Investment
Michael Goldhaber
REPORT: Making ESG Real: A Return to ...

Our latest report, “Making ESG Real: A Return to Values-Driven Investing,” explains the historical wrong turn taken by ESG investors, and proposes ways to re-prioritize the protection of the environment and society.

REPORT: Making ESG Real: A Return to Values-Driven Investing
Technology
Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat
REPORT: Reality Check: How to Protect Human ...

Our latest report, “Reality Check: How to Protect Human Rights in the 3D Immersive Web,” explains the risks to privacy and safety exacerbated by immersive technologies and recommends steps tech companies and the government can take to minimize those risks.

REPORT: Reality Check: How to Protect Human Rights in the 3D Immersive Web
Technology
Paul M. Barrett and Justin Hendrix
REPORT: Safeguarding AI: Addressing the Risks ...

Our latest report, Safeguarding AI: Addressing the Risks of Generative Artificial Intelligence, identifies he risks related to generative AI and recommends steps tech companies and the government can take to minimize those risks.

REPORT: Safeguarding AI: Addressing the Risks of Generative Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat
REPORT: Gaming the System: How Extremists ...

Our latest report, Gaming The System: How Extremists Exploit Gaming Sites And What Can Be Done To Counter Them, describes how extremist actors are exploiting online gaming sites to disseminate violent ideologies, network with like-minded people, and perpetrate real-world harm. The report recommends concrete steps the gaming and gaming-adjacent industries should take to counter such exploitation and avoid serious harm to users and society.

REPORT: Gaming the System: How Extremists Exploit Gaming Sites And What Can Be Done About It
Manufacturing
Natasja Sheriff Wells & Chana Rosenthal
REPORT: A BROKEN PARTNERSHIP: HOW CLOTHING ...

Our latest report on global supply chains and manufacturing coincides with the tenth anniversary of the tragic Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh in 2013. In the decade since Rana Plaza, garment factory safety in Bangladesh has improved. But global apparel brands and retailers continue to put exploitative economic pressure on factory owners.

REPORT: A BROKEN PARTNERSHIP: HOW CLOTHING BRANDS EXPLOIT SUPPLIERS AND HARM WORKERS – AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT

Shared Responsibility

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REPORT: Five Years After Rana Plaza: The Way Forward

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REPORT: Five Years After Rana Plaza: The Way Forward

The Center’s report on factory safety in Bangladesh, Five Years After Rana Plaza: The Way Forward, finds that efforts by Western brands and retailers have resulted in safer factories but thousands of additional facilities still require remediation. 

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U.S. $1.2 Billion to Cost to Complete Bangladesh Factory Remediation

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U.S. $1.2 Billion to Cost to Complete Bangladesh Factory Remediation

Just-style quotes our report on the Bangladesh garment industry, which details the remaining cost of remediating poor conditions in factories.

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Remediation of Left-Out RMG Factories to Cost $1.2b

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Remediation of Left-Out RMG Factories to Cost $1.2b

Our report on Bangladeshi factories is quoted in a Financial Express article that focuses on the economic and policy changes needed in order to create a safer environment for workers.

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Center Report Finds Migrant Workers Bear the Cost Burden of Their Own Recruitment

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Center Report Finds Migrant Workers Bear the Cost Burden of Their Own Recruitment

A new study from the Center finds that construction companies operating in the Arabian Gulf are able to recruit millions of low-wage migrant workers without incurring the costs of the recruitment process. Instead, in this highly irregular system, most workers themselves are paying for their own recruitment – and much more – before they depart their home countries.

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Making Progress: Human Rights as An Essential Element of Sustainable Business

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Making Progress: Human Rights as An Essential Element of Sustainable Business

Mike Posner delivered the Annual Human Rights Lecture entitled, “Making Progress: Human Rights as An Essential Element of Sustainable Business" at the Australian Human Rights Centre at the University of New South Wales.

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Bangladesh Still Needs Essential Reforms to Fix Factories

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Bangladesh Still Needs Essential Reforms to Fix Factories

Taking stock of what changes have been implemented since the Rana Plaza factory collapse three years ago, Sarah Labowitz advocates for more financial support from stakeholders to improve factory safety in Bangladesh.

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Three years after Rana Plaza – Is Bangladesh’s garment sector now safe and sustainable?

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Three years after Rana Plaza – Is Bangladesh’s garment sector now safe and sustainable?

As the third anniversary of Rana Plaza approaches the time is ripe to assess what has been achieved in Bangladesh and what issues still need to be addressed to reach the declared objective of a safe and sustainable garment sector.

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Factory safety and labor protections; the difference between the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire and Rana Plaza

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Factory safety and labor protections; the difference between the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire and Rana Plaza

On the anniversary of the Triangle factory fire, it’s important to remember that tragedy doesn’t always yield opportunity. In a globally integrated economy, we can’t rely on poorly resourced governments to undertake similar transitions toward greater oversight and greater value on their own. 

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Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg: Bangladesh's Forgotten Apparel Workers

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Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg: Bangladesh's Forgotten Apparel Workers

In December 2015, the Center published an interactive map showing Bangladesh's 7,000 garment factories. This number is almost double prior estimates, shining a light on the scale of sub-contracting in global fashion supply chains. The map and accompanying report, Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg: Bangladesh's Forgotten Apparel Workers, were the result of a year-long study in which the Center systematically examined official records and conducted a survey of almost 500 factories