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Our benchmarks, analysis and practical tools help companies identify forced labour risks and potential impacts across supply chains. We use our research to compel corporate action to tackle and remediate practices that enable exploitation in supply chains.
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Good Practice Guide 2024
Drawing on data collected by KnowTheChain over eight years of benchmarking global multinational companies across three sectors: Apparel & Footwear, Food & Beverage and ICT, this Guide is a resource for companies and investors seeking to understand what strong corporate practice and disclosure looks like with respect to a range of key elements of upstream supply chain human rights due diligence.
KnowTheChain 2023 A&F Benchmark Findings
KnowTheChain 2023 F&B Benchmark Findings
KnowTheChain 2022 ICT Benchmark Findings
KnowTheChain benchmark methodology 2024-2025
HOW WE WORK WITH YOU
We provide companies with the knowledge and tools necessary to understand the issue and appreciate how their actions to address forced labour compare to others in their field. We do this through our signature benchmark reports, our resources page, and ongoing engagement with stakeholders.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
See the latest reports and news from KnowTheChain to help companies all over the world improve their labour practices.
Closing the gap: Evidence for effective human rights due diligence from five years measuring company efforts to address forced labour
Mind the Gap: Migrant Workers Need Respect for Rights, not Commitments on Paper (2021)
With a focus on recruitment fees, this briefing examines the commitments companies make and the steps they take to ensure that migrant workers’ rights are respected.
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FLEX, Labor Exploitation Accountability Database
This resource is a searchable database of national laws andregulations on individual and corporate accountability for human trafficking and forced labor. […]
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CORE Coalition, Beyond Compliance: Effective Reporting Under The Modern Slavery Act
Civil society guidance to help companies go beyond the legal requirements of the UK Modern Slavery Act to implement leading practices which help reduce risks of forced labor. […]
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Verité, Compliance is Not Enough: Best Practices in Responding to The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act
This policy brief examines the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act and argues that best practice must go beyond the letter of the law to effectively address risks of trafficking and forced labor in the global economy. […]
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UK Home Office, Transparency in Supply Chains etc.: A practical guide
Guide created by the Home Office of the UK to help companies that are required to comply with the UK Modern Slavery Act. […]
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California Department of Justice, The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act: A Resource Guide
Compliance guide released by the California Attorney General’s office to help companies comply with the requirements of the Transparency in Supply Chain Act. […]
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Three Sectors, Three Years Later: Progress and Gaps in the Fight Against Forced Labor
After benchmarks in 2016 and 2018 KnowTheChain has collected data with which to compare corporate practice across industries, and over time. From this data KnowTheChain has identified areas where progress has been made but also where corporate practice continues to fall short on addressing forced labor. […]
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