The Challenges for Supply Chains (Danske)

Kate Larsen

20 years: Human Rights and Supply Chains

Supply chain problems are numerous - pollution, deforestation, child labour, slavery, wage abuse and even death. Sadly, these aren't just problems on far away shores. Join Kate Larsen as she explores these topics in depth.

Supply Chains

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The Challenges for Supply Chains (Danske)

7 mins 45 secs

Key learning objectives:

Identify examples of supply chain abuse
Understand the the consequences of supply chain abuse

Overview:

Poor working conditions in suppliers are not just "how things are there". We have seen many examples of human rights abuse in supply chains worldwide - from vegetable pickers in the UK to the murder of union leader's in Cambodia. There have been consequences for many companies, such as lawsuits against chocolate companies for child labour and a construction company for the slavery of foreign contract workers.

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Summary

What are some examples and consequences of supply chain abuse?

1. 1200 workers dying from the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building in Bangladesh. These factories were in the supply chains of Primark, Benetton, Bon Marche, The Children's Place, El Corte Inglés, Joe Fresh, Kik Germany, Mango, Matalan, Walmart and other retailers.

2. Lawsuits against chocolate companies Nestle, Mars and Hershey regarding forced child labour, which the cocoa industry has failed to solve. This is despite committing to it 20 years ago and making billions in profits.

3. Hy Vuthy, the president of the Free Trade Union of Workers for a Cambodia garment factory Suntex, was shot dead after speaking up for improvements for workers. At the time, the factory exported for GAP, Walmart, Target, Loblaw, Coles and other brands.

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Kate Larsen

Kate Larsen is a Director at SupplyESChange advising and training Investors and Companies on Environmental and Social issues of ESG, especially, human rights risk management in global supply chains. She has worked over 20 years on supply chain ESG including leading Asia Corporate Responsibility in the UK FTSE100 company Burberry and as a Global Director Responsible Sourcing in a US Nasdaq listed retailer.

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