In America, we enjoy an abundance of goods that come to us from within and outside of our country’s borders. But what many people don’t realize is that before they reach our hands, many things pass through the hands of slaves and child laborers. ATEST is working to encourage...
Tag: Business Transparency
Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 (H.R. 4842)
The Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 (H.R. 4842) requires companies with a minimum of $100 million in worldwide gross receipts annually to report transparently to the Securities and Exchange Commission and on their websites about their efforts to...
Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 (H.R. 4842)
The Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 (H.R. 4842) requires companies with a minimum of $100 million in worldwide gross receipts annually to report transparently to the Securities and Exchange Commission and on their websites about their efforts to...
ATEST Applauds Introduction of Federal Business Supply Chain Transparency Legislation
For Release: June 12, 2014 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), a coalition of U.S.-based human rights organizations committed to eradicating modern slavery and human trafficking, applauds the introduction of the Business Supply Chain...
ATEST Applauds Introduction of Federal Business Supply Chain Transparency Legislation
For Release: June 12, 2014 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), a coalition of U.S.-based human rights organizations committed to eradicating modern slavery and human trafficking, applauds the introduction of the Business Supply...
Ending Modern Slavery Starts in the Boardroom
By Farangis Abdurazokzoda Published on April 16, 2014 in IPS-Inter Press Service WASHINGTON, Apr 16 2014 (IPS) - Modern-day slavery can be eradicated from multinational supply chains, but only if global businesses contribute to greater transparency and collaboration, according to...
The Ugly Truth Behind Guatemala’s Fast-Growing, Super-Efficient Palm Oil Industry
By Roberto A. Ferdman Published on April 3, 2014 in Quartz Guatemala is among the world’s most prolific palm-oil-producing countries, but it also appears to be one of the cruelest. A new report (pdf) released by the international labor watchdog Verité details the labor and...
Why Won’t Some Supermarket Chains Pay 1 Cent per Pound to Tomato Pickers?
By Steve Holt Published on March 21, 2014 in TakePart The Coalition of Immokalee Workers has intensified its pressure on Publix to join it in helping farmworkers. In January, the world's biggest company entered into a landmark collaboration with Florida tomato farmworkers to...
Anti-Trafficking Organizations Join ATEST to Call for SB 657 Enforcement
Today, the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking and 11 other organizations submitted a letter calling on the California Attorney General to enforce the California Supply Chain Transparency Act (SB 657). In September 2010, California legislators passed this law, requiring retail...
KnowTheChain.org Holds Companies Accountable to Supply Chain Transparency Law
KnowTheChain.org is holding companies accountable to California's supply chain transparency law, SB 657. Stephanie Richard of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST) shares the stories of forced labor and trafficking that occur within corporate supply chains across...