ETI is supporting its members to sign up to the Call to Action on human rights abuses in the Uyghur region, and to implement the Brand Commitment as rapidly and effectively as possible
Sets out the specific vulnerabilities of migrant workers in supply chains, the role of labour recruitment in creating and enabling exploitation, key contexts where risk is highest, and what effective business responses look like.
Explains the established indicators of forced labour, why many conventional identification methods are poorly suited to detecting it, and what more effective approaches look like in practice.
What forced labour and modern slavery mean in practice, why the regulatory environment is intensifying, what businesses are now expected to do – and how to build an approach that goes beyond compliance.
Sets out what a modern slavery statement needs to cover, what distinguishes a strong statement from a weak one, how to approach the statement as part of an ongoing programme rather than an annual compliance exercise, and how to use ETI’s evaluation framework to assess and improve your own statement.
Explains the key definitions, the different forms modern slavery takes, its scale globally, and what these concepts mean in practice for businesses operating or sourcing internationally.
Fifty seven companies, human rights NGOs, industry associations, investors and trade unions call on the Government of Turkmenistan to end human rights abuses.
Forced labour is a symptom of a wider malaise facing workers in global supply chains. Governance gaps and skewed business structures are exacerbating inequality and must be tackled for workers to be properly protected.
The Guardian's recent expose put Thailand’s migrant workers front and centre in the public’s attention. We look at efforts to drive change for these workers and how governments, retailers and consumers can support this.
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