This document provides guidance for—and strongly encourages—companies to go beyond minimum compliance with The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act (SB 657) by implementing a comprehensive human rights framework. While SB 657 is focused specifically on human trafficking, the information in this document can help companies address a wide range of human rights issues. This guide is especially beneficial for companies that are new to social compliance, but can also benefit those with existing systems to address human rights risks.
The information in this document includes a brief summary of the law, the business case for compliance, shareholder expectations, and the key elements of a comprehensive human rights due diligence framework.
The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, which was signed into law in October 2010 and went into effect in January 2012, requires certain companies to report on their specific actions to eradicate slavery and human trafficking in their supply...
Modern Slavery Evidence Unit (MSEU) Research Briefing 11: on an article by Professor Todd Landman, May 2020 Lessons learned in the measurement of human rights can, and are, being applied to the measurement of modern slavery. The anti-slavery sect...Read More
The Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 (“the Act”) introduced new offences, gave police and prosecutors additional powers to tackle traffickers, raised the maximum penalty for trafficking to life imprisonment, and placed supp...Read More
This study drew on a conceptual framework on trafficking and health that highlights the potential health influences of each of the phases of the migration process and their importance to the cumulative health status of individuals who are trafficked...Read More
Human trafficking and exploitation are crimes that prey on the most vulnerable in society, both within Scotland and across the world. They are abuses of human rights that have life-changing negative impacts for victims. A Corporate Group has been...Read More
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