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What We’re Talking About in July 2021

Agriculture, Ethical Recruitment, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Trafficking in Persons Report

2021 ITUC Global Rights Index Published | Five Corridors Project Releases Reports on the Fair Recruitment of Migrant Workers | U.S. to Downgrade Malaysia to Lowest Tier in Trafficking Report | Dozens Die in Bangladesh Factory Fire | Ending Human Trafficking in the Twenty-First Century | International Treaty Addresses Violence and Harassment | Report finds high risk of slavery in Canadian Supply Chains

What We’re Talking About in July

Agriculture, China, Corporate Social Responsibility, Discrimination, Diversity, Food and Beverage, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Manufacturing, Migrant Workers, raw materials

Why Saying “Black” With a Capital B Isn’t Enough | A Response to Verité’s Report Into the Challenges for Workers in the Coffee Industry Due to COVID-19 | US Government Issues Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory | Amid Virus Crisis, U.S. Bars Imports of Malaysia’s Top Glove Over Labor Issues

What We’re Talking About This Summer

Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Southeast Asia, Technology

Forced Labor in the Malaysian Electronics Industry The Atlantic reports in a recent article that references Verité, “Poor people around the world are streaming into Malaysia in search of factory work. Once they arrive, they often find only hardship.” A...

Going Above and Beyond: Migrant Worker Employment Standards

Manufacturing, Migrant Workers, Worker Empowerment

As part of the Ethical Sourcing Forum held in New York City on March 26-27, 2015, Verité and Hewlett-Packard (HP) jointly presented a workshop on solutions to the problem of forced labor and human trafficking in supply chains.