Today the Thomson Reuters Foundation announced the winners of its annual Stop Slavery Award. Held virtually for the first time, this year's ceremony recognised companies, non-profit organisations and individuals making vital contributions to combatting slavery - a multi-billion-dollar industry estimated by the International Labour Organization and Walk Free Foundation to affect more than 40 million people worldwide. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), ARMEDANGELS and Missing Link Trust are amongst the businesses and NGOs awarded for their outstanding contribution to the global fight to end modern slavery and human trafficking – in a year when the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the inequalities and economic conditions that enable this scourge to thrive.