Current supply chain issues, challenges and opportunities.

The growing trend around non-financial reporting, stemming from John Ruggie's Protect, Respect, Remedy framework, sees greater importance attached to human rights due diligence.

The UK parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has just published its Human Rights and Business 2017 report calling for “stronger legislation, stronger enforcement and clearer routes to justice” to protect workers’ human rights.

In March, an ILO committee set up to examine the use of forced labour in Thailand reported on its latest findings.

The SDGs range from ending poverty and hunger to ensuring gender equality and reducing inequality. They also explicitly refer to work and jobs.

Building awareness of labour standards risks in supply chains serving the health sector.

Launching the SCORE Programme in Guangdong Province to help SMEs improve their productivity, quality and management systems. 

Worldwide trend towards greater rights for sexual and gender minorities.

Two new Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) guides that help UK companies understand their corporate responsibility to respect human rights and to manage human rights complaints effectively.

Ranking 98 leading companies from the high-risk agricultural products, apparels and extractives sectors.

The struggle is far from over, but there is significant work being done by unions, NGOs and businesses to address LGBT issues in the workplace.

Non-discrimination is enshrined in ETI’s Base Code clause 7 but LGBT workers are very vulnerable in the global supply chain.