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 labor recruitment, guidance on evaluating the quality of social audits used in portfolio companies’ supply chains, country and sector deep dives into forced labor risk, and tools to help investors support better due diligence on recruitment practices throughout their supply chains.

If you would like us to develop specific tools, or if you have questions or input, please email info@transparentem.org with “investor tools” in the subject line.

Tools from Transparentem

• Questions to guide risk assessment and stewardship on ethical recruitment
• Questions to ask portfolio companies to assess whether unethical labor recruitment and forced labor are being adequately addressed in grievance mechanisms

Tools from Bhakti Mirchandani of Trinity Church NYC, Kathy Hahn and Juho Rana Kim of Casey Family Programs, and Jerome McCluskey of Latham & Watkins, working alongside over 100 experts*

• Child and Forced Labor Due Diligence Questions for Asset Owners – One Pager
• Child and Forced Labor Due Diligence Questions for Asset Owners – Full Question Bank (supplement to one pager)
• Child and Forced Labor Due Diligence Questions for Asset Managers – One Pager
• Child and Forced Labor Due Diligence Questions for Asset Managers – Full Question Bank (supplement to one pager)

*The opinions expressed in these tools are those of the individuals named above and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any of their affiliations.