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Closing the gap: Evidence for effective human rights due diligence from five years measuring company efforts to address forced labour
This briefing utilises KnowTheChain data on 129 companies from nine benchmarks across three high-risk sectors: ICT, food and beverage, and apparel and footwear to influence the development of mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence legislation.
Investors, Resources
What’s in a name? The financial implications of non-financial reporting
The EU Directive on Non-Financial Reporting was adopted by the European Parliament and Council in October 2014. EU Member States have to meet the deadline of putting this directive into domestic law by 6 December 2016, and so the UK’s Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has been consulting over the last two months on […]
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Refugee & migrant garment workers: One size does not fit all
The refugee and humanitarian crisis is having huge and far reaching impacts across the Middle East and Europe, but our recent research suggests many garment brands are failing to grasp the human rights risks that this mass movement of people brings to their supply chain. Turkey which shares a boarder with Syria is struggling to […]
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KnowTheChain Publishes Benchmark Methodology and Announces 20 ICT Companies to be Assessed
Earlier this year we announced our plan to conduct sector-level comparative benchmarking of corporate policies and practices to address forced labor in their supply chain. Today, we are publishing the methodology framework we developed to inform our benchmarking efforts. We are also announcing a list of the 20 companies we will be assessing in the […]
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The UK Modern Slavery Act: Meeting The Challenge
CORE and our partner organisations led the campaign for the introduction of the Transparency in Supply Chains clause into the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The clause requires all companies operating in the UK with a turnover of more than £36 million to publish an annual ‘slavery and human trafficking statement’, setting out what they’re doing […]
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Senate Closes Loophole on Forced Labor Tied Products
Last week the U.S. Senate voted to close a loophole in the Tariff Act of 1930. This act bans goods that are produced by convict, forced or indentured labor from being imported into the U.S. Yet for more than eight decades a “consumptive demand” loophole allowed companies to import goods, regardless of how they were […]
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Transparency Snapshot: A Pilot Benchmark Report
Companies are increasingly adopting policies and programs to mitigate the risk of forced labor and human trafficking in their supply chains. Yet little is known about which companies are leading the way in best human rights policy and practice, and where more efforts are needed. Later this year, KnowTheChain will publish sector-level benchmarking reports comparing […]
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Forced Labor and Supply Chain Transparency In 2015 and Beyond
In 2015 we saw the UK Modern Slavery Act passed, President Obama’s Executive Order 13627 come into effect, and the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act marking its five year anniversary. Reports of forced labor in supply chains were widespread with a new, controversial Trafficking in Persons Report released in July, an in-depth Guardian investigation […]
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Looking For An Answer To The Supply Chain Data Black Hole
Typically companies invest primarily in optimizing their supply chains for cost savings and risk reduction while sustainability and social responsibility have not been key considerations in the growth of supply chain management. To add in new key indicator categories will mean retrofitting a core business function‒a daunting, expensive, and unclear goal. But is that the right way to look at the problem? […]
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Using Technology To Promote Legal Accountability: The Labour Exploitation Accountability Hub
There are many laws in place that could be used to protect workers from abuse and hold exploitative employers responsible for their treatment of workers. However, governments routinely fail to enforce these laws, and workers rarely know their rights, leading to a culture of impunity for labour exploitation around the world. […]
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