Supply Chain Accountability

A key component of ethical sourcing is ensuring the health and safety of each worker in the supply chain. Ethical sourcing is an integral component of good governance. Today, this is a necessity and no longer a 'nice to have'.

India is a global sourcing hub thanks to factors like the availability of raw material and skills, labour arbitrage, vendor network and cost effective quality output. Unfortunately, India has been identified as a high-risk country for human rights violations. If you source from India, you should be aware that your supply chain may be subject to critical risks.

While regulatory measures have been initiated by the government over the years to mitigate violations, the scale of the Indian labour market is so vast that these measures take time to show their full impact. The latest regulatory proposal - the newly formulated labour codes, are aimed at further simplifying, modernizing and consolidating numerous overlapping laws to protect workers'