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How businesses can help end forced labour of children

More, faster and better action is needed to tackle one of the worst forms of child labour: Forced labour of children. With the right regulatory framework and enforcement in place, businesses can fully play their part. This short ILO GBNFL brief provides an introduction to the issue for businesses and advocacy points that can be used.

Trapped in silos? Why forced labour eradication requires an integrated approach.

Forced labour often takes place alongside other abuses and crimes such as child labour, environmental degradation, climate change and illicit trade. So how are these issues linked? And what are the implications for forced labour eradication?

ILO GBNFL Annual Report 2021

Learn more about the network's achievements in 2021 and our plans for 2022.

Compendium of promising practices to advance fair recruitment of (migrant) workers

This ILO stocktake exercise documents promising practices towards fair recruitment. Section 2 focuses on fair business practices.

Advice by SMEs for SMEs on how to fight forced labour

At our digital conference 'SME Action on Forced Labour' in early 2022, three SMEs shared their stories on how they are fighting forced labour and child labour. Nearly 300 people joined us. Read on for advice from SMEs for SMEs, fact files on each business, and to watch the recording.

Interactive Map for Business of Anti-Human Trafficking Organizations

This online map is a tool that allows companies to reach out to the right partners and locate resources to fight forced labour and human trafficking. The map is updated regularly. ILO GBNFL is a collaborating partner in the initiative.

Responsible Recruitment Interactive Mapping Tool

The tool brings together existing initiatives, emerging standards, schemes, risk assessment tools and other programmes related to responsible recruitment and forced labour .

Tackling child labor: An introduction for business leaders

A resource by UNICEF and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) that sets out steps business leaders can take to ensure that their companies are leveraging their full potential to support the elimination of child labour in business operations and supply chains.

Taking Action on Responsible Recruitment to Fight Forced Labour

This podcast by ILO GBNFL Member the Consumer Goods Forum looks at the scale of the unethical recruitment problem and what businesses can do to take action.

Guidance on modern slavery risks for Thai businesses

This guidance assists Thai-listed companies to identify, address and report on modern slavery risks throughout their value chains. The guidance is jointly published by Walk Free, the Stock Exchange of Thailand and Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST).

An introduction to forced labour of children for businesses

Where forced labour and child labour overlap, children are in forced labour. This ILO GBNFL brief provides an introduction to the issue and sets out first steps for businesses to make a difference.

The due diligence toolkit for fair recruitment

This ILO GBNFL and ILO International Training Centre digital toolkit helps businesses, especially SMEs, to set out a due diligence process when hiring workers from abroad. The toolkit is also available in French and Spanish, here in our library.

La boîte à outils de la diligence raisonnable pour un recrutement équitable

Cette boîte à outils numérique de l’OIT GBNFL et du Centre International de Formation de l’OIT aide les entreprises, en particulier les PME, à mettre en place un processus de diligence raisonnable lors de l'embauche de travailleurs étrangers. La boîte à outils est également disponible en anglais et en espagnol, ici dans notre bibliothèque.

El conjunto de herramientas de diligencia debida para la contratación equitativa

Esta caja de herramientas digitales de la OIT GBNFL y del Centro Internacional de Formación de la OIT ayuda a las empresas, especialmente a las PYME, a establecer un proceso de diligencia debida cuando contratan a trabajadores migrantes. La caja de herramientas también está disponible en francés e ingles, aquí en nuestra biblioteca.

COVID, ESGs and Going to the Moon: How Business Can Unite to Eliminate Forced Labour

A short and useful overview of why forced labour eradication is essential to the private sector, and how it can be achieved.

Addressing forced labour in global supply chains

This podcast looks at how laws related to due diligence have changed over the past five years, and how brands can start to address these requirements.

Zeroing in on recruitment practices in the fresh produce supply chain

This podcast features an interview with Ethical Food Initiative (EFI) Managing Director Kenton Harmer about the key changes that still need to be made throughout the recruitment process on fresh produce farms, along with the changes he has witnessed around labour practices over the years, and the impact of COVID-19 on the leadership and ethical practices on these farms.

ILO GBNFL Annual Report 2020

The report provides an overview of the network’s achievements in 2020.

Breaking out of the informal economy: Does new technology hold the key?

Two billion people – more than six out of ten workers in the world – make their living in the informal economy. The ILO estimates that some 1.6 billion of these workers have been significantly impacted by the COVID pandemic. Among them, women and young workers have been particularly hard hit. One emerging solution is technology.

FAST: The Podcast

The podcast series explores the connections between global finance, forced labour and human trafficking, and the different ways the financial sector can harness its leverage to end these abuses.

Managing Ethical Recruitment from East Africa to the Gulf States

This guidance was developed by Verité for companies operating in Gulf countries to both illustrate the risks of old models for foreign recruitment and to demonstrate that better, more ethical models exist.

Guidance on due diligence for EU companies to address the risk of forced labour in their operations and supply chains

The guidance aims to help EU companies address the risk of forced labour in their operations and supply chains, in line with international standards, and provides concrete, practical advice on how to identify, prevent, mitigate and address its risk.

Modern Slavery Toolkit for Suppliers

This toolkit by our Member GBCAT helps companies that work in corporate supply chains to quickly identify areas of their business which carry the highest risk of modern slavery and develop a simple plan to prevent and address any identified risks. It is designed particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Anti-slavery scorecards for the hospitality and finance sectors and supply chains

This industry-specific, confidential self-assessment gives businesses a snapshot view of how their anti-slavery strategy measures against industry standards. The questionnaire takes around 4 minutes to complete. Once finished, users can access free resources and materials to help develop a comprehensive anti-slavery strategy.

Business and human rights: Frequently asked questions for companies

This list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) aims to help businesses, and in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to feel more confident about what human rights mean and how to manage human rights risks.

How can employer’s organizations support respect for human rights?

This guide provides advice to employers' organizations on: 1. How to support member companies to build know-how on human rights, 2. Practical steps to fulfil that role, including examples of peer practices, and 3. Where to access more information and resources on this topic.

SMEs could be catalysts in the fight against forced labour.

This ILO GBNFL podcast series explores the potential of SMEs to end forced labour, and how to unleash it. It features interviews with SMEs, employer's organizations and academic experts.

ILO GBNFL Calling all SMEs! Ten steps on the journey to ending forced labour by 2030.

FAQs on Forced Labour and Fair Recruitment for Malaysian Businesses

In 2021, we, together with our Member the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) and the ILO’s BRIDGE project, hosted three online workshops on forced labour and fair recruitment for Malaysian businesses in export manufacturing and the plantation sector. This document summarises the questions asked by the businesses and the answers given.

Five actions to help SMEs end forced labour by 2030

In April 2021, the ILO GBNFL and Alliance 8.7 - the global partnership aiming to eradicate modern slavery by 2030 - jointly hosted a webinar and online discussion to determine how to unleash the potential of SMEs in the fight against forced labour.