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.
Hundreds of migrant victims of human trafficking or labour exploitation are identified in Finland each year. Human trafficking is a serious crime that violates human rights and personal liberty and integrity. The consequences of exploitation and its...Read More
Given the rapid development of initiatives aimed at helping businesses fight human trafficking, the RESPECT Initiative (comprising Babson College’s Initiative on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime and the International Organization for Migration (IOM)),...
The 1982 UN Law of the Sea was the largest ever annexation of our planet and our ocean. In one stroke, one-third of our planet was formally designated as 'exclusive economic zones', giving coastal countries rights to 200 miles of ocean around their ...Read More
This benchmark report provides an overview of the 49 largest information communications and technology (ICT) companies efforts to tackle forced labour in their supply chains. The benchmark analyses companies' efforts to prevent workers from ...Read More
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