Tag Archives: modern slavery

Two China Based Companies Banned as a Result of Forced Labor

The moral equivalence of U.S. companies and individuals installing solar panels created with government-sponsored modern slavery to remedy the ills of climate change, has in the last year shifted sharply in favor of Americans doing the right thing for those in forced labor from Xinjiang. … Continue Reading

German Law a Model for Safeguarding Human Rights in Supply Chains

By Stuart Kaplow on February 12, 2023 Posted in ESG, GRESB, Sustainability

Safeguarding human rights in business supply chains by businesses that believe profits should come not from creating the world’s problems, but from solving them… Continue Reading

UN Human Rights Assessment of Uyghurs by China Drives ESG

By Stuart Kaplow on September 4, 2022 Posted in ESG

We have blogged repeatedly that “the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labor” is a key element, if not singularly the most important principle of a business’s practices. That point was driven home with the release last Wednesday, by The United Nations Human Rights Office assessment of human rights concerns in China’s Xinjiang … Continue Reading

Do Something about Slavery in Your Business Supply Chain

By Stuart Kaplow on July 31, 2022 Posted in Codes and Regulations, ESG, Solar Panel

Slavery exists in 2022. There is simply no morally defensible reason for not doing everything in our power to end modern slavery. U.S. Customs and Border Protection describes in a May 17, 2022 update, that at any given time, “an estimated 40.3 million people are in modern slavery.” That “means there are 5.4 victims of … Continue Reading

Modern Slavery a Key ESG Factor

By Stuart Kaplow on March 20, 2022 Posted in ESG, Solar Panel, Sustainability

Slavery exists today. The British government recently reported there are more enslaved people today than there have been at any time in history! And if you doubt that modern slavery is here and now, 20 days ago, on March 1st, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized four shipments of palm oil at the port … Continue Reading

There are More than 40 Million People in Modern Slavery

By Stuart Kaplow on February 7, 2021 Posted in ESG, LEED, Sustainability

A January 18, 2021 report by the UK Independent Anti Slavery Commissioner is both a wake-up call and a useful guide on preventing modern slavery and human trafficking. In the Western world there are low levels of awareness of the prevalence of modern slavery. Yet today there are more than 40 million people in modern … Continue Reading

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