The use of underage children as labor in the world’s farms, factories, mines and trucks to power our global supply chains is modern slavery. To make progress, and eradicate the issue, processes must be embedded across all tiers of the supply chain with procurement leading the way.
Through the Big Picture Series, we explore how leaders can accelerate this change.
2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi is a tireless activist fighting to protect the rights of voiceless children everywhere. Kailash will offer a surprising piece of advice to anyone who wants to change the world for the better: Get angry at injustice. In this powerful talk, he will show how a lifetime of peace-making sprang from a lifetime of outrage.
Tuesday 14 June
10.25-10.55am BST
Our president and co-founder Neha Shah pledges to support the Kailash Satyarthi Foundation’s “Fair Share to End Child Labor” campaign.
Companies now have technologies for tracking materials and monitoring suppliers across their entire complex, multi-geography supply chains. So, exactly how do businesses flip the script to address systematic child slavery? Neha Shah shares several ways to do so.
