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 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
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...
Read MoreSupplier 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...
Read MoreIntegration 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 Practices: HP discloses that it is supporting its suppliers to improve their forecasting ability and to track working hours more accurately. As a result, it reports suppliers have implemented IT systems to improve the management of shifts. HP also demonstrates the impact of these changes for its supply chain workers—it states that by increasing lead times with one final assembly supplier and improving communication, workers are now assigned eight-hour shifts instead of 12-hour shifts. Integration Into
Supplier Contracts: Corning reports that it requires its suppliers to include provisions equivalent to those in its supplier code addressing forced labor in contracts with their own suppliers. It reports that 100% of its own contracts with suppliers incorporate such standards.
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 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
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...
Read MoreSupplier 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...
Read MoreIntegration 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 MoreNOTABLE EXAMPLE
Purchasing Practices: HP discloses that it is supporting its suppliers to improve their forecasting ability and to track working hours more accurately. As a result, it reports suppliers have implemented IT systems to improve the management of shifts. HP also demonstrates the impact of these changes for its supply chain workers—it states that by increasing lead times with one final assembly supplier and improving communication, workers are now assigned eight-hour shifts instead of 12-hour shifts. Integration Into
Supplier Contracts: Corning reports that it requires its suppliers to include provisions equivalent to those in its supplier code addressing forced labor in contracts with their own suppliers. It reports that 100% of its own contracts with suppliers incorporate such standards.
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 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
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...
Read MoreSupplier 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...
Read MoreIntegration 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 MoreNOTABLE EXAMPLE
Purchasing Practices: HP discloses that it is supporting its suppliers to improve their forecasting ability and to track working hours more accurately. As a result, it reports suppliers have implemented IT systems to improve the management of shifts. HP also demonstrates the impact of these changes for its supply chain workers—it states that by increasing lead times with one final assembly supplier and improving communication, workers are now assigned eight-hour shifts instead of 12-hour shifts. Integration Into
Supplier Contracts: Corning reports that it requires its suppliers to include provisions equivalent to those in its supplier code addressing forced labor in contracts with their own suppliers. It reports that 100% of its own contracts with suppliers incorporate such standards.