by Terry FitzPatrick | Sep 30, 2015 | Advocacy, Slavery-Free Commerce
Today marks the five-year anniversary of SB 657, a landmark California law to combat human trafficking. Our friends at KnowTheChain are marking the anniversary by expanding and retooling their website to help companies improve corporate transparency and responsible...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Jan 30, 2013 | Take Action
It’s one of the most important fronts in the battle against slavery: getting companies to investigate their product supply chains to ensure they aren’t using slavery-tainted materials. Today brings a new tool that can help. The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking...
by Free the Slaves | Jan 3, 2012 | Take Action
The beginning of a new year always generates news stories about new laws taking effect. But this year, the list of new laws brings abolitionists something to cheer about. The California Supply Chain Transparency Act now requires all retailers and manufacturers doing...
by Free the Slaves | Feb 1, 2011 | FTS Updates
Last October, Free the Slaves’ UK partner Anti-Slavery International (ASI) launched an interactive website that helps consumers get a global snapshot of slave labor in product supply chains. ProductsofSlavery.org shows you which products and industries have been...
by Free the Slaves | Oct 21, 2010 | Slavery in the News
Friend of Free the Slaves, journalist Christa Hillstrom (who is also the founder and editor of Human Goods, a magazine-style blog on modern day slavery) has just published an article on supply chain slavery. She focuses on the recent passage of California’s SB...
