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Tainted Wine: Forced Labor in Italy’s Wine Industry

Tainted Wine: Forced Labor in Italy’s Wine Industry

Italy's wine industry, renowned for producing some of the world's most celebrated, luxurious wines, harbors a troubling secret. Migrant workers ...
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Japan Takes First Step to Effective HRDD Regulations, but it’s a Long Road

Japan is preparing to move at “top speed” to create non-binding guidelines that will help companies identify human rights abuses ...
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Can Australia Get its Modern Slavery Act Together?

When it was passed in 2018, Australia’s Modern Slavery Act was considered by its tabling minister to be a “milestone” ...
Bill S-211: Baby Steps or Giant Leap? Canada’s Path to Modern Slavery Regulation

Bill S-211: Baby Steps or Giant Leap? Canada’s Path to Modern Slavery Regulation

Doing Business the Canadian Way: Canada’s Struggle with Modern Slavery Legislation Countries in the OECD and beyond have taken up the ...
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Ukraine’s War and the Unseen Workers

It will be years before we’re able to zoom out and fully account for the war in Ukraine’s lasting global ...
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5 Reasons Why Digital Tools Will be Instrumental to Effective Human Rights Due Diligence Implementation

Draft legislation is out in the EU and more regulation is on the way that will redefine and mandate what ...
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The Future of Human Rights Due Diligence is Digital

In response to burgeoning public interest about supply chain human rights issues, the EU’s mandatory due diligence law, Corporate Sustainability ...
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No Room for Modern Day Slavery in ‘Brand Canada’

This article was originally published in Supply Chain Canada's magazine, June 2021. As global trade becomes ever more complex and ...
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How can worker voice contribute to new models of social assurance and compliance?

As the pandemic disrupts traditional social compliance models, it also offers an opportunity to experiment with new approaches to monitoring ...