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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.
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KnowTheChain 2023 F&B Benchmark Findings
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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.
Enhance Monitoring
UNCHR, Improving Accountability and Access to Remedy for Victims of Business-Related Human Rights Abuse
Guidance for state and non-state actors to improve access to remedy for victims of business-related human rights abuses. […]
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UN Global Compact, Webinar: Grievance Mechanisms for Business and Human Rights
This resource provides recordings of two webinars focused on good practices in grievance mechanisms for business and human rights. They feature speakers from leading mining and energy companies. […]
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IHRB, Recruitment Fees
This briefing examines the link between recruitment fees and the vulnerability of migrant workers to debt bondage. It identifies key steps businesses should take to promote an “employer pays” model to mitigate risk. […]
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IHRB, Dhaka Principles for Migration with Dignity
The Dhaka Principles set out key human rights principles for businesses to enhance respect for the rights of migrant workers during recruitment, employment, and repatriation. […]
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World Employment Confederation and Verité, Defining the Business Case: Ethical Recruitment
This resource establishes the business case for ethical recruitment and identifies key steps companies and recruiters can take to promote good practices in their own operations. […]
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Verité and UN Global Compact, Eliminating Recruitment Fees Charged to Migrant Workers
This resource calls on businesses to take action against recruitment fees charged to workers. It explains why employers should prohibit this practice and steps they can take to prevent it. […]
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Verité and UN Global Compact, Addressing the Retention of Identity Documents
This resource calls on businesses to take action against the retention of identity documents. It explains why employers should prohibit the practice and what they can do to prevent it. […]
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Verité, Fair Hiring Toolkit
This toolkit provides practical tools and guidance for businesses to address risks of forced labor in supply chains linked to unethical recruitment. It covers company policies, auditing, training, and management of recruiters, among other issues. […]
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BSR, Migrant Worker Management Toolkit: A Global Framework
This resource provides guidance on how companies can better manage migrant workers in supply chains, from managing risks to protecting migrant rights. […]
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