June 2026 survey of US corporate human rights practice describes unpublicised efforts by companies to cut back on their human rights staff, redirect what remains toward legal compliance, and sideline ...

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The UK Modern Slavery Act (Act) was enacted in 2015. A landmark piece of legislation, the transparency in supply chains provision (TISC) requires commercial organisations that operate in the UK and ...

"Workers’ rights: The Yves Rocher Group found liable for failing in its duty of vigilance in Türkiye", 12 March 2026 Between 2018 and 2019, a Turkish subsidiary of the Yves Rocher Group dismissed more ...

“large groups are saying they’ll reduce their sourcing by 30% for next season.” Syed Nasim Manzur, the manager of a footwear company that supplies to French retailer Decathlon and Uniqlo’s Japanese ...

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In April 2024, US sportswear companies Under Armour and Columbia were linked to reports of forced labour in a factory making their clothes, after systemic abuse and exploitation allegedly led to a ...

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‘Chinese-Owned Mines Force African Workers into Unsafe Conditions, Often Don’t Pay’ 2 July 2022 African workers for Chinese-owned mines and factories across southern Africa told the Institute for ...

"Alabama profits off prisoners safe enough to work at McDonald’s, deems them too dangerous for parole" ... No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private ...