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 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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NOTABLE EXAMPLE
Worker Engagement: Dell reports that training was provided to 50,000 supply chain workers on their labor rights. This resulted in an improved understanding of the company’s policy prohibiting recruitment fees, with 93% of workers understanding the policy, up from 87%.
Grievance Mechanism: Microsoft reports that on-site training on how to use its worker voice hotline was delivered to 2,510 workers in its supply chains. It also discloses data on its hotline, stating that it received 152 reports in 2019, which mostly related to wages, resignations, leave and holiday arrangements, working hours, labor contracts, delayed payments, and issues with management.
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
Worker Engagement: Dell reports that training was provided to 50,000 supply chain workers on their labor rights. This resulted in an improved understanding of the company’s policy prohibiting recruitment fees, with 93% of workers understanding the policy, up from 87%.
Grievance Mechanism: Microsoft reports that on-site training on how to use its worker voice hotline was delivered to 2,510 workers in its supply chains. It also discloses data on its hotline, stating that it received 152 reports in 2019, which mostly related to wages, resignations, leave and holiday arrangements, working hours, labor contracts, delayed payments, and issues with management.
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 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
Worker Engagement: Dell reports that training was provided to 50,000 supply chain workers on their labor rights. This resulted in an improved understanding of the company’s policy prohibiting recruitment fees, with 93% of workers understanding the policy, up from 87%.
Grievance Mechanism: Microsoft reports that on-site training on how to use its worker voice hotline was delivered to 2,510 workers in its supply chains. It also discloses data on its hotline, stating that it received 152 reports in 2019, which mostly related to wages, resignations, leave and holiday arrangements, working hours, labor contracts, delayed payments, and issues with management.