Corporate Compliance with the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act: 1 Anti-Slavery Performance in 2016 Copyright © Development International 2017 When citing this publication please use the following information: Authors: Chris N. Bayer and Jesse H. Hudson Title: Corporate Compliance with the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act: Anti-Slavery Performance in 2016 Version: First Edition Date published: March 7, 2017 The views expressed in this report are solely those of the authors. Furthermore, the information contained in this document should not be construed as legal advice. In case of questions please contact: Chris N. Bayer, PhD at <
[email protected]>. Funded by: iPoint-systems gmbh www.ipoint-systems.com Corporate Compliance with the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act: 2 Anti-Slavery Performance in 2016 Foreword “With every dollar that we spend, we vote for the world we want.” – Diane Osgood, Economist and expert on social impact economics As UN Goodwill Ambassador against trafficking and slavery in 2005, my first trip was to visit Lake Volta in Ghana – the second largest man-made lake in the world. When children’s dead bodies began washing up on the lake’s shores, locals raised alarm and took action. I met with them, and with children who’d been bought, sold, beaten, famished, raped, abused and forced to dive in fear of their lives, to catch fish larger than their arm-span, and disentangle nets caught on the branches of trees that no one bothered to clear from the lake. And as I walked away, I uneasily asked if the fish was ever sold in Europe.