Findings by Theme
Overall Score: 30
The 2020/2021 benchmark assesses 49 of the largest ICT companies across the benchmark's seven themes, which were developed to capture the key areas where companies need to take action to eradicate forced labor from their supply chains: commitment; traceability and risk assessment; purchasing practices; recruitment; worker voice; monitoring; and remedy. There are a total of 21 indicators across the seven themes. For each theme a company can score a total of 100 points.
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Summary of Results
This theme measures the extent to which a company has established corrective action processes for non-compliant suppliers and ensures that remedy is provided to its supply chain workers who are victims of labor rights violations. It incorporates allegations of forced labor that have occurred in...
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Indicator Sectors
Corrective Action Plans
The company has a process to create corrective action plans with suppliers found to violate its policies, with the goal of improving conditions and achieving respect of the ILO core labor standard...
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The company has a process to provide remedy to workers in its supply chains in cases of forced labor and human trafficking. If no allegation regarding forced labor in the company's supply chains h...
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Corrective Actions
L Brands discloses that it has been engaged with two suppliers in China over 12 months to ensure that the factories are appropriately managing their working hours and paying overtime wages to workers. It states that consultants have visited the suppliers on a monthly basis to offer advice and training, and that the suppliers have now implemented appropriate overtime wage payments and are able to assess productivity levels and working hours correctly.
Overall Score: 28
The 2020 benchmark assesses 43 of the largest food and beverage companies across the benchmark's seven themes, which were developed to capture the key areas where companies need to take action to eradicate forced labor from their supply chains: commitment; traceability and risk assessment; purchasing practices; recruitment; worker voice; monitoring; and remedy. There are a total of 21 indicators across the seven themes. For each theme a company can score a total of 100 points.
SEE SCORES & RANKINGSSummary of Results
This theme measures the extent to which a company has established corrective action processes for non-compliant suppliers and ensures that remedy is provided to its supply chain workers who are victims of labor rights violations. It incorporates allegations of forced labor that have occurred in...
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SEE METHODOLOGY
Indicator Sectors
Corrective Action Plans
The company has a process to create corrective action plans with suppliers found to violate its policies, with the goal of improving conditions and achieving respect of the ILO core labor standard...
Read MoreRemedy Programs
The company has a process to provide remedy to workers in its supply chains in cases of forced labor and human trafficking. If no allegation regarding forced labor in the company's supply chains h...
Read MoreNOTABLE EXAMPLE
Corrective Actions
L Brands discloses that it has been engaged with two suppliers in China over 12 months to ensure that the factories are appropriately managing their working hours and paying overtime wages to workers. It states that consultants have visited the suppliers on a monthly basis to offer advice and training, and that the suppliers have now implemented appropriate overtime wage payments and are able to assess productivity levels and working hours correctly.
Overall Score: 37
The 2018 benchmark covers 43 companies, including one African company, 12 Asian companies, 14 European companies, and 16 North American companies.
SEE SCORES & RANKINGSSummary of Results
While most companies disclose that they have a corrective action process in place for their suppliers, only three companies, Unilever, Kellogg, and Coca-Cola, achieve the full score for their corrective action disclosure by comprehensively outlining their corrective action process, including a m...
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Indicator Sectors
Corrective Action Plans
The company has a process to create corrective action plans with suppliers found to be in violation of applicable regulations and/or the company's standards, with the goal of improving conditions ...
Read MoreRemedy Programs and Response to Allegations
The company has a process to provide remedy to workers in its supply chain in cases of human trafficking and forced labor.
If no allegation regarding forced labor i...
Read MoreNOTABLE EXAMPLE
Corrective Actions
L Brands discloses that it has been engaged with two suppliers in China over 12 months to ensure that the factories are appropriately managing their working hours and paying overtime wages to workers. It states that consultants have visited the suppliers on a monthly basis to offer advice and training, and that the suppliers have now implemented appropriate overtime wage payments and are able to assess productivity levels and working hours correctly.