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The pursuit to eradicate Child Labour from corporate supply chains is an ongoing journey, enriched by international legislation, evolving data landscapes, and the influential role of investment. There remains a continuous opportunity for growth and learning in this critical space.
Gen Z, Fast Fashion, and the Hidden Cost of Convenience
Everyone loves a good haul - bags of fashionable clothes arriving at your door for the price of a takeaway. Many companies such as Shein and Primark capitalise on this demand by offering affordable, fast and updated fashion. However behind these appealing and inexpensive items lies a hidden reality - Child Labour.
Beyond Clean Energy: Child Labour in Indium Supply Chains
In September, the US Bureau of International Labor Affairs released a new and updated TVPRA List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor. One focus of the new list was the expansion of inputs produced with Child Labour. This focus on downstream Goods means that previously unseen Child Labour risk, such as in Indium production, is now included.
HACE secures £450,000 in pre-seed funding after oversubscribing its round
HACE: Data Changing Child Labour has raised £450,000 in its pre- seed funding round, beating its initial target by 20%.
PART FOUR Child Labour: Definitions, Data and Misconceptions
The final blog post in the 4-part series will explore two examples of commodities, their supply chains and what child labour looks like in two countries that have been proven to use child labour to produce those commodities.
PART THREE Child Labour: Definitions, Data and Misconceptions
The third blog post in the 4-part series will describe the overlap between child labour and modern slavery, which is a complex area.
PART TWO Child Labour: Definitions, Data and Misconceptions
The second blog post in the 4-part series will describe the data landscape of child labour, including current trends and issues we see in the data quality.
PART ONE Child Labour: Definitions, Data and Misconceptions
This first blog post in the 4-part series will describe the definition of child labour and while somewhat complex, the delineations are integral to the rest of the series.
PART FOUR: Financial and Material Impacts of Child Labour
There have been many prominent child labour scandals in recent months and years. This blog post will explore two of them, similar in that they both feature household names that we all shop with every day in the UK and globally.
PART THREE: Financial and Material Impacts of Child Labour
There have been many prominent child labour scandals in recent months and years. This blog post will explore two of them, similar in that they both have multiple, industry-leading company defendants.
PART TWO: Financial and Material Impacts of Child Labour
There have been many prominent child labour scandals in recent months and years. This blog post will explore two of them, similar in that they are both based in the United States.