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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
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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 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.
Improve Recruitment, Incorporate Worker Voice, Remedy Abuse
UN Global Compact, KnowTheChain: Forced Labour Risks in Global Supply Chains
A webinar covering good practices from KTC, the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark and the Modern Slavery Act Registry. Speakers from H&M and Intel share their perspective on addressing challenges with forced labor in supply chains. […]
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Read ArticleExamine Purchasing Practices
Fair Labor Association, Addressing Forced Labor Risks in Supply Chains
The brief focuses on best practices for eradicating forced labor at the supplier level. It explains the indicators of forced labor of the FLA’s code and provides examples of risks and violations reported by the FLA’s on-the-ground assessors. […]
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Fair Labor Association, Supply Chain Traceability and Transparency
This paper examines these shifting norms, emerging regulations, and greater interest from civil society on traceability and transparency, and explores how they relate to an emerging global consensus about supply chain responsibilities. […]
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Resource Centre, ITUC, Modern slavery in company operation and supply chain
This paper discusses proposed and existing modern slavery legislation, and proposes elements a harmonized international standard for national legislations should include: mandatory transparency; mandatory due diligence; and public procurement. […]
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Ethical Trade Initiative, Guide to buying responsibly
his guide lays out the business case for buying responsibly, guidance for senior managers, guidance for buyers. It focuses primarily on manufacturing supply chains. […]
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Resource Centre, Modern Slavery Registry
This repository of over 5,000 statements from global companies under the UK Modern Slavery Act and California Transparency in Supply Chains Act enables users to search for statements by company, sector, and country, and to access reporting guidance. […]
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Read ArticleEnhance Monitoring, Examine Purchasing Practices, Improve Recruitment
Addressing forced labor risks in leather supply chains
This case study assesses how a sample of ten food and beverage companies address forced labor risks across their sugarcane supply chains. […]
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Read PDFDevelop Commitments & Governance, Enhance Monitoring, Examine Purchasing Practices
ICT Benchmark Findings Report
KTC’s benchmark of 20 global ICT companies on efforts to address forced labor. The ranking focuses on commitment and governance, traceability and risk assessment, purchasing practices, recruitment, worker voice, monitoring, and remedy. […]
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Food & Beverage Benchmark Findings Report
KTC’s benchmark of 20 global food and beverage companies on efforts to address forced labor. The ranking focuses on commitment and governance, traceability and risk assessment, purchasing practices, recruitment, worker voice, monitoring, and remedy. […]
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