Resources on Corporate Social Responsibility and child labour
2021
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Publication
Supplier guidance on preventing, identifying and addressing child labour
17 May 2021
This document provides practical guidance for factories and other production sites to prevent child labour through effective age verification and the protection of young workers, and to effectively respond to it if it does occur.
2019
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Reduce child labour and improve working conditions in artisanal and small-scale gold mining
Child labour in mining and global supply chains
23 September 2019
Child labour in mining is most commonly found in artisanal and small-scale mines (ASM). Even if produced in small quantities at a mine site, cumulatively, the quantity of minerals coming from ASM is significant: ASM accounts for about 20 per cent of global gold supply, 80 per cent of global sapphire supply and 20 per cent of global diamond supply, 26 per cent of global tantalum production and 25 per cent of tin. It is also a major source of employment: some 40 million people work in ASM — a number that has doubled in recent years — as compared with 7 million in industrial mining.
2017
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Report
Child labour in the primary production of sugarcane
29 September 2017
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Publication
Child labour in cotton - A briefing
26 July 2017
2016
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Instructional material
Action in the West African cocoa supply chain to address child labour
01 June 2016
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Instructional material
Child labour in the fish supply chain on Lake Volta, Ghana: The Torkor model
01 June 2016
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Instructional material
Business collaboration to eliminate child labour
01 June 2016
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Instructional material
South-East Asian seafood industries addressing child labour
01 June 2016
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Publication
Age verification - Protection for unregistered children from child labour
24 May 2016
The focus of this research is on the role of age verification in eliminating child labour. The paper contrasts the duty and means to determine an individual’s age of States against those of private enterprises.
2015
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Guidelines
How to do business with respect for childrens right to be free from child labour: ILO-IOE child labour guidance tool for business
15 December 2015
This Guidelines aims to improve global supply chain governance, due diligence and remediation processes to advance the progressive elimination of child labour