#forced labour News
Policy & Finance
Migrant farm workers in UK trapped by recruitment debt bondage
After paying illegal recruitment fees in their home countries migrant farm workers in Britain become trapped in debt bondage.
Carbon & Climate
Clear climate targets can help clean up palm oil’s image: Malaysian plantation giant KLK sustainability chief
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The group will soon announce commitments to decarbonise across the entire value chain, and improve its traceability and human rights policies, says Ku Kok Peng, who took up the CSO role in March last year.
Policy & Finance
Modern slavery numbers soar to 50 million, driven by global crises
Global Slavery Index exposes links between climate change and rising risk of forced labour.
Policy & Finance
WHO says Covid-19 global health emergency is over, but its impact lingers on for Asia
While the worst days are over, the hidden economic impact of Covid-19 still poses a threat to countries across Asia-Pacific, where a fresh but mild wave of Covid-19 cases is picking up.
Carbon & Climate
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#forced labour Opinion
An updated law prohibiting forced labour is limited to formal employment relationships. Workers in sectors that are unregulated are not sufficiently protected, nor does the law reach workers who have free movement, but suffer mistreatment.
Food & Agriculture
Palm oil: Import bans pressure sustainability standards
Import bans bring social issues to the fore forcing agribusiness to assess their obligations to their workforces. Are such regulatory bans the best way to address the social issues prevalent in the industry?
When forced labour practices are part of supply chains, it is reasonable to ascertain that environmental degradation may be present too.
#forced labour Press Releases
Emancipate Indonesia
The tobacco industry reaps double benefits from children #SaveSmallHands
#forced labour Research
Emancipate Indonesia
#SaveSmallHands: the tobacco industry reaps double benefits from children
