Child labour is not something any business wants in its supply chain. The US Department of Labor’s latest annual report on goods made with child labour makes for sobering reading. “Child labour is a reality of major industries and many of the goods and commodities that we buy and consume today,” he says. The worst forms of child labour are defined as child labour that is exploitative or hazardous, including all forms of slavery and trafficking. “What we need to do as an industry is urgently stamp out the worst forms of child labour and trafficking, and accept that there is a difference between that form of child labour and a child helping out their family on a farm.

Source: The Guardian November 24, 2016 05:00 UTC