The U.S. government is committed to supporting the voluntary efforts of businesses to advance human rights and protecting against human rights abuses [including]... 

• U.S. Government furthers the Principles to Guide Government Action to Combat Human Trafficking in Global Supply Chains...
• The Department of State holds more than 15 meetings with an informal U.S. government interagency working group to monitor violence against environmental defenders...
• [D]evelops draft human rights due diligence guidance for the export of items with surveillance capabilities...
• USAID launches a partnership with PepsiCo to demonstrate the business case for scaling women’s economic empowerment throughout PepsiCo’s agriculture supply chains... [This] partnership seeks to empower women, strengthen women’s land rights, bolster women’s entrepreneurship and livelihood opportunities, and increase incomes for female farmers in India...
• The Department of Labor commits $19.25 million to fund projects to address child labor, forced labor, and other labor violations in Colombia and Mexico. These projects will focus on empowering girls and women in the coffee, flower, and sugarcane supply chains in Colombia and Mexico; increasing compliance with labor laws in agricultural supply chains in Mexico; and... child labor and working conditions in coal and gold mining supply chains [in Colombia].