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The ILO is uniquely placed, through its tripartite structure, global network, and leading expertise on the subject matter, to bring a coalition of actors together under one umbrella.

ILO GBNFL members are businesses of all sizes and sectors, employer and business membership organisations, industry trade groups and sectoral associations. All business-led initiatives with complementary mandates and expertise are encouraged to join as partners.
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With more, faster & better action we can end forced labour.

We are an umbrella network that brings together businesses and their representative organizations of all sizes and sectors in 187 ILO member States.
Global facts and figures
Some 28 million people
are in forced labour globally.
Of them, 17.3 million
are working in the private economy, excluding commercial sexual exploitation.
Some 3.3 million
are children.
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17Dec2024
2024 ILO GBNFL Annual Meeting
The International Labour Organization’s Global Business Network on Forced Labour (GBNFL) held its 2024 Annual Meeting, online, on December 5th, ...
16Dec2024
Seminario sobre trabajo forzoso para el sector privado en México
El 26 de noviembre de 2024, la GBNFL y la CONCAMIN organizaron conjuntamente un seminario sobre trabajo forzoso en la ...
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2024
Due diligence toolkit for fair recruitment in Malaysia
The ILO GBNFL and ILO International Training Centre digital toolkit provides guidelines to Malaysian businesses, especially SMEs, to set out a due diligence process when hiring workers from abroad.
2024
Annual report 2023
Take a look at what we achieved in 2023. We look forward to continuing our work for our members in 2024 and beyond.