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Why ICT Companies Need to Address Forced Labor Risks in Lower Supply Chain Tiers
The majority of the largest global ICT companies have policies in place asking their suppliers to not only implement their standards, but to also cascade their standards further down the supply chains. Yet our findings show that implementation often stops at tier 1 – and highlight what needs to change.
Blog, News
The Tyson Foods AGM: an example of how shareholder transparency on voting on social issues matters
This post originally appeared on Responsible Investor, read the original here. The current lack of transparency around investors’ voting decisions will not stand the test of time, argues Felicitas Weber The Covid-19 pandemic has seen hundreds of investors publicly urging companies to support workers’ rights. Such public support is welcome, not least as workers are asking […]
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Engagement with industry initiatives – Response from the Consumer Goods Forum Human Rights Coalition
Collaboration is key to achieving change, in particular on systemic issues such as forced labor. While remaining cognizant of the limitations of the role that industry- and multi-stakeholder initiatives have played to date in ensuring respect for human rights, KnowTheChain believes that such initiatives can play an important role in changing the conditions under which people work […]
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2020 ICT Benchmark Themes – Key Findings
The methodology of the KnowTheChain benchmarks is based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and assesses companies’ efforts to address forced labor risks in their supply chains against seven themes. Commitment & Governance is the highest-scoring theme of the benchmark. All companies except two disclose a commitment to addressing forced labor, and the […]
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2020 Information and Communications Technology Sector Benchmark
KnowTheChain released its third benchmark on the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector, assessing the efforts of the 49 largest global companies to address forced labor risks in their supply chains. With an average score of 30/100, and more than three-quarters of companies scoring less than 50/100, the sector is ill-prepared for the rising risks […]
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2020 ICT Benchmark Overview
The 49 largest information communications and technology (ICT) companies have a combined market capitalization of US$5 trillion and combined annual profits of almost US$1 trillion. This brings with it a responsibility to prevent and address forced labor in supply chains, particularly when crises such as COVID-19 heighten risks for workers. Yet this third benchmark reveals […]
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KnowTheChain names Felicitas Weber Project Director and 2020/21 Information and Communication Technology Benchmark launches June 9
KnowTheChain is a partnership between Humanity United, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Verité, and Sustainalytics. We are pleased to announce Felicitas Weber as the new Project Director of KnowTheChain. Felicitas Weber and her team at the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre have led the research, analysis and engagement for the KnowTheChain benchmark since […]
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COVID-19 demonstrates the need to address ESG risks in supply chains
This post originally appeared on Responsible Investor, read the original here. By Felicitas Weber and Sonal Mahida The widespread impact of the coronavirus pandemic is revealing a significant vulnerability in corporate supply chains — the potential for disruptions and delays born of employer-controlled working and living conditions that contribute to the spread of the virus. […]
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Commentary, Supply Chain Transparency
Why ICT Companies Need to Address Forced Labor Risks in Lower Supply Chain Tiers
The majority of the largest global ICT companies have policies in place asking their suppliers to not only implement their standards, but to also cascade their standards further down the supply chains. Yet our findings show that implementation often stops at tier 1 – and highlight what needs to change. 👉 Explore ICT supply chains […]
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