Mechanization of Thai Purse Seiners: A business case study to improve working and living conditions

Mechanization of Thai Purse Seiners: A business case study to improve working and living conditions

International exposés of labor conditions on Thai fishing vessels have long identified a vessel’s physical structure as an inherent driver of labor risk in the industry. These findings led Nestlé and Verité to collaborate on a project exploring how Thai fishing vessels might be modified to enable long-term improvements for both the workers and vessel owners.

2019: A Year of Impact, Achievement, and Optimism

2019: A Year of Impact, Achievement, and Optimism

While we are humbled by the great deal more we need to accomplish, we are proud of what we have been able to achieve this past year. Please join us in a review of selected notable projects from 2019.

Verité Paper Explores Challenges in Formal and Informal Labor Migration to Thailand

Verité Paper Explores Challenges in Formal and Informal Labor Migration to Thailand

Verité conducted desk and field research to map out how jobseekers in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Lao PDR learn about jobs in Thailand, weigh risk factors and choose among the routes open to them. Through interviews with people on or connected with this journey, a picture emerged of a highly complex arena in which the needs of jobseekers, job-finders, employers, regulators, facilitators, and profiteers meet.

Verité CEO Dan Viederman Discusses New AP Human Slavery Report on CBC

Verité CEO Dan Viederman Discusses New AP Human Slavery Report on CBC

On the heels of the news of Verité’s assessment with Nestle’s Thai Shrimp supply chain, a new AP investigative report has discovered child labor and human slavery in several other global seafood supply chains. In the report, AP tracked shrimp from different sites in Thailand which then made its way to some of the largest retailers and restaurant brands in the world. To discuss this major new report, Verité CEO Dan Viederman was interviewed by CBC about how and why this occurs as well as examples of how consumers and companies can take steps to gain greater knowledge and help alleviate these issues.