"Best Response: Auditors' Insights on Child Labor in Asia", 15 Jun 2016

A new report by the Center for Child Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility (CCR CSR) that focuses on the gaps and challenges in preventing and responding to child labor in Asia from an auditor's perspective, highlights the fact that child labor is still prevalent in supply chains across Asia and that most child labor response protocols do not take into account the best interest of the child. According to the report which is titled "Best Response: Auditors' Insights on Child Labor in Asia", 64% of auditors in Asia encountered child labor in the last two years and in only about 1/3 of the cases could auditors confirm that the child was removed from work to ensure his/her safety…

In China, 63% of the interviewed auditors said that dropping out of school is the main reason for children to start working. As for other parts of Asia, the majority of the auditors stated that the main reason is poverty.

Despite the current regulations and many brands’ and buyers’ zero-tolerance policies, children are still allowed inside factories due to the lack of age verification procedures (Vietnam) or the usage of forged or borrowed ID cards (China)...(mentions C&A, Elevate, H&M, IKEA, OpenView & Samsung)