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Co-hosted with the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, this webinar presented an overview of findings on linkages between environmental degradation and vulnerability to trafficking in persons (TIP) and other abusive labor practices from field studies in Myanmar and Mozambique. Verité researchers drew from case studies in logging, large-scale agriculture, and road construction...

This video explains what child labor is and how it can be prevented, in the context of the carnauba wax sector in Brazil. This video was developed for Pontes.

This video explains the specific risks related to child labor in the context of the carnauba wax sector. This video was developed for Pontes.

To announce the formal launch of the Responsible Sourcing Tool (RST) Facilities Services toolkit, Verité and the US Department of State – JTIP hosted a public webinar on January 31st, 2023. In attendance were more than 250 participants from over 30 countries, representing a wide variety of business sectors, government agencies, social auditing firms, NGOs,...

This video explains the risks in recruiting workers through the use of labor recruiters, as well as coffee producers’ role in recognizing, preventing, and eliminating these risks. It was developed for the COFFEE Project and is part of the COFFEE Project Toolkit, which focuses on creating a virtuous cycle of continuous improvement to address labor...

This video documents the experiences of people involved in implementing the FFACT Project, aimed at building evidence-driven, community-based responses to exploitation of migrant workers. For additional testimonials about the FFACT Project, please visit the project page here.

Co-hosted with the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB), this webinar focused on intersections of social and environmental risks in forestry and large-scale agriculture in Myanmar. Verité and its regional partner Verité Southeast Asia (VSEA) discussed findings and recommendations from case studies on banana plantations and informal logging in northern Myanmar, followed by a discussion...

In this webinar, Verité experts will delve into corporate-level strategies for engaging suppliers and other supply chain actors in complying with new obligations.

L’objectif général de cette étude est d’analyser les facteurs de mobilité, la présence, et l’expérience des travailleurs migrants intervenant dans la filière du cacao en Côte d’Ivoire. Se référant aux concepts associés aux droits fondamentaux des travailleurs, l’étude a eu recours à une méthodologie mixte combinant revue documentaire, données secondaires et primaires (qualitatives et données...

The garment industry employs more than 46 million people worldwide. Over the last decade, production in Argentina has shifted to increasingly smaller workshops and work has been outsourced to people who work from home. This invisible workforce sews at home for third parties who sell the garments or supply larger brands, workshops, and factories, and...