Rears Its Ugly Head &#8211; SQ Responds<\/h2>\n<p>Modern slavery in solar and related sectors was thrust into the spotlight a few years back. It was a wakeup call for everyone, including SolarQuotes.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, SolarQuotes set about assessing risks of modern slavery within the company&#8217;s business and supply chain. You can view the resulting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/modern-slavery-policy\/\"> modern slavery\/forced labour policy here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But we also took this important exercise one step further by seeking related information from brands we currently recommend and\/or list on our very popular comparison tables for solar panels, batteries, inverters, PV diverters and EV chargers.<\/p>\n<p>We asked each manufacturer if they were required to report under the Australian Government&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.au\/C2018A00153\/latest\/text\"> Modern Slavery Act (Cth) 2018<\/a>, and if so, to point us to a copy of their modern slavery statement.<\/p>\n<p>If they weren&#8217;t required to report, we asked if the organisation had a policy or policies in place to deal with modern slavery and forced labour &#8211; and for the details. If they didn&#8217;t have anything in place at that point, we requested information about what the organisation was doing, or planned to do, to manage these risks.<\/p>\n<p>From that first round of contacts, we were pleased by the number of companies that promptly responded with information. But there were some that chose to ignore the request &#8211; or perhaps the request didn&#8217;t reach the right party, or became caught up in the tubes of the interwebs. So, we tried again. There were also a couple of cases where the representative of the company we were communicating with didn&#8217;t know what the heck we were asking about.<\/p>\n<p>Given dozens of brands are listed on our comparison tables, the process took over a month to run through and the results were then added to each table in a row like so, with links to each policy where available:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/modern-slavery.png\" alt=\"Modern slavery details\" width=\"779\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/modern-slavery.png 779w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/modern-slavery-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/modern-slavery-768x333.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>2024 Update<\/h2>\n<p>SolarQuotes decided to include an annual review in our policy and ran through the process again recently to request updates from each company.<\/p>\n<p>If a recommended brand failed to respond or it became clear they didn&#8217;t have a policy &#8211; or what was considered a sub-standard one &#8211; they were removed from the recommended brands charts. Those companies will be added back if a suitable policy materialises.<\/p>\n<p>For the comparison tables, status is again noted in the modern slavery\/forced labour row:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/comparison\/compare-solar-panels\/\">solar panels<\/a><\/li>\n<li>non-hybrid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/inverters\/compare\/\">solar inverters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/hybrid-inverter-comparison\/\">hybrid inverters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/comparison-table\/\">home batteries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/ev-chargers\/\">EV chargers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/hot-water\/pv-diverters\/\">PV diverters<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note that just because a brand is listed on a comparison table, it doesn&#8217;t necessarily indicate it is recommended by SolarQuotes. You can view currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/trusted-solar-brands-criteria\/\">SQ-recommended solar panel, inverter, battery and charger brands here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>IMPORTANT:<\/b> While having a modern slavery\/forced labour policy is one thing, a company actually putting it into practice is quite another.<\/p>\n<p>SolarQuotes doesn&#8217;t have the resources required to thoroughly investigate each set of commitments to ensure they have been implemented; which would include visits to factories in faraway lands. But at least we can indicate if there is a written policy with some substance for each manufacturer; helping to better inform Australians concerned about such issues as part of their purchase decision process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SolarQuotes recommends certain brands across a range of solar components. 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