Today KnowTheChain welcomes the support of investors representing over $3 trillion in assets who have recognized the importance of KTC’s work to identify the risks of forced labor that they may be exposed to through their investments. The KnowTheChain Investor Statement, which is co-sponsored by...
With investigative journalism and legislation on forced labor and human trafficking on the rise, forced labor risks can translate into concrete negative impacts for investors, both reputational and financial. As an example, in 2015, the US marine-services company Signal International LLC went bankrupt after having...
Last week, Know the Chain released its Food and Beverage Benchmark Findings Report, which assessed how 20 of the largest publicly held companies are addressing forced labor in their supply chains. With 21 million people being victims of forced labor around the world and the...
To drive awareness and continued corporate action on the issue of forced labor in supply chains, this year KnowTheChain is benchmarking a total of 60 global companies from the information and communications technology (ICT), food & beverage, and apparel & footwear sectors on their efforts...