Findings by Theme
Overall Score: 30
The 2020 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 demonstrates an understanding of its suppliers and its workforce by disclosing relevant information such as supplier names or sourcing countries and assessing and disclosing forced labor risks across its supply chains.
Indicator Sectors
Traceability and Supply Chain Transparency
The company demonstrates an understanding of the suppliers and their workers throughout its supply chains by publicly disclosing the names and addresses of its first-tier suppliers, the countries ...
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The company has a process to assess forced labor risks, and it publicly discloses forced labor risks identified in different tiers of its supply chains.
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Supply Chain Traceability and Transparency
VF discloses traceability mapping data that included the end-to-end supply chains of more than 50 products. The data included the names and addresses of its third- and fourth-tier suppliers, including wool processors, slaughterhouses, and yarn suppliers. The company also disclosed the sourcing countries of rubber, wool, and cotton. In addition, VF disclosed a downloadable Excel sheet of its first-tier suppliers and their subcontractors, including the number of workers and the gender ratio, and 70% of its second-tier facilities by spend.
Risk Assessment
Primark discloses that it carries out country risk assessments that include an analysis of forced labor risks. Primark also notes that it engages stakeholders to better understand the forced labor risks in its supply chains and that workers are a key part of its risk analysis. As such, it discloses that it has designed a participatory tool to obtain direct feedback from workers and hear about potential indicators of forced labor. The company also outlines the specific risks it has identified in the different tiers of its supply chains.
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 demonstrates an understanding of its suppliers and its workforce by disclosing relevant information such as supplier names or sourcing countries and assessing and disclosing forced labor risks across its supply chains.
Indicator Sectors
Traceability and Supply Chain Transparency
The company demonstrates an understanding of the suppliers and their workers throughout its supply chains by publicly disclosing the names and addresses of its first-tier suppliers, the countries ...
Read MoreRisk Assessment
The company has a process to assess forced labor risks, and it publicly discloses forced labor risks identified in different tiers of its supply chains.
Risk assess...
Read MoreNOTABLE EXAMPLE
Supply Chain Traceability and Transparency
VF discloses traceability mapping data that included the end-to-end supply chains of more than 50 products. The data included the names and addresses of its third- and fourth-tier suppliers, including wool processors, slaughterhouses, and yarn suppliers. The company also disclosed the sourcing countries of rubber, wool, and cotton. In addition, VF disclosed a downloadable Excel sheet of its first-tier suppliers and their subcontractors, including the number of workers and the gender ratio, and 70% of its second-tier facilities by spend.
Risk Assessment
Primark discloses that it carries out country risk assessments that include an analysis of forced labor risks. Primark also notes that it engages stakeholders to better understand the forced labor risks in its supply chains and that workers are a key part of its risk analysis. As such, it discloses that it has designed a participatory tool to obtain direct feedback from workers and hear about potential indicators of forced labor. The company also outlines the specific risks it has identified in the different tiers of its supply chains.
Overall Score: 41
The 2021 benchmark assesses 37 of the largest apparel and footwear 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 demonstrates an understanding of its suppliers and its workforce by disclosing relevant information such as supplier names or sourcing countries and assessing and disclosing forced labor risks across its supply chains.
Indicator Sectors
Traceability and Supply Chain Transparency
The company demonstrates an understanding of the suppliers and their workers throughout its supply chains by publicly disclosing the names and addresses of its first-tier suppliers, the countries ...
Read MoreRisk Assessment
The company has a process to assess forced labor risks, and it publicly discloses forced labor risks identified in different tiers of its supply chains.
Risk assess...
Read MoreNOTABLE EXAMPLE
Supply Chain Traceability and Transparency
VF discloses traceability mapping data that included the end-to-end supply chains of more than 50 products. The data included the names and addresses of its third- and fourth-tier suppliers, including wool processors, slaughterhouses, and yarn suppliers. The company also disclosed the sourcing countries of rubber, wool, and cotton. In addition, VF disclosed a downloadable Excel sheet of its first-tier suppliers and their subcontractors, including the number of workers and the gender ratio, and 70% of its second-tier facilities by spend.
Risk Assessment
Primark discloses that it carries out country risk assessments that include an analysis of forced labor risks. Primark also notes that it engages stakeholders to better understand the forced labor risks in its supply chains and that workers are a key part of its risk analysis. As such, it discloses that it has designed a participatory tool to obtain direct feedback from workers and hear about potential indicators of forced labor. The company also outlines the specific risks it has identified in the different tiers of its supply chains.