Transparentem developed these tools in direct response to what investors told us they need. They are designed to help investors ask the right questions, identify risks, and drive meaningful improvements in responsible recruitment and forced labor prevention across their portfolio companies and supply chains. Transparentem is developing additional resources for investors, including case studies illustrating the material risks of unethical...

Unethical labor recruitment is a key driver of forced labor — an extreme human rights abuse, and a serious material risk for investment firms. Those firms play a critical role in ensuring that their portfolio companies, and the companies within those companies’ supply and value chains, recruit workers ethically. Transparentem’s report examines how a select group of investment firms are...