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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

The key to fighting modern slavery in supply chains? Eliminate worker recruitment fees

For those of us looking for ways to end forced labor and human trafficking, the sheer magnitude of the problem can be daunting. We see debt bondage and other forms of coercion and intimidation present in all sorts of commodity, product, and services supply chains, and in developed and developing economies alike. Yet, for all […]

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Supply Chain Transparency

Human Rights in the Supply Chain: A Shared Challenge

BSR’s recent Human Rights Working Group session brought together two dozen participants from 16 companies to discuss both best practices and challenges associated with implementing the United Nation’s Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights. After two days of rich discussions, it became apparent that addressing human rights violations in supply chains is a shared […]

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Supply Chain Transparency

BHRRC: Ten Companies Declining to Address Human Trafficking Risks in Their Supply Chains

Today, the Business and Human Rights Resource Center (BHRRC) published the results of their most recent corporate outreach efforts around the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act (SB-657). This latest outreach comes as a result of a KnowTheChain blog post by Ed Marcum of Humanity United that highlighted the fact that 10 company statements, while […]

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Supply Chain Transparency

When SB 657 Compliance is Transparent but Indifferent

As public awareness of modern-day slavery grows, many businesses are taking a closer look at forced labor and human trafficking within their supply chains. From shrimp processing to cotton production, factory floors to hotel laundry rooms, adults and children are too often exploited for their labor along the supply chains that produce consumers’ everyday goods. […]

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Supply Chain Transparency

Investors Welcome Federal Bill Calling for Corporate Disclosures on Trafficking and Slavery Risks

This week, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) introduced the Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 (H.R. 4842). This important bill calls on corporations to uphold their commitment to end human trafficking and modern-day slavery by requiring them to disclose the policies and management systems they have […]

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Stakeholders Applaud As First Round of SEC Conflict Minerals Reports Filed

With today marking the deadline for conflict minerals disclosures to be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), NGOs and sustainable and responsible investors are celebrating a significant milestone in the effort to bring transparency and due-diligence to the trade in conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Great Lakes Region […]

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Supply Chain Transparency

Ten Actions Companies Can Take to Eradicate Forced Labor

This post is the second in a series by Amy D. Augustine, Director of Corporate Programs at Ceres, describing key findings on the human rights and supply chain performance of 613 of the largest U.S. companies evaluated in Gaining Ground, along with recommendations for corporate and investor action. Read part one here. Think about the […]

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Living Wage Innovation Challenge 2014

The C&A Foundation and HiiL are seeking innovative ideas that foster fair living wages and enable more fair and stable conditions within the garment industry. Private companies, NGOs, government agencies and individuals are encouraged to apply. Innovations can address topics such as: Collective bargaining and dialogue mechanisms Mechanisms to protect and ensure freedom of association […]

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Gaining Ground: Corporate Progress on the Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability

A new report by Ceres and Sustainalytics released today evaluates how more than 600 of the largest, publically traded U.S. companies are integrating sustainability into their business systems and decision-making. The report assesses corporate progress across four strategic areas: 1) Governance; 2) Stakeholder Engagement; 3) Disclosure; and 4) Performance. Gaining Ground: Corporate Progress on the […]

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