Today we announced the names of the 125 companies we will be benchmarking across three sectors in 2018. Our benchmark are the cornerstone of our efforts to equip companies with the information they need to understand their relative performance on addressing forced labor in their...
Every year the U.S. State Department publishes its Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report as a tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking. The report ranks each country in three tiers based on their efforts to combat trafficking, with Tier 3 (its lowest level) potentially...
KnowTheChain reviews the highlights and key takeaways from guest bloggers during our series on the changing landscape for businesses. ...
This new blog series by KnowTheChain will explore the opportunities new legal requirements create for businesses and stakeholders to build more effective mechanisms for preventing and responding to supply chain abuses. ...
The recently passed Modern Slavery Act, made law by the United Kingdom and likely to impact more than 10,000 companies, represents a significant addition to an increasing trend of legislative driven, corporate transparency. The act, which became law on March 26, 2015, is similar to...
The collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory two years ago today continues to shape our understanding of how our decisions as companies, consumers, and stakeholders are interconnected. In part because of tragedies like Rana Plaza responsibility and transparency are squarely on the corporate agenda. Legislative...
More than three years after the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act (SB 657) went into effect, the Attorney General of California this week released guidance for companies that need to comply with SB 657. We commend the Attorney General for clarifying the various legal...
Any company that thought California’s passage of the Transparency in Supply Chains Act (SB 657) would prove to be inconsequential better think again. Since 2010, lawmakers globally have been learning from California’s pioneering legislation. Quietly and subtly the concept of legislating a response to human...