At the start of 2020, KnowTheChain and the Investor Alliance for Human Rights are pleased to welcome the support of 135 investors representing a combined $5 trillion in assets under management. These investors recognize the urgent challenge of forced labor, how they may be exposed...
Today, we released our final benchmark of 2018, covering the apparel and footwear sector, which remains at high risk of forced labor despite decades of stakeholder and public scrutiny. The benchmark finds that 28 of 43 companies score below 50/100 in addressing the risk of...
From tea pickers on isolated tea estates to laborers on remote cocoa farms and rice mills, workers in the agricultural sector are particularly vulnerable to exploitation. Driven by a growing demand for fuel, food, and raw materials the sector increasingly pushes agricultural work into more...
Released today, our 2018 information and communications technology (ICT) Benchmark found that while technology companies are working to bring the world closer together, they are failing to connect with workers in their own supply chains. Our ICT benchmark ranked the top 40 global ICT companies—with...
Following the publication of our 2016 apparel & footwear benchmark, today we are pleased to release its accompanying Resource and Action Guide. The guide looks at all seven themes by which companies were benchmarked and highlights practices and resources that companies can use to improve...
Last year, KnowTheChain identified three sectors with the highest risk of forced labor in their supply chains and benchmarked 60 companies within those sectors. It was the first analysis of its kind, focusing specifically on forced labor risks and the corporate policies and practices developed...
KnowTheChain released its third and final benchmark report of 2016 today, which ranks 20 of the largest apparel and footwear companies on their efforts to address forced labor in their supply chains. The average overall score of the 20 companies that were ranked across seven measurement...
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...
KnowTheChain released its second benchmark report today, which ranks the 20 largest food and beverage companies on their efforts to address forced labor in their supply chains. Though the report shows that there is growing awareness surrounding the issue of forced labor, there is still far...
In June, we released our first benchmark report on the efforts of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector to mitigate forced labor in their supply chains. While the benchmark found that the ICT sector is showing some commitment and action, it is clear that...