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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.

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Supply Chain Transparency

Federal Supply Chain Transparency Bill Introduced

The Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2015 was introduced to Congress on Tuesday, seeking to require large public companies to annually disclose efforts to combat trafficking and labor abuses in their supply chains. The bill emphasizes the centrality of business anti-trafficking policies in combatting modern slavery. […]

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Supply Chain Transparency

Trafficking in Persons Report Focuses on Human Trafficking in Global Supply Chains

The 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report has placed special attention on labor abuses in global supply chains, highlighting the way governments can play a role in responding to supply chain risks. KnowTheChain will explore the report in the coming days, summarizing and evaluating it’s role as a tool for corporations and stakeholders seeking to mitigate human rights abuses. […]

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Supply Chain Transparency

Modern Slavery & Supply Chains: A Call for Guidance

The recently passed Modern Slavery Act, made law by the United Kingdom and likely to impact more than 10,000 companies, represents a significant addition to an increasing trend of legislative driven, corporate transparency. The act, which became law on March 26, 2015, is similar to California’s Transparency in Supply Chains Act (TISCA) in that it […]

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Supply Chain Transparency

Rana Plaza’s Lasting Impact

The collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory two years ago today continues to shape our understanding of how our decisions as companies, consumers, and stakeholders are interconnected. In part because of tragedies like Rana Plaza responsibility and transparency are squarely on the corporate agenda. Legislative requirements on the local, state, and national level are […]

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Supply Chain Transparency

New UK Law Pushes for Business Engagement on Trafficking

A wide coalition of civil society groups is celebrating the passing of a new law which will require businesses in the UK to tell the public what they are doing to eradicate slavery and forced labour from their supply chains. The law is part of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which received Royal Assent on […]

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Supply Chain Transparency

Attorney General Guidance: One Step in a Long Road

More than three years after the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act (SB 657) went into effect, the Attorney General of California this week released guidance for companies that need to comply with SB 657. We commend the Attorney General for clarifying the various legal elements of the law, but would have liked to seen […]

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Supply Chain Transparency

KnowTheChain Welcomes New Project Director

We are pleased to introduced KnowTheChain’s new Project Director, Kilian Moote. Kilian comes to us with extensive expertise in supply chain transparency and legal disclosure. In this role, he will oversee the further development of KnowTheChain, which will be expanding beyond its single focus on SB 657. Over the coming year, KnowTheChain will enhance its leadership and […]

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Supply Chain Transparency

Corporate Transparency: A Lasting Trend

Any company that thought California’s passage of the Transparency in Supply Chains Act (SB 657) would prove to be inconsequential better think again. Since 2010, lawmakers globally have been learning from California’s pioneering legislation. Quietly and subtly the concept of legislating a response to human trafficking has spread from California and continued east. Washington D.C. […]

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Supply Chain Transparency

Eradicating Slavery – a Corporate and Consumer Responsibility

This week KnowTheChain.org marks one year since the site launched. In just twelve months, KnowTheChain has received more than sixty thousand page views. We’ve heard interest from investors, consumers, and journalists, in addition to direct engagement with companies leading to improved transparency statements. Meanwhile, policy makers have continued to expand their attention to the issue, […]

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