Address root causes of forced labour to clean up supply chains: report

Address root causes of forced labour to clean up supply chains: report

By Zoe Tabary

LONDON, Jan 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Efforts by governments and corporations to tackle forced labour in global supply chains are falling short as they ignore deeper problems like poverty and poor sourcing practices by businesses, a report said on Wednesday.

Millions spent each year to prevent forced labour amount to little more than a "band-aid" as the efforts fail to address root causes of exploitation, said the report by Beyond Trafficking and Slavery, an organisation that tackles forced labour issues, and the University of Sheffield."The traditional perception of forced labour is that of a bad guy forcing […]

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