In 2016, KnowTheChain ranked 60 companies across three high-risk sectors on their efforts to eradicate forced labour from their global supply chains. Selecting some of the largest companies in information and communications technology (ICT), food and beverage, and apparel and footwear, worth a combined market capitalization of more than US $4 trillion, KnowTheChain produced three benchmarks.
This report is an analysis of these benchmarks, including cross-sector comparisons, examples of best practice, and recommendations on common areas where companies can improve.

Forced Labour Action Compared. Findings from Three Sectors_ KnowTheChain, 2017 DOWNLOAD

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