"Child Rights Risks in Global Supply Chains: Why a ‘Zero Tolerance’ Approach is not Enough", April 9 2023.

...This report offers ways and strategies to identify and deal with child rights violations in global supply chains. This includes identifying gaps in companies’ business practices to address child rights violations and finding the right instruments to combat those risks.This sounds like abstract advice, so let’s briefly specify better business practices (a detailed table of recommendations can be found at the end of this study):

▪ Establish stronger and long-term partnerships with suppliers that allow for long-term agreements, sufficient lead times and regularity.

▪ Address existing inequalities in supplier-buyer relationships by ensuring responsible sourcing practices and paying fair prices.

▪ Enhance and enforce the implementation of policies and procedures that meet international standards and national laws.

▪ Promote decent work for youth in the formal sector. As a next step, companies should establish child rightscentred remediation systems and look for ways of positive engagement instead of disengagement when child rights issues are identified...