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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.

12/06/2026

Reflecting on his role on the advisory board of the Global Sustainability Network, Michael Deeb shared:

“As a father of three children, I cannot help but imagine my own son or daughters in the place of the millions of children around the world who are trapped in forced labour, exploitation, and trafficking. No child should be denied their freedom, dignity, education, or right to dream.

Through my work with the GSN, I have become increasingly aware of the scale of this crisis and the urgent need for collective action. Raising awareness is where change begins, and if each of us chooses to care and act, we can help create a world where every child is free to live the childhood they deserve.”

The 2026 World Day Against Child Labour calls for a “Red card to child labour: Fair play for children, decent work for adults.” For Michael Deeb and the Global Sustainability Network, this is more than a slogan. It is a reminder that every child deserves freedom, dignity, and the chance to dream.

Global Sustainability Network was honoured to engage with the Marlborough College Malaysia community on some of the most...
12/06/2026

Global Sustainability Network was honoured to engage with the Marlborough College Malaysia community on some of the most pressing challenges facing children today, from modern slavery and trafficking to child labour and child marriage. Through the Freedom PomPom campaign and the launch of Unseen by True El Deeb, we celebrated the role of young people as advocates, innovators, and changemakers in the global movement for freedom.

A powerful day at Dulwich College, bringing together students, educators, and changemakers around a shared vision of fre...
11/06/2026

A powerful day at Dulwich College, bringing together students, educators, and changemakers around a shared vision of freedom. From the Freedom PomPom movement to the debut of Unseen by True El Deeb, we celebrated the role young people can play in making the unseen visible and turning awareness into action.

More than half of the world’s workers are still in informal employment.In 2024, 57.8% of the global workforce was inform...
10/06/2026

More than half of the world’s workers are still in informal employment.

In 2024, 57.8% of the global workforce was informally employed, often without adequate social security, legal protection, or workplace safety measures.

The issue is not only whether people have work, but whether that work protects their dignity.

Decent work must mean protected work.

Source: UN Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025

SDG Target 8 reminds us that decent work is not built by wages alone. It depends on rights, civic space, enforcement, an...
09/06/2026

SDG Target 8 reminds us that decent work is not built by wages alone. It depends on rights, civic space, enforcement, and protection for those pushed furthest to the margins — migrant workers, informal workers, women workers, and workers in precarious employment.

The future of work cannot be decent if the right to be protected at work keeps weakening.

When young people are left without education, work, or training, exploitation finds the opening.
08/06/2026

When young people are left without education, work, or training, exploitation finds the opening.

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.

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