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Findings by Theme

  • 2020 Information &
    Communication Technology
  • 2020 Food & Beverage
  • 2020 Apparel & Footwear



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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Purchasing Practices





Theme Score 21 Out of 100

Summary of Results

This theme measures the extent to which a company adopts responsible purchasing practices, sources raw materials responsibly, and integrates its supplier code of conduct into its supplier selection and contracts. . . ...

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Indicator Sectors


19 Out of 100

Purchasing Practices

The company is taking steps toward responsible raw materials sourcing. Further, it is adopting responsible purchasing practices in the first tier of its supply chains, which it demonstrates throug...

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33 Out of 100

Supplier Selection

The company assesses risks of forced labor at potential suppliers before entering into any contracts with them and discloses the outcomes of this process.

The compa...

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12 Out of 100

Integration into Supplier Contracts

The company integrates the ILO core labor standards, which include the elimination of forced labor, into supplier contracts, and requires its suppliers to do the same.

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NOTABLE EXAMPLE


Purchasing Practice

Walmart discloses that it is a member of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Fair Food Program, and sources from suppliers who best reflect these principles. The program includes legally binding agreements between the Coalition and participating buyers and ensures that a premium is paid to workers.










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 & RANKINGS


Purchasing Practices





Theme Score 17 Out of 100

Summary of Results

This theme measures the extent to which a company adopts responsible purchasing practices, sources raw materials responsibly, and integrates its supplier code of conduct into its supplier selection and contracts. . . ...

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Indicator Sectors


24 Out of 100

Purchasing Practices

The company is taking steps toward responsible raw materials sourcing. Further, it is adopting responsible purchasing practices in the first tier of its supply chains, which it demonstrates throug...

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15 Out of 100

Supplier Selection

The company assesses risks of forced labor at potential suppliers before entering into any contracts with them and discloses the outcomes of this process.

The compa...

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13 Out of 100

Integration into Supplier Contracts

The company integrates the ILO core labor standards, which include the elimination of forced labor, into supplier contracts, and requires its suppliers to do the same.

...

Read More






NOTABLE EXAMPLE


Purchasing Practice

Walmart discloses that it is a member of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Fair Food Program, and sources from suppliers who best reflect these principles. The program includes legally binding agreements between the Coalition and participating buyers and ensures that a premium is paid to workers.










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 & RANKINGS


Purchasing Practices





Theme Score 34 Out of 100

Summary of Results

This theme measures the extent to which a company adopts responsible purchasing practices, sources raw materials responsibly, and integrates its supplier code of conduct into its supplier selection and contracts. . . ...

READ FULL RESULTS   SEE METHODOLOGY




Indicator Sectors


31 Out of 100

Purchasing Practices

The company is taking steps toward responsible raw materials sourcing. Further, it is adopting responsible purchasing practices in the first tier of its supply chains, which it demonstrates throug...

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49 Out of 100

Supplier Selection

The company assesses risks of forced labor at potential suppliers before entering into any contracts with them and discloses the outcomes of this process.

The compa...

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22 Out of 100

Integration into Supplier Contracts

The company integrates the ILO core labor standards, which include the elimination of forced labor, into supplier contracts, and requires its suppliers to do the same.

...

Read More






NOTABLE EXAMPLE


Purchasing Practice

Walmart discloses that it is a member of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Fair Food Program, and sources from suppliers who best reflect these principles. The program includes legally binding agreements between the Coalition and participating buyers and ensures that a premium is paid to workers.








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