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
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Design for Freedom Report
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Design for Freedom Toolkit
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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
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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
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Overexposed: Uyghur Region Exposure Assessment for Solar Industry Sourcing
The Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Sheffield Hallam University
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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