Verité provides knowledge and tools to eliminate forced labor in global supply chains. The organization conducts assessments, consulting, and training to help companies strengthen their supply chain management systems, with a focus on human rights issues.

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Verité | 6,238 followers on LinkedIn. Our vision is a world where people work under safe, fair, and legal conditions. | Verité is a global, nonprofit organization with a mission to ensure that people worldwide work under safe, fair, and legal conditions. Verité works with the largest corporations in the world to illuminate labor rights violations in their global supply chains and to resolve them to the benefit of companies and workers alike. 

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Many US companies assume child labor is only an overseas issue. But what if you discovered a minor working in your US-based facility? Would you know how to respond ethically and legally? Verité, in partnership with AIM-Progress , has launched a new e-learning course. The course is specifically designed for: 🔹U.S. manufacturing suppliers 🔹Labor and service providers 🔹CSOs, NGOs, and policymakers Our course addresses critical questions like: 🔹What are the telltale signs of forced and child labor? 🔹How do you properly remediate if you find a child in your facilities? 🔧Verité’s Training Center empowers businesses throughout the supply chain with targeted learning experiences, equipping them to identify and manage risks using current best practices. ⛓ We work across all levels of supply chains—from corporate offices to farms and factories. We help to build stronger, more ethical supply chains by enhancing human rights due diligence capabilities. 💡 Don't wait for a crisis. Find answers. Get guidance. Learn more about the Responding to Child Labor and Forced Labor in U.S. Manufacturing course: https://bit.ly/4e9EZfm Explore Verité’s E-learning Catalogue: https://bit.ly/3YNQUuW #ChildLabor #ForcedLabor #ELearning #SupplyChains #USManufacturing

🗺 Mapping agricultural supply chains to the farm level has become an essential element of responsible sourcing. This increased supply chain visibility presents new opportunities for combating forced labor and child labor in supply chains. Verité’s Supply Chain Traceability Matrix provides comprehensive insights into supply chain mapping and engagement for labor due diligence. 👉 Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eVHRWUB2 The Traceability Matrix is part of the U.S. Department of Labor -funded STREAMS Project. #ResponsibleSourcing #SupplyChainTransparency #ForcedLabor #EndChildLabor #TraceabilityMatrix

🎃 This Halloween, the scariest thing isn't ghosts or goblins—it's the alarming rise of child labor in the U.S. Verité, in partnership with @AIM-Progress, has created a FREE online course: Responding to Child Labor and Forced Labor in U.S. Manufacturing. Manufacturers, HR professionals, and compliance officers: This is for you. 🔧 Learn to identify, address, and prevent child labor and forced labor issues in your supply chains. 👉🏽 Access the e-learning course here: https://bit.ly/4eBM354 #ChildLabor #ForcedLabor #LaborRights #HumanRightsDueDiligence #SupplyChain

For the past 6 years, Verité's Forced Labor Indicators Project (FLIP) has been a driving force, uniting diverse stakeholders to raise awareness and influence policies around the critical issues of forced labor and human trafficking. We're proud of our FLIP teams' crucial on-the-ground work in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, and Benin to educate, inform, and address the region's forced labor risks. 🔍 Learn more about FLIP: https://bit.ly/4fk4b3C

Regulations increasingly require importers to trace their products and ensure there is no forced or child labor in their supply chains. Understanding how to leverage traceability for human rights due diligence is critical to building a comprehensive, responsible sourcing approach. Verité’s Supply Chain Traceability Matrix provides in-depth resources on traceability technologies and how they can be used to support supply chain engagement and transparency in a variety of commodities and sectors. 👉🏽 Access the Traceability Matrix: https://lnkd.in/eFg597kS #ForcedLabor #ChildLabor #HRDD #Traceability #BizHumanRights

📣 Now published on the #MigrationNetworkHub : Verité’s Recruitment Cost Calculator (RCC). Learn more about how our practice is implementing the Global Compact for Migration💡 here: https://bit.ly/4fdZs3u 🔧 What Is the Recruitment Cost Calculator? The RCC is a web-based tool that helps estimate recruitment costs by providing accurate, up-to-date, sector- and country-specific data on recruitment fees. The tool allows stakeholders to factor the cost of ethical recruitment into their business model and gain visibility of labor supply chains. 🎯 Who Should Use This Tool? The RCC is designed for stakeholders engaging in labor recruitment practices, such as brands, buyers, suppliers, and recruitment agencies. This tool is intended for anyone in the supply chain looking for transparency and ethical recruitment practices and committed to promoting #DecentWork . 👉🏽 Access the RCC tool here: https://lnkd.in/djzVqkZH The RCC is funded by the Walmart Foundation.

Destacamos el artículo de Zue Valenzuela Contreras de PODER Latam que subraya la oportunidad clave para #ClaudiaSheinbaum de fortalecer la protección de los derechos humanos en el ámbito empresarial. Es fundamental avanzar en la creación de leyes que prevengan, aborden y reparen los abusos a los derechos humanos derivados de actividades empresariales. Hacemos un llamado a la presidenta para que priorice este tema y colabore con la sociedad civil en la implementación de políticas basadas en la debida diligencia en derechos humanos. Miembros del equipo de Verité en #México participará en el foro "Empresas y derechos humanos: hacia una regulación efectiva en México", organizado por el Centro de Información sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos y Oxfam México donde impulsaremos la Debida Diligencia en Derechos Humanos en el centro de las conversaciones nacionales. ¡Nos vemos allí para dialogar y construir juntos! Lee el artículo: https://bit.ly/4dX8H73 //// We're highlighting an article by Zue Valenzuela Contreras from PODER Latam that emphasizes the key opportunity for #ClaudiaSheinbaum to strengthen the protection of human rights in the business sector. Creating robust legislation to prevent, address, and remedy business-related human rights violations is essential. We urge the president to make this a priority and work alongside civil society to implement human rights due diligence policies. Verité's team members in #Mexico will participate in the forum "Business and Human Rights: Towards Effective Regulation in Mexico," organized by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and Oxfam México , where we will promote Human Rights Due Diligence at the center of national conversations. See you there to dialogue and build together! Read the article: https://bit.ly/4dX8H73 Lilián López Gracián Esteban González Jiménez, PhD

Our Director of Extended Supply Chain Programs Rachel Phillips Rigby attended the Engaging Business Forum in Atlanta, speaking on the panel "Charting the Unseen: Sub-tier Human Rights Due Diligence." For those who couldn't make it, here are Rachel's key takeaways 💡: 🔹 KNOW: As a company sourcing agricultural raw materials in global supply chains, you can’t address human rights risks and harms if you don’t understand them. Effective due diligence requires in-depth knowledge of salient issues and their root causes in your supply chains. This understanding forms the foundation for meaningful action plans. 🔹 SUPPORT: Human rights due diligence is challenging, especially in the first mile of agricultural supply chains. Suppliers at this level need investment in training and capacity building; Time to implement strong management systems and risk controls. Stick with suppliers who are committed to that journey. 🔹 INCENTIVIZE: Companies should clearly communicate human rights expectations; Set specific KPIs and targets for suppliers; Reward strong human rights performance through procurement practices. Companies - Take stock of how you’re doing so far in the HRDD journey with Verité's Farm Labor Due Diligence Maturity Benchmarking Tool: https://bit.ly/3RHl1Ao #humanrightsduediligence #HRDD #EBF24 #BizHumanRights #BusinessAndHumanRights #EngagingBusinessForum United States Council for International Business (USCIB) International Organisation of Employers (IOE) The Coca-Cola Company U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Our colleague Rachel Phillips Rigby was at the Engaging Business Forum in Atlanta speaking on how Farm Labor Due Diligence can help companies tackle challenging human rights issues for global agricultural supply chains. Learn more: https://bit.ly/45IBLwG

💥Important Announcement!💥 We're excited to introduce our newest e-learning course: Responding to Child Labor and Forced Labor in U.S. Manufacturing. This course is the first of its kind: a 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄, open-access training specifically designed for U.S. manufacturers and labor service providers. Funded as part of the AIM-Progress Child Labor and Forced Labor Initiative, with additional funding from Walmart, this comprehensive training and guidance is now publicly available to all. 🚨 Critical issues this course addresses: ▪️ Evidence-based strategies to identify, address, and remediate child and forced labor violations. ▪️ Practical recommendations for remediating harm to minor workers. ▪️ U.S. federal labor laws and their workplace applications. ▪️ Risk management systems to ensure workers' rights. ▪️ Methods to prioritize efforts and engage stakeholders effectively. 🎯 Who Should Take This Course? ▪️ U.S. manufacturers, co-manufacturers, and co-packers. ▪️ Labor and service providers to U.S. manufacturing suppliers. ▪️ CSOs, policymakers, and government representatives, engaging with companies on labor issues. 👉🏽 Take action and start learning today: https://bit.ly/4eBM354

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