As the European Parliament passed the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), various organizations have recognized that there’s a problem: The S in ESG is in danger of becoming lower-case. The reason? Credibility and measurability issues in the...
The number of people living in conditions of modern slavery on any given day reached 50 million in 2021, a collaborative report by the ILO, Walk Free and IOM has found. 27.6 million humans are suffering in forced labor conditions, including 11.8 million women and...
The German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (SCDDA) is Germany’s latest legislative effort in the fight against modern slavery. It’s due to come into force in 2023 for companies with over 3,000 employees, and 2024 for companies with over 1,000 employees. To avoid...
Crossing the Communication Chasm Effective worker engagement means closing the gap between global brands and the workers in their supply chains. Empowering workers to lead change fundamentally alters the structure of grievance remediation by giving them a voice...
Japan is preparing to move at “top speed” to create non-binding guidelines that will help companies identify human rights abuses in their supply chains. But is it a mistake to equate regulating quickly with regulating thoroughly? Japan’s commitment to publish...
When it was passed in 2018, Australia’s Modern Slavery Act was considered by its tabling minister to be a “milestone” in the fight against the “heinous crime” of modern slavery. The Act may have been a political milestone, but a number of worrying analyses have found...
