Sustainable Labor Practices in Global Supply Chains
If our goal is supply chain labor relations and business practices that end abusive labor practices, what do private and public regulation systems need to look like in the 21st century?
News and Events
News and Events from the New Conversations Project: Sustainable Labor Practices in Global Supply Chains
NCP Sourcing Journal Series
The New Conversations Project is publishing a limited series in the Sourcing Journal on latest research findings related to private regulation. These pieces are designed to de-code important new academic research for actors in the global supply chain.
Social Dialogue in the 21st Century Project Reports
The Social Dialogue in the 21st Century Project published ten country reports - plus the NCP Synthesis Report - on obstacles to social dialogue in the global garment supply chain.
NCP Workshops and Training Programs
NCP launches live workshops and training programs for various stakeholders in the sustainability eco-system regarding labor standards in global supply chains. These workshops and courses are relevant to global corporations, auditing firms, NGOs, consulting companies, labor unions, and others.
NCP at OECD: Is Social Dialogue Part of Fashion's Post-COVID Cure?
NCP and the Strategic Partnership for Garment Supply Chain Transformation led a session sharing NCP's mapping of social dialogue in response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the 2021 OECD Due Diligence Forum.
NCP Event: How do we fix trade policy to help workers?
What has to change in U.S. trade policy to improve labor practices in global supply chains? Join the Cornell ILR School's New Conversations Project and Sandra Polaski, Senior Research Scholar at Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center, on 19 January 2021.
Webinar: How do we resolve labor disputes under global supply chain agreements?
NCP leads webinar on a new proposal for model arbitration provisions in enforceable brand agreements between labor advocates and global firms.
Katalyst Initiative: Human Rights Due Diligence, Making it Mandatory
New Conversations Project expert publishes article for the European University Institute on the movement to implement mandatory human rights due diligence laws
Special Issue on Labor Regulation in Global Supply Chains in the ILR Review August 2020 issue
ILR Review, August 2020, is a special Issue on Labor Relations in Global Supply Chains
Fair Fashion Think Tank COVID-19 Podcast
NCP Executive Director Jason Judd participates in COVID-19 podcast with the Fair Fashion Think Tank
The Conversation - Why apparel brands' efforts to police their supply chains aren't working
In The Conversation, NCP Executive Director Jason Judd and Academic Director Sarosh Kuruvilla share new research on private regulation in the global apparel trade and the COVID-19 crisis.