Global Forced Labor Prevention Laws: Social Responsibility Goals

The pressure on companies importing goods from overseas to document that their supply chains are free from forced labor has never been greater or more essential. Forced labor risks typically arise through the global supply chains of businesses and these issues have attracted increasing scrutiny by a variety of stakeholders: governments, regulators, human rights organizations, investigative journalists, consumers, and investors.

With the escalation in the development of ESG policies throughout the corporate world, one issue seems to have become predominant in the global landscape: preventing the importation, sale, or distribution of any merchandise made in whole or in part with ...