Resources For Companies
2020 Food and Beverage Sector Benchmark
Read our assessment of how the largest food and beverage companies are responding to forced labor risks in their supply chains.
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We provide companies with the knowledge and tools necessary to understand the issue and appreciate how their actions to address forced labor compare to others in their field. We do this through our signature benchmark reports, our resources page, and ongoing engagement with all stakeholders.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
See the latest reports and news from Know the Chain to help companies all over the world improve their labor practices.
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Food & Beverage Sector Asia Brief (2020)
This brief provides an overview of forced labor risks prevalent in Asian food and beverage supply chains and analyzes how Covid-19 impacts working conditions. It further assesses how Asian companies address such risks, including compared to their global peers, and what additional steps companies in the region could take.
Develop Commitments & Governance, Enhance Monitoring, Examine Purchasing Practices
2020 Food & Beverage Sector Asia Brief
This brief provides an overview of forced labor risks prevalent in Asian food and beverage supply chains and analyzes how Covid-19 impacts working conditions. It further assesses how Asian companies address such risks, including compared to their global peers, and what additional steps companies in the region could take. […]
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2020 Food and Beverage Benchmark Findings Report
KnowTheChain assesses the 43 largest global food and beverage companies on efforts to address forced labor in their supply chains. […]
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Supply Chain Workers
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupts global supply chains. Workers in vulnerable conditions, including migrant, women, and temporary workers in global supply chains are particularly negatively impacted. The resources provide an overview of impacts on supply chain workers in sectors benchmarked by KnowTheChain. […]
Read ArticleImprove Recruitment, Learn About Forced Labor Risk
No One Should Have to Pay for a Job: Responsible Recruitment in ICT Supply Chains (2020)
The global electronics sector is comprised of powerful corporations—the 49 largest information communications and technology (ICT) companies have a combined market capitalization of US$5 trillion. In 2020, following benchmarks in 2016 and 2018, KnowTheChain evaluated these companies on their efforts to address forced labor and human trafficking in their supply chains, including their efforts to […]
Read PDFDevelop Commitments & Governance, Enhance Monitoring, Examine Purchasing Practices
2020 Information and Communication Technology benchmark findings report
KnowTheChain assesses the 49 largest global information and communication technology companies on efforts to address forced labor risks in their supply chains. […]
Read PDFDevelop Commitments & Governance, Examine Purchasing Practices, Improve Traceability & Risk Assessment
Fair Labor Association, Forced labor risk in Zinjiang, China
This briefing explains what forced labor risks are presented when sourcing from the Xinjiang region of China and recommendations of steps companies can take to address such risks. […]
Read ArticleImprove Traceability & Risk Assessment
Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), Business Action Against Forced Labour
This publication provides examples of how consumer facing companies implement the CGF Priority Industry Principles, a set of principles aimed at addressing forced labor. […]
Read ArticleCollaborate, Improve Recruitment, Learn About Forced Labor Risk
Alliance 8.7 and others, Interactive map of anti-human trafficking organisations
The Interactive Map for Business of Anti-Human Trafficking Organisations and the accompanying report is a resource for companies to navigate emerging partners and resources; for all anti-trafficking organisations; and the general public to improve coordination on the eradication of modern slavery, and a baseline from which existing and newly formed initiatives can move forward. […]
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Investor Snapshot: Forced Labor in the Construction Sector
Construction is the second-highest-risk sector for forced labor (after domestic work), with an estimated 4.5 million construction workers in forced labor around the world.9 Exploitation in the construction sector occurs across the globe, from Angola, China and Qatar to Russia, the UK, and the USA. […]
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