On the 19th of November 2020, the ILO GBNFL will organize its second annual event for members and partners as well as interested stakeholders from businesses and business networks. Save the date and join us!
Putting Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises First: Why SMEs are Crucial in the Responsible Business Conduct Conversation
Laura J. Spence for the ILO Global Business Network on Forced Labour [i] Judging by the quantity and quality of standards, guidelines and instruments available, the field of responsible business conduct (RBC) has come a very long way in recent decades. [ii] Nevertheless, engagement with the various RBC standards is not universal across business. One noticeably absent group is the …
ILO Global Business Network on Forced Labour Annual Report
Dear Network Community, We are pleased to share with you the annual report of the ILO Global Business Network on Forced Labour. The annual report provides an overview of the activities and achievements completed since the network opened for membership in June 2018. Thank you for your support in 2019 and we look forward to continued engagement and collaboration throughout …
First Annual Meeting of the ILO Global Business Network on Forced Labour
The ILO Global Business Network on Forced Labour, launched in June 2018 held its first annual meeting focusing on business coordination and collaboration to eradicate forced labour and engaging smaller companies. The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Global Business Network on Forced Labour held its first annual meeting on the 21st of October 2019 to bring together its members and interested …
The Global Business Network on Forced Labour Annual Forum
On the 21st of October 2019, the ILO Global Business Network on Forced Labour will organize its first annual meeting to bring together members and interested stakeholders. The event will seek to engage participants on achieving coordination and collaboration, and focus on innovations that could realize scale and promote bottom-up engagement. Overall, the event will reinforce the focus on collective …
Interactive Map for Business of Anti-Human Trafficking Organizations
With support from ILO’s Global Business Network on Forced Labour, United Nations Global Compact, the Global Business Coalition Against Trafficking, and the RESPECT Initiative (comprised of the Global Initiative, Babson College’s Initiative on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, and IOM) partnered to provide a unified resource of information of organizations working with the private sector to eliminate human trafficking, forced …
Engaging Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises – Malaysia
Between the 3rd and 17th of July, the GBNFL supported the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) to roll out a series of 5 workshops across Malaysia with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on fair recruitment and employment of migrant workers. The workshops served to raise awareness among SMEs on fair recruitment and forced labour risks, present MEF’s survey findings on current …
March 2019: Facilitating Information Provision to Business – ILO Adopts a Definition of Recruitment Fees and Related Costs
In March 2019, the ILO’s Governing Body adopted a definition of recruitment fees and related costs to be read in conjunction with the General Principles and Operational Guidelines for Fair Recruitment. The updated publication can be found here. To support members with engaging with new definition, the ILO GBNFL has developed an overview of definitions currently employed by companies and …
June 2019: Mapping of Initiatives – The Findings
On the 4th of June 2019, the GBNFL held a webinar to present to members the findings of a mapping undertaken to provide a broad overview of the function, form and scope of initiatives currently active in supply chains on forced labour and human trafficking in order to inform the GBNFL strategy. Key findings included: a lack of integration means …
Consumer Goods Forums and the B-Team, Vancouver, Canada
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the B-Team hosted the High-Level Event: Business Leaders & Governments Working to Eradicate Forced Labour in Vancouver, Canada on the 11th of June 2019. The GBNFL was invited to present an update to the audience since opening for membership in June 2018 and the ILO’s joint signing of CGFs Call for the End to …
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