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 engages with workers in its supply chains on labor rights, enables freedom of association and collective bargaining for its supply chain workers, and takes steps to ensure access to effective and trusted grievance mechanisms.
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Indicator Sectors
Worker Engagement
The company takes steps to ensure that its forced labor and human trafficking policies are communicated to workers in its supply chains. The company further works with relevant stakeholders to eng...
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To support collective worker empowerment, the company works with local or global trade unions to support freedom of association in its supply chains. It enters into a global framework agreement th...
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The company takes steps to ensure a formal mechanism to report a grievance to an impartial entity regarding labor conditions in the company's supply chains is available to its suppliers' workers a...
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Freedom of Association
Nike discloses that it advocates for legislative reform on freedom of association in Mexico with a view to achieving full protection for workers' rights. It states that it has engaged in dialogue with the national government in collaboration with the Fair Labor Association and other brands and retailers.
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 engages with workers in its supply chains on labor rights, enables freedom of association and collective bargaining for its supply chain workers, and takes steps to ensure access to effective and trusted grievance mechanisms.
...
READ FULL RESULTS SEE METHODOLOGY
Indicator Sectors
Worker Engagement
The company takes steps to ensure that its forced labor and human trafficking policies are communicated to workers in its supply chains. The company further works with relevant stakeholders to eng...
Read MoreFreedom of Association
To support collective worker empowerment, the company works with local or global trade unions to support freedom of association in its supply chains. It enters into a global framework agreement th...
Read MoreGrievance Mechanism
The company takes steps to ensure a formal mechanism to report a grievance to an impartial entity regarding labor conditions in the company's supply chains is available to its suppliers' workers a...
Read MoreNOTABLE EXAMPLE
Freedom of Association
Nike discloses that it advocates for legislative reform on freedom of association in Mexico with a view to achieving full protection for workers' rights. It states that it has engaged in dialogue with the national government in collaboration with the Fair Labor Association and other brands and retailers.
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
Worker voice scores poorly across the benchmark, as companies demonstrate little to no effort to engage with workers in their supply chains or to support freedom of association in their supply chains, beyond policy requirements. Although more than half of the companies disclose a grievance mecha...
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Indicator Sectors
Worker Engagement
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Read MoreFreedom of Association
To support collective worker empowerment, the company works with suppliers to improve their practices in relation to freedom of association and collective bargaining, and with local or global trad...
Read MoreGrievance Mechanism
The company ensures a formal mechanism to report a grievance to an impartial entity regarding labor conditions in the company's supply chains is available to its suppliers' workers and relevant st...
Read MoreCommunication of Policies
The company ensures its human trafficking and forced labor policies and standards are available to supply chain workers in their native languages, and that its human trafficking and forced labor p...
Read MoreWorker Voice
The company works with relevant stakeholders to engage with and educate workers in its supply chains on their labor rights. To ensure scalability and effectiveness, the company ensures that there ...
Read MoreNOTABLE EXAMPLE
Freedom of Association
Nike discloses that it advocates for legislative reform on freedom of association in Mexico with a view to achieving full protection for workers' rights. It states that it has engaged in dialogue with the national government in collaboration with the Fair Labor Association and other brands and retailers.