Our focus
We leverage our networks and data intelligence to encourage responsible business practices that support more equitable economies. We work with businesses, investors, lawyers, civil society organisations and journalists to build understanding of how business decisions affect lives and livelihoods. Our work addresses issues from labour rights to the just transition to a greener economy.
Through our Workforce Disclosure Initiative (WDI), we are improving data and transparency on how businesses impact people in their operations and supply chains by engaging corporations and the investor community.
Our activities include discussion events, data-driven briefings, training for businesses, cross-sector working groups, and our annual Trust Conference. Our approach is grounded in our mission to strengthen free, fair and informed societies that leave no one behind.
By combining our data with our global expertise in journalism and the law, we promote responsible practices across sectors, helping to shape economies that balance people and profit.
Our Objectives
Strengthen Workforce Data Intelligence
To enable companies to meet the latest social performance standards on workforce issues, and to provide investors with data that can inform decision making.
Promote Responsible Business Practices
By encouraging collaboration and information-sharing between the private sector, media, legal practitioners and civil society.
Our Impact
Workers
Workers directly employed by companies responding to the Workforce Disclosure Initiative survey in 2024.
More data
Businesses that disclose via the Workforce Disclosure Initiative voluntarily share nearly three times more data about how they manage people in their operations than those that do not.
White paper views
From 2020-21 we convened a working group and published a white paper to support investors to measure the impact that businesses have on people and communities. This work been viewed or downloaded nearly 8,000 times since its release in 2021.
The Thomson Reuters Foundation has been an invaluable partner, expertly facilitating crucial and complex discussions on labour rights and remediation. Their role in convening diverse stakeholders is critical in a field that requires a truly multi-stakeholder approach.
Participating in the training [offered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation] expanded my horizon on tools and strategies to identify, assess, and address human rights risks within our operations and supply chains…This is an invaluable resource for others, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to make a meaningful impact in their organisations and communities.
The multistakeholder dialogue event hosted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation [in Bangladesh] is a wonderful example of how to create awareness, build consensus and create an environment of trust and open dialogue between relevant stakeholders. ETI Bangladesh, as one of the co-hosts for the event, has been enriched from the experience.
We have been engaging with the Thomson Reuters Foundation for the past several years on topics related to human rights due diligence in supply chains. The team is knowledgeable, reliable and most importantly, collaborative and practical in their approach in working with upstream suppliers like TatWin.
Resources
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Workforce Disclosure in 2023: trends and insights
Whilst the number of responding companies continues to be stable, for the first time in 2023 companies were asked to disclose their plans for their workforce around a Just Transition and the growth of AI/automation.
Amplifying the “S” in ESG: Investor Myth Buster
This white paper was produced to help further the momentum for both improving an understanding of the “S” issues and a wider adoption of social criteria in investment strategies.
Gender Pay Gap Reporting: A Comparative Analysis
UN figures estimate that globally, women earn on average 77 cents for every dollar that men earn – for work of equal value. This report examines laws governing gender pay gap reporting in Australia, Austria,…
Our partners
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Collaboration is essential to strengthen and scale responsible business practices. We are interested to hear from partners who share our mission to advance fairer economies.
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