Resources

For more information about the movement to end forced labor in the building materials supply chain, explore relevant resources below.

Design for Freedom Resources

Report

Ethical Supply Chain Workshop Insights

co-hosted with Turner and US State Dept. Bureau
of Overseas Buildings Operations on 11/4/23

Additional Resources

Report

Building Materials and the Climate: Constructing a New Future

The UN Environment Program and the Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture

Report

Profits and Poverty: The Economics of Forced Labour



The International Labour Organization

Report

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

Report

Overexposed: Uyghur Region Exposure Assessment for Solar Industry Sourcing

The Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Sheffield Hallam University

Statistics

Global Slavery Index

Walk Free

Statistics

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Statistics

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Tool

Responsible Sourcing Tool

Verité and the U.S. Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons