Responding to UN Sustainable

Development Goals

IOM-Business Partnerships: Equipping Business, Training Recruiters, Empowering Migrant Workers

Modern Slavery Risks in International Supply

Chains: Why it Matters to Business and How to Act

Tokyo, Japan

17 September 2019

WHAT IS CREST?

CREST is a regional partnership initiative that

aims to realize the potential of business to uphold

the human and labour rights of migrant workers in

their operations and supply chains.

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IOM WORKS WITH ALL ACTORS IN LABOUR SUPPLY CHAINS TO:

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BRANDS

Enhance transparency in international labour supply chains and address risks of exploitation

and modern slavery in overall business operations

EMPLOYERS AND LABOUR RECRUITERS

Build capacity for the implementation of international standards on ethical recruitment and

support services to migrant workers

MIGRANT WORKERS

Increase access to transparent information on employment terms and conditions, ethical

recruitment services, and effective grievance mechanisms

The Challenge

THE CHALLENGE

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GLOBALLY

25 MILLIONPEOPLE IN SITUATIONS OF FORCED LABOUR

The Challenge

THE RISK

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FOR MIGRANT WORKERS,

EXPLOITATION OFTEN BEGINS IN

THEIR HOME COUNTRY WITH

LABOUR RECRUITERS WHO...

IN COUNTRIES OF WORK, MIGRANTS ARE SUBJECT TO...

The Challenge

THE BENEFIT

SAFE AND FAIR MIGRATION BENEFITS…

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WORK AREAS

WE PARTNER WITH COMPANIES COMMITTED TO ELIMINATING MODERN SLAVERY AND PROMOTING ETHICAL RECRUITMENT

ACROSS THE FOLLOWING WORK AREAS:

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PARTNERING WITH CREST

Partnerships can take many different forms

Strategic and practical solutions

Approaches that are tailored to our partners

Supporting systemic and sustainable change

IOM’s global expertise in migration

management and programmes

Project management capacity in various

Asia-Pacific locations

Customized methodologies, tools and

services based on good practice

Opportunities for collective action through

industry-wide multi-stakeholder dialogue

CREST offers:

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SUPPORTING THE INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT INTEGRITY SYSTEM (IRIS)

A global initiative developed by IOM and

integral part of CREST

A standard of ethical recruitment that labour

recruiters can adopt and be certified for

Developed in partnership with a variety of

public and private stakeholders

Promoting the Employer Pays Principle,

transparency in international recruitment and

the rights of migrant workers.

Training on Ethical Recruitment

principles and practice

Preparation for IRIS certification audits

IRIS public register for certified ethical

labour recruiters

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ABOUT CREST

OUR AIM OUR VISION FOUNDATION COLLABORATION

Businesses respect

the human and

labour rights of

women and men

migrant workers in

Asia

Ethical Recruitment

for all migrant

workers, eradication

of fees, transparency

and remedy, gender

equality and

sustainability

•UN Guiding Principles

on Business and

Human Rights

•Dhaka Principles for

Migration with Dignity

•OECD Guidelines for

Multinational

Enterprises

Supporting multi-

stakeholder initiatives

and international

collaboration with

governments, civil

society, and migrant

communities

PARTNERSHIPS: EXAMPLES

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AND OTHERS…

COLLABORATION

“When all companies start inquiring about ethical recruitment, the market will slowly

have to change”

AJDA CEVC Sustainability Policy and Engagement

Development Leader, IKEA 11

COLLABORATION

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CONTACT CREST

FOCAL POINTS

CONTACT POINTS

CREST is represented across the Asia-Pacific region with

locally based IOM teams who are available to respond to

any enquiries and support the initiation of partnerships.

Responding to UN Sustainable

Development Goals

THANK YOU!

CREST Initiative Regional Project Management

IOM Ho Chi Minh Sub-office

iom_crest@iom.int

1B Pham Ngoc Thach, District 1, Ben Nghe Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

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