As we approach the end of 2023, we want to take a moment to reflect on the journey we have been on together over the past year and provide a quick update on what we have in store in 2024.
Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN) is transitioning its due diligence initiative to a multi-stakeholder membership model.
YESS was officially launched in India in May at a workshop in Bengaluru and the first third-party assessments at Shahi Exports.
Two yarn spinning mills in Pakistan underwent independent assessments of the YESS: Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced Standards.
An analysis of how the requirements of the YESS Standards align with the FLETF’s Guidance to Importers
These standards will assist in due diligence efforts to reduce and ultimately eliminate forced labor involved in cotton production.
12-year-old human rights program becomes an independent nonprofit to fight slave labor in value chains.
Implemented since January 1st, is the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation a game changer for conflict minerals compliance?
The study reviews current in-country projects, discusses their effectiveness, and offers recommendations.
As we celebrate United Nations Human Rights Day, we are proud to be helping improve the lives of all human beings that are abused, exploited, or forced to toil making products that we use every day.
Uzbekistan is a country in transition. Although the Uzbek government has made significant progress toward ending forced labor in the cotton sector, the risk remains high.
After six years of comparative year-on-year assessments of corporate due diligence under Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act, Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN) will not publish a Mining the Disclosures 2020 report.
Today, World Day of Social Justice, is the perfect day to send out Responsible Sourcing Network’s 2020 Newsletter!
Over recent months there has been a growing awareness of the inhumane treatment China has inflicted upon the local Uighur (Uyghur) and Turkic minority Muslim populations in the Xinjiang province.
Turkmenistan has overwhelming examples of human rights violations with state-sponsored forced labor in its cotton production and there is concern this tainted cotton spreads to global markets through Turkey, one of Turkmenistan's largest global trading partners.
After a decade of engagement, the Uzbek government is starting to take steps to end the use of systemic forced labor in its cotton sector. Check out the Roadmap of Reforms for what needs to happen next.
RSN will release its Mining the Disclosures (MtD) 2019 report near the end of October, which will continue to provide an inside look at how companies are addressing abuses that impact Congolese children and adults.
For the fourth time in eight years, the House of Representatives introduced the Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act, or H.R.7089.
This month is national slavery & human trafficking prevention month, so it’s a great time to update you on Responsible Sourcing Network’s (RSN’s) activities.
Patricia and I learned a lot during the Feasibility Assessment. Here are just a few highlights, which I will go into more detail on below
In 2010, Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act spurred action across industries for more transparency in supply chains containing tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold (commonly referred as 3TG).
In 2011, RSN released its first iteration of the Uzbek Cotton Pledge, asking brands to sign and commit to not sourcing cotton produced with forced child labor for the manufacturing of any of their products. Today more than 280 brands and retailers have signed the pledge.
Last month, Uzbekistan departed from the company of North Korea, South Sudan, and Turkmenistan in their human trafficking rankings when the U.S. Department of State released its 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP), which provides a tool for foreign governments to address modern slavery.
Turkmenistan may represent only 2% of the world’s cotton exports, but the rampant human rights violations in their cotton production demand our attention. Much of the country’s cotton is produced using a system of state-sponsored forced labor. This isn’t widely known, but Turkmenistan can’t fly under the radar and deliver goods produced with numerous human rights violations.
For more than a century now we have relied on fossil fuel-powered vehicles with costly consequences for our planet. But one mineral is now allowing for a technological revolution and this mineral is cobalt. The development of cobalt-based lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries brings a new lease on life to the automobile industry. But it is not the only beneficiary. From the aerospace industry to the medical sector, cobalt has become an integral part of major innovations that will shape our future.
2017 was an exciting year both personally and professionally. We have so much exciting news going on, we just had to send you a big update.
YESS is RSN’s spinner-level due diligence assessment designed to drive forced labor out of cotton production. We are looking for feedback on the YESS Draft Standard – the cornerstone of our YESS initiative. We want YESS to be as effective and appropriate for the industry as possible – therefore, we are looking to members of all levels of cotton apparel and home goods supply chains to give us feedback on how we can strengthen and advance the YESS Cotton Lint Standard.