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Supply chain labour rights laws
A summary of the laws, regulations and legal arguments that require business to conduct reasonable due diligence on its supply chains to check that the labour rights of workers are being respected.
Apr 28


Worker voice best practice
Many worker voice programs disappoint - but that's maybe because they are not set up the best way. This short worker voice best practice note tells you have to approach a program so everyone's needs can be met (workers, workplaces and sponsors).
Apr 27


What Is Worker Voice for?
If worker voice is not designed to benefit workers - then worker voice programs can disappoint everyone. What is worker voice for? Get this right and results can speak for themselves.
Apr 27


Section 301 - the accidental forced labour audit
Trump's USTR Section 301 investigations into forced labour practices have generated an authoritative public record of laws and enforcement gaps.
Apr 22


Is forced labour your financial crime?
Ethical sourcing, bank/corporate compliance teams and corporate treasury teams may face real liabilities — personal as well as corporate — if they authorise payments connected to supply chains tainted by forced labour. Forced labour also leads to financial crimes. This post explores the risks involved.
Apr 8


Continuous worker voice - data
Too much data can be just as unhelpful as too little. Continuous worker voice provides new opportunities to dig into data - and well-designed dashboards and tools are essential.
Mar 30
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AskTheWorkers.com
asktheworkers.com is our worker-facing site; it is a site for workers. It showcases our app with videos in 20+ spoken languages, why they should use our app, and how our app works.
Jan 17


How effective are your labor rights due diligence tools?
We set out a simple theory that can be used to assess the effectiveness of due diligence tools for worker rights in supply chains - and there is a free app coming shortly using this theory - watch this space.
Sep 29, 2025


Worker voice - improving surveys
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.
Jul 16, 2025


The humans are missing: Ask the workers
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.
Jun 30, 2025


Effective ethical sourcing: part 1
Effective ethical sourcing means backing up sensible policies with effective actions. This post explores what that involves in practice.
May 29, 2025


Sharing worker data
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.
May 15, 2025


Continuous worker voice and workplaces (and suppliers)
Why should suppliers implement Ask The Workers. Read on here to see why continuous worker voice makes sense for suppliers.
May 15, 2025


Ask the workers FAQs
This post collects up our FAQs into one place. You can find our FAQs better presented on our home page, and you can ask your questions to our AI Chat and also get the benefit of Claude's wider knowledge.
Apr 13, 2025


Getting a return on ESG compliance
ESG can be a revenue and profit driver for enterprises if we can measure and communicate the impact of ESG compliance efforts.
Oct 14, 2024


Worker Voice
Worker voice and how it can be used to monitor workplace conditions and for human rights due diligence
Apr 30, 2024


ESG
ESG is environmental, social and governance; used to measure how well workplaces treat society - corporate social responsibility / CSR.
Feb 13, 2024


ESG and worker voice
ESG: the worker voice app ESG (environmental, social and governance) is not a new concept, the definition has been in use for many years. It is a fundamental part of the social contract between business and society and usually managed as part of "CSR" or Corporate Social Responsibility. The worker voice app is a core component in the delivery of ESG compliance. And ESG is reaching a higher and higher profile across the world - see this McKinsey article for more insights: here
Dec 18, 2023


Measuring ESG
Measure ESG in order to manage it and then to improve it. Environmental, social and governance, the key to corporate social responsibility.
Sep 13, 2023
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