Agriculture Archives

Major New Project to Improve Adherence to International Labor Standards in Mexican Agriculture

Agriculture, Central America, Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, raw materials, Verité, Worker Empowerment

Verité announces major new project to improve adherence to international labor standards in Mexican agriculture.

2019: A Year of Impact, Achievement, and Optimism

Africa, Agriculture, Apparel, Asia, Central America, Child Labor, Civil Society, Compensation and Hours, Corporate Social Responsibility, Financial Sector, Food and Beverage, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Latin America, Living Wages, Manufacturing, Middle East, Migrant Workers, Modern Slavery, Partnership, raw materials, Recruitment, Seafood, South America, Southeast Asia, Technology, Verité, Worker Empowerment

While we are humbled by the great deal more we need to accomplish, we are proud of what we have been able to achieve this past year. Please join us in a review of selected notable projects from 2019.

Technical Working Group Meets for Ghana Forced Labor Indicators Project (FLIP)

Africa, Agriculture, Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, raw materials

Verité is currently implementing a U.S. Department of Labor-funded project focused on growing government, private sector, and civil society capacity to combat forced labor of adults and children through advancing the ILO forced labor indicators approach in Ghana. Led...

Accountability Framework Initiative Call to Action

Agriculture, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Forestry, Labor Supply Chains, raw materials, Verité

The time for ethical supply chains is now.
Leading NGOs call on companies to follow the Accountability Framework to end ecosystem destruction and human rights violations in the production, trade, and finance of beef, palm oil, pulp, timber, soy, and other commodities.

Complimentary Webinar: Combating Human Trafficking in Food and Beverage Supply Chains

Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Verité

Is human trafficking hidden in your food and beverage supply chain? This 45-minute event will offer companies in the food and beverage sector concrete strategies, tools, and processes to address and prevent human trafficking in their supply chains in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) “Ending Trafficking in Persons.”