Fair labor & sourcing

Fair wages, unions, and no sweatshops.

Company actions

8 actions

What the business itself does.

  1. Faces worker-protection enforcement action or allegations Catalog definition — not a live check A labour agency, court, inspectorate, or substantiated investigation identifies the company as the subject of an unresolved worker-protection matter — a filed suit, citation under appeal, opened investigation, or documented allegation about wages, hours, safety, or classification.
  2. Has an injury rate worse than its industry Catalog definition — not a live check A measured workplace injury or illness rate for the company's own operations is compared against the industry benchmark for the same work, and the company's rate is worse.
  3. Is penalized for worker-protection violations Certified live check A regulator or court penalizes or orders the company to remedy a documented wage, workplace-safety, leave, or retaliation violation.
  4. Lacks meaningful forced-labor supply-chain checks Catalog definition — not a live check A regulator, legislative investigation, court, or independent audit documents that the company lacks meaningful controls to identify and prevent forced labor in a material supply chain.
  5. Opposes employee unionization Certified live check The company takes a documented action intended to prevent or defeat employee unionization.
  6. Recognizes or supports employee unionization Catalog definition — not a live check The company voluntarily recognizes, bargains with, or materially supports an employee union.
  7. Reduces measured workplace injury rates Catalog definition — not a live check The company reports a completed, measured reduction in recordable or lost-time workplace injury rates for a defined workforce.
  8. Uses forced, child, or sweatshop labor Catalog definition — not a live check A company operation or supply chain is found to use forced labor, child labor, or sweatshop conditions.

Leadership actions

5 actions

What its executives, founders and board do.

  1. Leader enters or enforces an inter-employer no-poach agreement Catalog definition — not a live check A named executive, director, or founder personally proposes and secures, enters, approves, or enforces an inter-employer no-poach, non-solicitation, or wage-fixing agreement that restricts worker mobility or compensation.
  2. Leader orders a mass layoff Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader personally announces, orders, or accepts responsibility for a workforce reduction affecting at least 100 people or 5 percent of the organization.
  3. Leader personally directs an anti-union campaign Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader personally directs, authorizes, or fronts a campaign against employees organizing, including anti-union messaging, coercive meetings, threats, retaliation, or documented obstruction.
  4. Leader raises frontline worker pay Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader personally announces, authorizes, or publicly backs a material base-pay increase for frontline, store, distribution, transport, or other hourly workers.
  5. Leader recognises or supports employees organising Catalog definition — not a live check A named leader voluntarily recognizes a union, signs or announces a labor-neutrality agreement, or publicly supports employees organizing at the leader's organization.