ICAR Launches DefendILAB.com as central advocacy hub for Critical International Labor Rights Programs
ICAR launches DefendILAB.com, an online clearinghouse for information about the impact of the Trump Administration’s attacks on The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) and its programs to advance strong labor standards and fair working conditions worldwide. It will also serve as an advocacy hub to fight back.
ICAR & CSIS Launch New Report: “Streamlining Government Coordination for Rights-Conscious Supply Chains”
New ICAR & CSIS Report Highlights How the U.S. Can Improve Government Coordination for a More Rights-Based Approach to Supply Chain Transparency.
ICAR Releases Assessment of the 2024 U.S. National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct
ICAR is pleased to share our full assessment of the 2024 United States National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct.
ICAR Launches "Building a Rights-based Economy: A Corporate Accountability Agenda"
The Corporate Accountability Agenda is a document that aims to bring together the interconnected lines of work taking place across the corporate accountability movement into a unified narrative that addresses the need to both dismantle systems of corporate power and enact legal safeguards against abuse.
**FIX** Storytelling Campaign highlights the value of Accountability in preventing human rights abuses in US supply chains
ICAR today launches a storytelling project centering the voices of victims of human rights abuses in global supply chains. These stories highlight the importance of legislation that holds corporations accountable for their value chains.
New Report on IUU Fishing Finds Conservation Tools Crucial in the Fight Against Forced Labor in Seafood Industry
A new report by the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR) and Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) finds that leveraging existing conservation tools to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing increases the U.S. government’s ability to stop goods produced by forced labor from entering our ports.
Augmented Reality Art to Cover Smithsonian American History Museum with X Marks from Broken Treaties
As part of ICAR’s Capitol, Inc. Campaign, four new augmented reality art pieces will be unveiled today on iconic Washington landmarks including the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, highlighting corporate and government abuse of people and the planet.
Workers Suffer While Fashion Brands’ Profits Return
200 rights organizations demand brands fix their broken industry by respecting labour rights and putting the money on the table to ensure workers can feed their families. For only ten cents more per t-shirt, companies like Amazon, Nike, and Next can make sure workers survive the pandemic.
Accountability Organizations Call on Governments, Businesses, and Investors to Respond to Covid-19 Environmental and Human Rights Risks
The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), along with over 30 partner organizations, released joint statements today calling on governments, businesses, and investors to respond to Covid-19 related challenges consistent with their environmental and human rights obligations and responsibilities.
Surge in Garment Industry Transparency: Laws Needed to Ensure Companies Adopt Human Rights Practices
ICAR is pleased to announce the publication of "Fashion’s Next Trend: Accelerating Supply Chain Transparency in the Garment and Footwear Industry," the second report from the Transparency Pledge coalition. Building on the coalition’s previous efforts, this report takes stock of supply chain transparency as of late 2019.
ICAR Launches Online Apparel Data Directory to Connect Advocates with Data on Working Conditions in the Apparel Sector
ICAR is pleased to launch ApparelData.org, a free online data directory that connects advocates seeking to transform working conditions in the apparel and footwear industry with publicly accessible data that can make their efforts more effective. Previously only available as an excel sheet, ApparelData.org is a user-friendly, searchable online database.
ICAR welcomes the introduction of the Corporate Human Rights Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Mitigation Act of 2019
(Washington, D.C. | July 11, 2019) — Yesterday, a discussion draft of the Corporate Human Rights Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Mitigation Act of 2019 was introduced, a landmark piece of legislation that would require U.S. companies to provide critical information regarding their human rights risks and impacts to investors and consumers.
ICAR urges securities regulator to develop comprehensive environmental, social, and governance disclosure requirements
Today, ICAR called on the SEC to require companies to disclose environmental, social, and governance information critical for investors to assess and mitigate risks. By mandating these disclosures, the SEC will help investors, fulfill its duty to regulate in the public interest, and bring the US in line with requirements already being implemented in other major markets.
Report Finds Supply Chain Transparency is Good for Business, Urges Companies to Adopt the Transparency Pledge
(Washington D.C. | May 14, 2019) – A new report by the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR) makes the business case for companies to adopt greater supply chain transparency measures, showing that when they do, businesses enjoy better reputations, greater operational efficiency, improved legal compliance, and increased access to capital.
New Report Finds Modern Slavery Reporting Laws and Practices Don’t Go Far Enough to Protect Workers
(Washington D.C. | March 27, 2019) – A new report by the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR) and Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) finds that modern slavery reporting requirements around the world currently fail to adequately prevent forced labor and human trafficking in global supply chains.
Labor and Human Rights Groups Urge Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives and Business Associations in the Apparel Sector to Adopt Transparency Requirements
(Washington, D.C. | March 14, 2019) – In response to requests from trade unions, and other independent labor rights and human rights organizations, on February 27 the Fair Labor Association (FLA) voted to require its company affiliates to publicly disclose their supplier lists.
Launch of “Good Business: The Economic Case for Protecting Human Rights”
(Washington D.C. | December 18, 2018) - ICAR, Frank Bold, and the Business and Human Rights Young Researchers Summit are pleased to announce the publication of a new report that explores evidence based economic arguments for companies to promote human rights.