Investor Resources
We provide investors with the evidence to inspire action and the tools necessary to do so. We do this through our signature benchmark reports that highlight targets for investors and supplemental investor materials with concrete steps investors can take to engage with companies on the issue of forced labor.
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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.
2023 Investor briefing: Apparel & Footwear sector
Forced labour risks in Apparel & Footwear supply chains: Learn what risks investors are exposed to and how investors can address forced labor risks in their portfolios.
2022 Investor briefing: Food & Beverage sector
Forced labour risks in Food & Beverage supply chains: Learn what risks investors are exposed to and how investors can address forced labor risks in their portfolios.
2022 Investor briefing: ICT Sector
Forced labour risks in ICT supply chains: Learn what risks investors are exposed to and how investors can address forced labor risks in their portfolios.
HOW WE WORK WITH YOU
We provide investors with the evidence to inspire action and the tools necessary to do so. We do this through our signature benchmark reports that highlight targets for investors and supplemental investor materials with concrete steps investors can take to engage with companies on the issue of forced labor.
The KnowTheChain Investor Statement is signed by more than 160 investors with over US$7 trillion assets under management and can be used as a tool for engagement with companies. Statement signatories receive regular updates on the latest news, tools, and investor engagements addressing forced labor. The Investor Alliance for Human Rights and KnowTheChain invite additional investors to sign the statement to demonstrate commitment to addressing forced labor.
Details on the investor engagement with apparel companies on forced labor, led by the Interfaith Centre for Corporate Responsibility and supported by Principles for Responsible Investment and KnowTheChain, can be found here. Learn more about how investors have been using the KnowTheChain benchmarks here.
RESOURCES
Find resources designed to help investors understand and reduce forced labor risks and improve labor practices of portfolio companies.
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Forced Labor Risks in Food & Beverage Supply Chains: What Risks are Investors Exposed to and how can They be Addressed?
Institutional investors have a key role to play in ensuring decent working conditions during the crisis and in contributing to a just recovery, for example through: selection and/or monitoring processes of investment managers, voting, and engagement.
Learn About Forced Labor Risk, Undertake Due Diligence
FAIRR, Factory farming in Asia: Assessing investment risks
This report aims to help investors to understand the ESG risks such as labor standards in the Asian meat, dairy and seafood sector, and suggests questions that investors can use to assess the resilience of their holdings. […]
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Committee on Workers’ Capital, Studies of investor action on forced labour
This briefing explores investor action on forced labor in three cases: State-sanctioned forced labor in Burma [Oil and Gas], child labor and forced labor in West Africa [Cocoa], and slave labor in Brazil [Iron and Steel]. […]
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Share, Supply chain transparency legislation and Canadian investors
This report reviews global supply chain transparency legislation, and discusses if Canadian investors would benefit from domestic supply chain legislation, and what due diligence reporting should look like in Canada. […]
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Core Coalition, Engaging with companies on Modern Slavery
This briefing supports investors who want to engage companies on their actions to tackle modern slavery in their supply chains. It is specifically intended to help investors make sense of company Modern Slavery Act Statements. […]
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Read PDFImprove 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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PRI, ESG Integration: How do social issues influence investment decisions?
This guide highlights the methods investors can use to integrate social issues such as supply chain standards into listed equity investments. […]
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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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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 Traceability & Risk Assessment
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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