"A recent Amnesty International report exposed oppressive practices and labour rights abuses affecting garment workers in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the supply chains for many global fashion brands. We have seen other such reports of human rights abuses in supply chains over the years."
"The World Benchmarking Alliance's 2026 assessment of 2,000 of the world's most influential companies found that only 10 per cent assess human rights risks in their supply chains, and only one in five trace their products to understand their impact on nature."
"Around 70 per cent of the world's cobalt reserves lie in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where tens of thousands of children are reported to work at mine sites."
Supply chains for clothing, food, and batteries contain significant human rights risks and labor abuses. Amnesty International documented oppressive practices affecting garment workers in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. BBC investigations revealed forced labor in Chinese tomato production sold in the UK. The Democratic Republic of Congo's cobalt reserves, critical for batteries, involve tens of thousands of child workers at mine sites. The World Benchmarking Alliance found that only 10 percent of the world's 2,000 most influential companies assess human rights risks in their supply chains, and merely one in five trace products to understand their environmental impact. Consumers benefit from cheap goods while remaining largely unaware of exploitation embedded throughout production.
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