The NPR article highlights ongoing forced labor and human trafficking in the global seafood industry, especially in Thailand. In response, the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch launched the Seafood Slavery Risk Tool to help retailers assess and address human rights risks in their supply chains. The tool rates fisheries by risk level but encourages engagement over boycotts to drive change. Despite past scandals, many companies still struggle with transparency and accountability. Experts stress that solving this issue requires joint efforts from businesses and governments.

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Unbearable Harassment: The Fashion Industry and Widespread Abuse of Female Garment Workers in Indian Factories
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Combating human trafficking: Trends and gaps in the corporate partnership landscape
News & Analysis

Author: Thi Hoang, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime WEBINAR: Partnering on anti-trafficking: The key to successful corporate collaboration | 26 January 2021, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (CET) The past decade has seen a growi...Read More

TAGS: Global
Still in chains
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A UK House of Lords report is highly critical of the apathy shown by the private sector towards combating modern slavery in their supply chains. Over 40 million people around the world are believed to work in conditions constituting modern slave...Read More

TAGS: Europe
Modern Slavery in Global Supply Chains: The State of Evidence for Key Government and Private Approaches
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The globalisation of supply chains, facilitated by technologicaldevelopments and spurred by firm’s attempts to maximise profitsthrough lower labour costs, shorter lead times and weaker labourprotections in developing countries, has contributed to ...Read More

TAGS: Global