Combatting Modern Slavery. Genevieve LeBaron

The Coca-Cola Company, Human and Workplace Rights 2017, https://www.modernslaveryregistry.org/companies/19434-the-coca-cola-company/statements/28265.36 Tata Global Beverages, Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement for Tata Global Beverages GB Limited for the Financial Year Ending 31 March 2018, p. 2, http://tataglobalbeverages.com/docs/default-source/default-document-library/slavery-and-human-trafficking-statement-2016-17.pdf?sfvrsn=0.37 Starbucks, ‘Responsibly grown coffee’, http://www.starbucks.ph/responsibility/ethical-sourcing/coffee-sourcing.38 As quoted in Andrew Crane, Vivek Soundararajan, Michael Bloomfield, Laura Spence and Genevieve LeBaron, Decent Work and Economic Growth in the South Indian Garment Industry (Bath: University of Bath, 2019), p. 29.39 Luc Fransen and Genevieve LeBaron, ‘Big audit firms as regulatory intermediaries in transnational labour governance’, Regulation & Governance 13/2 (2018), pp. 1, 8.40 Deloitte Consulting, The Freedom Ecosystem: How the Power of Partnership Can Help Stop Modern Slavery 2015, p. 5, https://www2.deloitte.com/insights/us/en/topics/social-impact/freedom-ecosystem-stop-modern-slavery.html#.41 Skype interview with Social Sustainability Manager, industry association, 20 December 2017.42 Consumer Goods Forum, ‘Forced labour eradication key topic at sustainable retail summit’, Consumer Goods Forum, 2 November 2016, https://www.theconsumergoodsforum.com/social_news_updates/forced-labour-eradication-key-topic-at-sustainable-retail-summit/.43 Global Business Coalition Against Human Trafficking, ‘Our Mission’, https://www.gbcat.org/.44 Oxfam, ‘Smallholder supply chains’, https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/our-approach/private-sector/smallholder-supply-chains.45 Marks & Spencer, Modern Slavery Statement 2017/18, pp. 4, 7, 9, https://corporate.marksandspencer.com/documents/plan-a-our-approach/mns-modern-slavery-statement-june2018.pdf.46 Morrisons Supermarkets PLC, Modern Slavery Act Statement 2017/2018, p. 5, https://www.morrisons-corporate.com/globalassets/corporatesite/corporate-responsibility/documents/2018/morrisons_modern_slavery_act_2018.pdf.47 Free the Slaves, ‘Sponsors, donors, partners’, https://www.freetheslaves.net/about-us/sponsors-donors-partners.48 UN Global Compact, ‘Who we are’, https://www.unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc.49 UN Global Compact, ‘Our participants’, https://www.unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/participants.50 Tesco PLC, Modern Slavery Statement 2017/18, p. 14, https://www.tescoplc.com/media/392433/modern_slavery_act.pdf.51 ILO, ‘Business Networks’, https://www.ilo.org/empent/areas/business-helpdesk/networks/lang--en/index.htm.52 Joel Bakan, The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005); see also Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan (dir), The Corporation (New York: Zeitgeist Films, 2003).53 LeBaron and Ruhmkorf, ‘Steering CSR through home state regulation’; LeBaron and Ruhmkorf, ‘The domestic politics of corporate accountability legislation’.54 See, for instance, Phillips, LeBaron and Wallin, ‘Mapping and measuring the effectiveness of labour-related disclosure requirements for global supply chains’.55 See Michael Bloomfield and Genevieve LeBaron, ‘The UK Modern Slavery Act: Transparency through disclosure’, E-International Relations, 21 September 2018, https://www.e-ir.info/2018/09/21/the-uk-modern-slavery-act-transparency-through-disclosure-in-global-governance/.56 CORE, Risk Averse? Company Reporting on Raw Material and Sector Specific Risks Under the Transparency in Supply Chains clause in the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (2017), pp. 4 and 8, https://corporate-responsibility.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/171003_Risk-Averse-FINAL-1.pdf; see also Ergon Associates, Modern Slavery Statements: One Year On (2017), https://ergonassociates.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/MSA_One_year_on_April_2017.pdf?x74739.57 Interview with NGO representative, 7 December 2017, London.58 Interview with brand retailer, 12 July 2013, Seattle, USA.59 Gordon Lafer, ‘The legislative attack on American wages and labor standards, 2011–2012’, Economic Policy Institute Briefing Paper No. 364 (Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, 2013), p. 29.60 See Allain et al., Forced Labour’s Business Models and Supply Chains; Crane et al., ‘Governance gaps in eradicating forced labour’.61 See LeBaron et al., Confronting Root Causes.62 Interview with auditor, 13 March 2013, London.