BSR Insight | Responsible Sourcing Network Helps Companies Combat Human Rights Abuses in Supply Chains
Corporate accountability NGO As You Sow recently launched the Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN) in an effort to combat slavery and other human rights abuses in corporate supply chains. RSN provides a space for companies, investors, NGOs, and other stakeholders to share best practices and take coordinated action. RSN is presently working to end forced child labor in Uzbekistan's cotton industry, and addressing the conflict minerals trade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—where profits help fuel one of the world's bloodiest conflicts.
In May 2010, BSR and RSN co-hosted a Conflict Minerals Forum to understand the issues and lay the groundwork for multi-stakeholder discussions and recommendations for the draft Securities and Exchange Commission conflict minerals reporting rules. You can also read a summary from the BSR Conference 2010 session on this topic.
In the coming months, BSR will host a Sustainability Matters webinar to help update our members on the ongoing efforts to address the challenges associated with conflict minerals. Please let us know what specific topics you would like to discuss at this event by contacting Marshall Chase.
Topics
Conflict Minerals, Consumer Products, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Information & Communications Technology, Supply Chain
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