50 Million Slaves, Supply Chain Mapping, AI could lead to Extinction
What a wild week of reading - I promise it's not all doom and gloom
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Trending Articles this Week
Company Uses AI to Help Manufacturers Map 'Ethical' Supply Chains, but Warns 'It's Not a Magic Wand
"Social listening is going to become a big, big tool to be able to identify where there might be a hotspot around child labor, forced labor, indentured servitude or some type of exploitation in a supply chain."
How to Clean Up Messy Contracts in 10 Steps
“Enablement materials are key to fast in-house legal services because they help your internal clients self-serve rather than checking everything with you”.
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Global Insights
Shein Faces U.S. Scrutiny Over Forced Labor in China Crackdown
“Shein has faced criticism over poor working conditions at suppliers' factories as well as repeated problems with copyright infringement.”
Tea companies ‘failing to address’ human rights abuses in supply chains
“These well-known brands include Ahmad Tea, Bettys & Taylors, ekaterra, Goodricke, James Finlay, Jenier, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Plus, Ringtons, Starbucks Teavana, Tesco, Tetley, Twinings, Typhoo and Unilever”.
US Urges Meat Companies to Ensure They Don't Use Child Labor
“The Labor Department has reported a 69% increase since 2018 in the number of children being employed illegally in the U.S.”
Phones, Clothes and Timber: How the UK Is Supporting Global Slavery as 50 Million Remain Trapped
“But the latest Global Slavery Index from International human rights organisation Walk Free found more than 50 million people around the world live in modern slavery, exacerbated by warfare, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.”
AI in the News
Artificial Intelligence Could Lead to Extinction, Experts Warn
"Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war" it reads.”
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