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...
We’re excited to announce that we’re hiring for the position of Project Manager. The position will manage the benchmark publication process as well as support efforts by the KTC team to expand the project’s scope and reach. Learn more about the position and how to...
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...
Today at the Thomson Reuters Trust Conference we announced that we’ll be joining forces with the Thomson Reuters Foundation to increase the number of companies we will be benchmarking over the next three years. Through this partnership these benchmarking efforts will become the KnowTheChain -...
Sugarcane is one of the largest agricultural commodities in the world. It can be found in everyday food and beverage items such as cereals, yogurts, soft drinks, and flavored coffees. It is typically manually harvested, often by migrants and rural workers, with little education. Sugarcane...
Poor working conditions in leather supply chains, as well as practices conducive to forced labor (e.g., lack of worker contracts and forced overtime), have been well documented by human and labor rights organizations over the past years. Today we published a case study examining how...
The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre announced today the launch of a new Modern Slavery Registry website. The site captures statements made by companies under the UK Modern Slavery Act on what they are doing to eradicate modern slavery from their operations and supply...
The Responsible Sourcing Network announced today the launch of a new initiative aimed at driving cotton and yarn produced with forced labor out of corporate supply chains. Cotton produced by forced labor is well-documented in at least nine countries, and is currently making its way into...
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...
We are pleased to welcome Felicitas Weber, the new Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) KnowTheChain Project Lead. In her new role, she will help mange BHRRC's role within KnowTheChain by leading benchmarking efforts and furthering engagement with investors and companies. Based in London, Felicitas brings a wealth...