Reframing Child Labour Due Diligence

For businesses and investors in increasingly regulated and resilience challenged supply chains. A learning paper on moving towards more impactful approaches while mitigating material risks to supply chains and investments. Investors, analysts, and companies today face growing costs and challenges when addressing child labour in supply chains, with current human rights due diligence strategies often failing to mitigate the associated material risks. This paper was developed by Global Child Forum, the Church Investors Group, and FiftyEight. It summarises learning from an investor and company roundtable series exploring how due diligence, ESG data and analyst requirements can be re-framed in ways which will lead to faster and more sustainable actions for the elimination of the worst forms of child labour in supply chains. By engaging in the approaches outlined, investors and companies can better mitigate risk and avoid unintended consequences.

Additional Info

Author(s)
FiftyEight, Global Child Forum, Church Investors Group
Publication Year
2024
Associated Partners
FiftyEight, Global Child Forum, Church Investors Group
Language
English
Publishing Institution Webpage
https://fiftyeight.io
Data Source Classification
Global Report
Research Type
Primary
Research Methodology
Primary - INTERVIEW
Thematic Tags
Political, Conflict, Due Diligence, Traceability, and Transparency, Supply Chains, Social, Child Labor, Human Rights, Supply Chain, Due Diligence
Minerals
Tantalum
Region
Africa
Country
Democratic Republic of Congo
Last Updated
July 9, 2026