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.

New ICAR & CSIS Report Highlights How the U.S. Can Improve Government Coordination for a More Rights-Based Approach to Supply Chain Transparency.

ICAR is pleased to share our full assessment of the 2024 United States National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct.

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.

In response to the government’s call for stakeholder input, ICAR worked with partners to develop and finalize an extensive list of concrete policy recommendations for the U.S. government to consider in shaping its commitments in the updated NAP.

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.

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.

On June 16, 2021 the Biden administration announced its plans to update and revitalize the 2016 U.S. National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct (RBC). In response, ICAR and several civil society partners issued a joint submission to the Department of State with concrete recommendations regarding the U.S. NAP revision process.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.