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...
Construction is the second highest-risk sector for forced labor, following domestic work. While the construction sector is growing rapidly, currently employing 7% of the global workforce, research shows that construction companies’ policies and processes for addressing risks of forced labor do not keep the same...
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...
As an increasing number of companies grapple with integrating human rights considerations into their everyday business operations, the question that I hear time and time again is, “What is the business case for corporate human rights management?” Values to Valuation, an ambitious new academic research...
The EU Directive on Non-Financial Reporting was adopted by the European Parliament and Council in October 2014. EU Member States have to meet the deadline of putting this directive into domestic law by 6 December 2016, and so the UK’s Department for Business, Innovation & Skills...