Worker voice surveys have been around a long time. Yet they are not a standard component of labour rights due diligence processes for responsible and ethical sourcing teams. But there is now a better way.

There are new areas of risk emerging relating to labour (labor) rights - it's not just the traditional supply chain. This post gives examples of new focus issues for ethical, sustainability and human rights teams, and how to address them.

The humans (workers) are missing from human rights due diligence. What would an ideal technology platform look like to address this? These are the principles defining the Ask the workers approach - and also underwrite how the impact that the platform can make.

Effective ethical sourcing means backing up sensible policies with effective actions. This post explores what that involves in practice.

Effective ethical sourcing means backing up sensible policies with effective actions. This is part 2 of 3 posts exploring what that involves in practice.

Effective ethical sourcing means backing up sensible policies with effective actions. This is part 3 of 3 posts exploring what that involves in practice.

Prompted by discussions we have had with several brands in the last two weeks, we explain how its possible to have worker data or worker voice collected via a single process and then shared with everyone who needs to see it, when they need to see it.

Why should suppliers implement Ask The Workers. Read on here to see why continuous worker voice makes sense for suppliers.

What if ethical sourcing policies were increasing risks for Business rather than reducing them? This might be the case - here we explain why, and give some examples.