Resources

Explore our featured research, tools, and partner resources.

The research, tools, and initiatives in this section are freely available to educate and support improvements in labor conditions. You are welcome to access and distribute the information within your businesses and organizations.

Featured Research

Pieces of Gold in Black Bowl

A Brief Guide to Ethical Recruitment in the Palm Oil Sector 

Pieces of Gold in Black Bowl

Exploring Intersections of Trafficking in Persons Vulnerability and Environmental Degradation in Forestry and Adjacent Sectors: Case Studies in Burma and Mozambique

Pieces of Gold in Black Bowl

Thailand Bound: An Exploration of Labor Migration Infrastructures in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Lao PDR

Pieces of Gold in Black Bowl

Addressing Forced Labor in the Cocoa Sector in Côte D’Ivoire

Thai Shrimp Fishermen

Recruitment Practices and Migrant Labor Conditions in Nestlé’s Thai Shrimp Supply Chain

Pieces of Gold in Black Bowl

Financial and Contractual Approaches to Mitigating Migrant Worker Recruitment-Related Risks

Pieces of Gold in Black Bowl

The Nexus of Illegal Gold Mining and Human Trafficking in Global Supply Chains

A worker carries cane at a sugar plantation in Latin America

Risk Analysis of Labor Violations Among Farmworkers in the Guatemalan Sugar Sector

Construction Worker Sitting on Pipe

Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal and Corporate Supply Chains

Gloved Hand Working with Microchip

Forced Labor in the Production of Electronic Goods in Malaysia: A Comprehensive Study of Scope and Characteristics

Palm Oil Plants in Ecuador

Labor and Human Rights Risk Analysis of Ecuador’s Palm Oil Sector

Tools & Video

Toolkit for Palm Oil Producers

Toolkit for Palm Oil Producers on Labor Rights

Responsible Sourcing Tool Website Link

Responsible Sourcing Tool with
Base and Sector-Specific Toolkits

Free-Forced-Labor-Intro-Course

Free Introductory E-Learning Course on Forced Labor

Sub-Saharan-Africa-Website

Trafficking Risk in Sub-Saharan African Supply Chains

Sub-Saharan-Africa-Website

Ghana Forced Labor Indicators Project (FLIP): Online Courses and Resources

Help Wanted Toolkit Website Link

Help Wanted Minisite with
Fair Hiring Toolkit

Verite Commodity Atlas

Forced Labor Commodity Atlas

The Story of Edz: Verité produced this video about one woman’s true story of forced labor.

Partner Resources

Accountability Framework Initiative
Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking
Child Labor Coalition
Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking

International Labour Organization (ILO) Fair Recruitment Initiative

International Labor Recruitment Working Group (ILRWG)
KnowTheChain

Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment (IHRB)