Design for Freedom Resources
For more information about the movement to end forced labor in the building materials supply chain, explore relevant resources below.
Our Resources
Design for Freedom Report
Design for Freedom Toolkit
Ethical Supply Chain Workshop Insights
co-hosted with Turner and US State Dept. Bureau
of Overseas Buildings Operations on 11/4/23
Industry Resource Highlights
Built on Repression: PVC Building Materials’ Reliance on Labor and Environmental Abuses in the Uyghur Region
The Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Sheffield Hallam University and Material Research L3C
Overexposed: Uyghur Region Exposure Assessment for Solar Industry Sourcing
The Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Sheffield Hallam University
Building Materials and the Climate: Constructing a New Future
The UN Environment Program and the Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture
Additional Resources
Reports
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation | An Innovation pathway to decarbonization: Circular economy solutions for policymakers and industry in the U.S.
- Finance Against Slavery and Tracking | Accelerating Change: The Potential of Capital Market Actors in Addressing Modern Slavery
- The International Labour Organization | Profits and poverty: The economics of forced labour
Tools
- Verité and the U.S. Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons | Responsible Sourcing Tool
Statistics
- Walk Free | Global Slavery Index
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
Further Reading
- International Living Future Institute | The Regenerative Materials Movement: Dispatches from Practitioners, Researchers, and Advocates
