Releases Annual 2025 Progress ReportAchieves ~100% Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS) coverage of Cocoa Life communities in West Africa1Achieves ~100% SMETA audit coverage across ...

As hurricanes, strikes and the ever-shifting geopolitical ground continue to hold the apparel and footwear supply chain in the grip of sustained chaos, deteriorating labor conditions in civil-war-torn ...

On Wednesday 15 May 2024, the Consumer Goods Forum hosted an Expert Session on Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD), featuring esteemed experts from PepsiCo and Unilever. This important session ...

The economic turbulence of recent years, caused in part by geo-political instability, the pandemic and climate change have created unprecedented pressures on supply chains. In this context, workers ...

South Korean lawmakers have proposed a bill imposing mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence obligations on employers. If the bill is enacted, this law will be the first of its kind in ...

The Council of the European Union approved the EU Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence (CSDDD) on Friday. The CSDDD introduces obligations for EU and non-EU companies related to ...

Stanford received a failing ‘D’ grade in human rights due diligence for its investments into venture capital firms, according to an April report by human rights organization Amnesty International USA.

The European Parliament has voted to approve legislation that requires large companies in the European Union to address sustainability and human rights impacts across their supply chains. Parliament ...

The U.K. Equality and Human Rights Commission, a statutory body, again made the business case for respect for human rights in May this year: “Businesses can find themselves involved in lawsuits, ...

Analyst Insight: The information and communications technology (ICT) sector has built its complex and cost-driven supply chains on fragile foundations, using millions of vulnerable workers. With ...