Labor Safe ScreenA program to help eliminate human trafficking and labor abuse from seafood supply chains

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May 28 2014

HELP TO IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS IN VULNERABLE PLACES

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• Trafficking and labor abuse is a global problem not a seafood problem

• Seafood: consumer awareness of the issues is increasing rapidly due to media, NGO and US State Department rankings for Thailand

• Greater Mekong area: trafficking and severe labor abuses are documented to occur commonly due to heavy reliance on undocumented migrant workers

• Both wild-catch and farmed products affected

• Companies committed to CSR will need to show due diligence in trafficking and labor abuse issues in supply chains

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OVERVIEW

There are major labour issues at the front end of some supply chains, where accountability may be very limited.

THE ISSUESAt-sea• Migrant labour may not hold legal ID, or

properly registered work permits, or fake documents

• Labour may be sourced from unscrupulous brokers

• Vessels that have a background of illegal activities/worker abuse operate in some areas

On-shore• Peeling and processing sheds may use under-

age and otherwise vulnerable workers, and force them to work in bondage conditions, particularly if their migration status is unstable

• accountability in the front-end of seafood supply chains can be very limited by lack of traceability

Currently - verification of any level of compliance with standards, laws and agreed

practice is very difficult,right across the sector.

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WORKING CONDITIONS IN FISHING AND SEAFOODARE CHALLENGING AND DESERVE RESPECT.

Supply chains can be cleaned up by improving conditionsin the most vulnerable places for the most vulnerable people.

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In some parts of the world, seafood working conditions need attention and improvement, particularly on fishing boats in fishing fleets that are operating outside of the law,

as well as in the informal market sector around ports.

Adapted for seafood from the UN indicators of human traffi cking

The goal isto improveworkingconditions at the worstend of thespectrum oflaborabuse.

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Without uniform global standards,the fi rst step to improving conditions is reaching agreement on absolutely unacceptable conditions.

At sea

In port

Processing

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Establishing a baseline of minimum acceptable conditions is the second step.

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The Labor Safe Screen is a diagnostic tool for seafood companies to use to el iminate r isks from their supply

chains by pinpointing where working conditions need to improve.

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2014 Pilot for Thai seafood:

To find out where labour is most at risk and howworking conditions can be improved in those places.

2013/4 empirical research in the seafood sector and network building in the anti-trafficking community to learn where labour exploitation and abuse occur and how working conditions need to improve.

When complete, participating companies will:

-Learn which suppliers can most affect positive change.

-Improve working conditions in vulnerable places.

-Ultimately be in a position to verify that labor is safe throughout the supply chain.

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ACTIVITIES

Bringing social

sustainability into

the business

model

OUR NEXT STEPS--After software

is piloted, move todelivery of support to businesses that wish

to assess, improve& verify safe labour

practices:

1. Risk assessment for business

2. Advice for mitigation

3. Recommendations for improvement

4. Independent auditing Labour Safe Screen TM

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