Research & Innovation

In recent years, there has been a significant growth in the field of environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”). Yet, migrant workers, whose labour underpins global supply chains, are excluded from the conversation shaping corporate accountability and sustainability.   
 
There is a need for stronger worker-driven approaches that ensure migrant workers are part of the global dialogue on business and human rights where they can engage meaningfully with companies to co-create solutions that reflect their needs, expectations, and lived experiences. We aim to develop new tools that promote worker voices and stewardship in relation to the ESG movement regionally and globally. 

Through our research programme and meaningful engagement with workers and our regional partners, we generate actionable data to highlight patterns of exploitation in global supply chains and work with The Remedy Project to strengthen worker protections and bridge the gaps in access to effective remedy processes and outcomes.  

• We are developing an innovative, worker-centred, and gender-sensitive reporting tool to address workplace discrimination and harassment faced by women in supply chains.​ Collaborating with frontline civil society groups and local professionals, we are testing and refining this tool to ensure it is practical and responsive to the real needs of women workers.