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.
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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.
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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
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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