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2 Jun 2020

Briefings & Reports

This section contains annual, biannual, quarterly and regional bulletins published by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.

Transition Minerals Tracker: 2025 Global Analysis

Our yearly review underscores the critical importance of a just energy transition guided by three core principles: shared prosperity; robust human rights due diligence and worker, community and defender rights protections; and fair negotiation between business, workers and communities.

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2025 KnowTheChain ICT benchmark

KnowTheChain assesses the 45 largest global ICT companies on their efforts to address forced labour risks.

Rush to renewables: Toward migrant worker rights and a just energy transition in the Gulf

As the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – race to ramp up renewable energy production and meet climate goals, business focus must shift to prioritise the rights of the migrant workers on whose labour the energy transition depends.

Exploring shared prosperity: Indigenous leadership and partnerships for a just transition

Together with Indigenous Peoples’ Rights International (IPRI), we explore the case for a renewable energy transition that centres Indigenous Peoples’ rights, interests and prosperity, as determined by them, in pursuit of a global transition that is fast because it is fair and sustainable.

Unjust transition on trial: Communities and workers litigate to shape corporate practice

The speed of the energy transition will depend on investment flows and the retention of public trust. Yet the disturbing trend of systemic abuse of communities and workers in renewable energy value chains has given rise to a tide of strategic litigation by communities and workers left with no option but to turn to the courts to defend their rights. These lawsuits result in project delays, “stop orders” and escalating costs - risks which companies and investors can and must avoid through robust human rights due diligence and better project design.

People power under pressure: Human rights defenders & business in 2023

Effective engagement and collaboration between civil society and investors is crucial in the fight for digital rights and corporate accountability. Lessons from the experiences of activists, civil society organisations and tech investors.

2023 KnowTheChain Apparel & Footwear Benchmark

KnowTheChain's latest assessment of 65 of the biggest apparel and footwear companies' efforts to address supply chain forced labour reveals companies remained largely reactive to human rights violations rather than evidencing robust, embedded human rights and environmental due diligence practices designed to prevent abuse.

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    Transition Minerals Tracker: 2025 Global Analysis

    7 May 2025

    Our yearly review underscores the critical importance of a just energy transition guided by three core principles: shared prosperity; robust human rights due diligence and worker, community and defender rights protections; and fair negotiation between business, workers and communities.

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    Bitter truth: Migrant worker abuse in the production of sugar, cocoa and coffee in Chiapas

    10 Apr 2025

    Agricultural workers cultivating, picking and packing coffee, cocoa and sugarcane in Mexico's most southerly state face harsh working conditions and various forms of abuse within a highly informal sector. We map the key players across the export sector and analyse salient human rights risks.

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    Centring risks to migrant workers in investment portfolios: Guidance for investors

    8 Apr 2025

    Migrant workers are at heightened risk of exposure to unfair recruitment, exploitation and abusive living conditions, which can also pose serious, numerous risks to companies and investors. We explore cases from our database to highlight the links between risks to workers and these risks to capital, with recommendations for responsible investors.

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    2025 KnowTheChain ICT benchmark

    2 Apr 2025

    KnowTheChain assesses the 45 largest global ICT companies on their efforts to address forced labour risks

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    KnowTheChain ICT benchmark 2025: Purchasing practices

    2 Apr 2025

    The 2025 KnowTheChain ICT benchmark revealed purchasing practices as an area of critical weakness for ICT companies, with an average score of just 5/100 and 84% of companies scoring zero. This deep dive explores how poor purchasing practices are driving systemic labour rights issues in the sector.

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    KnowTheChain ICT benchmark 2025: Supply chain traceability and transparency

    24 Mar 2025

    The 2025 KnowTheChain ICT benchmark revealed traceability and supply chain transparency as a crucial gap in many ICT companies' approach to addressing forced labour risks. This deep dive analyses key examples of practice and provides recommendations for companies to improve their supply chain traceability and transparency.

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    "Not just a number": Tracking migrant worker abuse in global supply chains - 2025 Global Analysis

    19 Feb 2025

    We recorded 665 cases of alleged abuse of migrant workers in 2024 - a catalogue of abuse which speaks to the very worst impacts of unregulated corporate action and lack of accountability. Explore the data using our interactive tools.

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    Four years on: Business and human rights under military rule in Myanmar

    1 Feb 2025

    Four years since Myanmar’s military seized power on 1 February 2021, more than six thousand people have been killed and about three million more are displaced throughout the country. However, some companies appear to be thriving in the context of the conflict, and in some cases exacerbating it, particularly in the garment, rare earth mining, aviation and technology industries. Their decisions and approach to human rights due diligence – or lack thereof – will continue to have serious consequences for the people of Myanmar.

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    Shein, ultra-fast fashion and forced labour risks: Key issues for investors

    18 Dec 2024

    Ahead of Shein’s anticipated IPO in London, we assessed the company’s public disclosure on addressing forced labour in global supply chains against the KnowTheChain benchmark methodology. The findings demonstrate Shein falls significantly short of leaders in the apparel and footwear benchmark – a red flag for investors given the company’s scope for human rights harm due to its size, speed and purchasing power.

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    Who pays for the crisis? Purchasing practices analysis - December 2024

    12 Dec 2024

    We examine the human cost of fashion brands’ shifting sourcing strategies amidst instability in demand and orders—leading to factory closures, job losses and unpaid wages for workers. At the core of these issues are poor purchasing practices and their devastating impact on labour rights.

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