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Overview

Since 2016, Transparentem has documented labor and environmental abuses across multiple investigations in several countries. These findings reveal the pervasiveness of social and environmental non-compliance throughout global supply chains and underscore the need for systemic, worker-centered solutions.

To help address these challenges at scale, Transparentem publishes special projects reports — research, advocacy, and thought leadership that supplement our investigative work. These reports analyze cross-cutting issues surfaced through our investigations, deepen understanding of root causes, and offer actionable recommendations for improving corporate and investor practices.


Special Projects

Material Risk, Minimal Response: How Investment Firms Assess Unethical Labor Recruitment
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...
Hidden Harm: Audit Deception in Apparel Supply Chains and the Urgent Case for Reform
Social audits, whether conducted by buyer representatives, third-party certifiers, or other independent groups, are a crucial tool for apparel companies seeking to monitor on-the-ground conditions at distant supplier factories. These audits are high-risk undertakings for suppliers: findings of violations can spur buyers to intensify oversight or terminate a business relationship altogether. Suppliers therefore have a strong incentive to ensure they...