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Change or Groundhog Day? What new research tells us about what works in global labor governance

2024 GLI Conference Highlights

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Higher Ground? Fashion’s Climate Breakdown

Impacts of climate change on global apparel production

In partnership with Schroders, we report the impacts of climate change on global apparel production. In our first report, we track climate change impacts at the global, national, and factory levels. We map fashion's climate vulnerabilities across production centers, and estimate future economic damages from extreme heat and flooding. Our second report examines company-level climate risk, cost, and financing for adaption and just resilience.

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Knowing and Showing: Using Cornell GLI’s Labor Outcome Metrics for Due Diligence

Join us online for the launch of Cornell GLI’s Labor Outcomes Metrics, a new set of 25 quantitative measures to allow regulators, firms, unions and the rest of us to score, track and compare impacts over time.

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Knowing and Showing: Using Cornell GLI’s Labor Outcome Metrics for Due Diligence

Event: Higher Ground? Fashion's Climate Breakdown and its Effect for Workers by the Global Labor Institute and Schroders - Organized by Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Please join us at Columbia Threadneedle Investments in London for a presentation on the Higher Ground? reports by the Global Labor Institute and Schroders. Angus Bauer (Schroders) will be joined by Jason Judd (Global Labor Institute) to present the paper, followed by a panel discussion with expert reactions.
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Event: Higher Ground? Fashion's Climate Breakdown and its Effect for Workers by the Global Labor Institute and Schroders - Organized by Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Inside The Factory

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Sarosh Kuruvilla featured in the Articles of Interest Podcast. On the ten year anniversary of a horrible manufacturing disaster- a look at what has changed, what hasn’t, and the massive secret industry behind it all.
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Inside The Factory

Towards Freedom at Sea

Handbook for the detection of forced labour in commercial fishing.
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Towards Freedom at Sea

Global Labor Institute Conference 2024

Will global labor’s spring arrive early, or are we destined for more of the same? The Global Labor Insitute’s 2024 Conference takes place Feb. 2, 2024 - Groundhog Day - in New York City. 
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Global Labor Institute Conference 2024

Higher Ground? In the News

See highlights of coverage for the Higher Ground? reports authored by the Global Labor Institute and Schroders.
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Higher Ground? In the News

SDG Insider: Bridging corporate reporting and the sustainability agenda

In an ever-evolving labour landscape, how can businesses ensure they respect the rights and prioritise the well-being of their workforce?
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SDG Insider: Bridging corporate reporting and the sustainability agenda

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