Code of Excellence v. 2.0 Report As an industry facilitator for 120+ Freedom Businesses around the world, Freedom Business Alliance (FBA) works to remove barriers to growth that no single business can address on its own. Freedom Businesses are dedicated to employing individuals who have experienced, or are at-risk, of exploitation. Through Research, Training and Awareness,…Read More
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Building an Effective Data Ecosystem to Address Forced Labor in Global Supply Chains: Key Principles
Aim: The event looked at forced labour in supply chains and how data sharing, interoperability and policy can support the development of a data ecosystem to help organisations better understand the risks of forced labour. Outcome: Report release which called for data sharing and harmonisation amongst different entities. See the report here: https://techagainsttrafficking.org/building-an-effective-data-ecosystem-to-address-forced-labor-in-global-supply-chains/
What is WSR?
In a shrinking world of increasingly globalized markets, low-wage workers at the base of corporate supply chains remain isolated, vulnerable, exploited and abused. See more here: https://wsr-network.org/what-is-wsr/
What a cheeseburger reveals about the human rights abuses hiding in our food
From child labor to modern slavery… global food supply chains are worse off than you think, writes Exiger’s CEO Brandon Daniels and Hope for Justice and Slave-Free Alliance’s CEO Tim Nelson FRSA for Fast Company. Read more here: https://www.fastcompany.com/90989401/what-a-cheeseburger-reveals-about-the-human-rights-abuses-hiding-in-our-food
Modern Slavery & Human Rights – Climate Change and Modern Slavery In Public Procurement
This is a report based on research conducted by Michael Rogerson (University of Sussex), Johanne Grosvold (University of Bath), and Kyle Alves (University of the West of England, Bristol) in partnership with London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) and Unseen UK. The project was funded through an open call for proposals for research on the links…Read More
Tony Chocoloneys annual report 2023
Their latest report measures and shares the progress they’ve made over the past year as they work towards ending exploitation in the cocoa industry.
Working 12 hours a day, six days a week in UK factories
Case study from The Salvation Army Ferda went into a hostel, where they recognised him as a trafficked victim and referred him to The Salvation Army. Before Ferda was trafficked into the UK from the Czech Republic, he had been living on the streets for two years with no income, after falling into depression when…Read More
The Roma and Albania’s human trafficking mafia
Case study by Arise Foundation Albania is ancient, mountainous and rich in minerals and culture, but remains one of Europe’s poorest countries with a sophisticated mafia embroiled in drug, human and organ trafficking. Now that Covid has joined the scene to exacerbate socio-economic issues, there is little standing between vulnerable communities and traffickers, other than…Read More
The Guardians of Godda
Case study by Arise Foundation The guardians of Godda Godda’s rolling hills were covered in forest until the late 1980s, when coal was discovered within them. Still rural and remote, the district is an assemblage of coal mines, rice paddies and wheat fields, darted with villages and pockets of ancient forests. The “resource curse” has…Read More
Rescued after spending 6 years held captive in an attic
Case study from The Salvation Army Hai was held captive in an attic for around six years – he lost count after three years – where he was fed once a day and persistently sexually abused. When the door was left unlocked one day, Hai managed to escape and was then found collapsed from exhaustion…Read More