Didier Bergeret, Director, Sustainability, The Consumer Goods Forum, said, “Collective action is the only way we will be able to push the global needle away from forced labour and towards responsible recruitment and employment. With our new Coalitions of Action, we are accelerating and aligning our members’ existing efforts to drive real change at scale together with expert organisations on the ground. After a year of collaboration to develop our HRDD Framework, with the support of FLA and IOM, I am confident our members will be able to implement meaningful actions in their businesses and supply chains and together use their collective voice to lead the discussion as we work to bring an end to forced labour.”

Sharon Waxman, CEO and President, Fair Labor Association, said, “We welcome this opportunity to deepen our engagement with the CGF Human Rights Coalition and the International Organization for Migration. Through this partnership, we will work to identify, address, and prevent  the most pressing labor issues in supply chains using human rights due diligence practices. I have every expectation that this five-year collaboration will be a source of knowledge, inspiration, and a model to bring social sustainability actions to scale.”

Welcoming the MoU, Dr. Nenette Motus, IOM Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific said, “Engagement and leadership from businesses is a critical element in helping transform international supply chains from those that exploit migrant workers to those that empower them. Joint collaboration with a uniquely positioned inter-governmental organisation such as IOM also signals a strong willingness for a public-private advocacy to promote ethical recruitment and fair working conditions among workers globally. We are looking forward to working closely with the members of the Human Rights Coalition – Working to End Forced Labour to help advance this goal in two critical geographies where the power of consumer goods companies can be truly leveraged for positive change.”