This report has been prepared under the aegis of CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD) in partnership with Sedex. It demonstrates, through concrete evidence, the macro and micro-level challenges faced by organisations in pursuit of making supply chains responsible and sustainable.
Against the backdrop of black swan events like the COVID-19 pandemic and the visionary narrative of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the assessment studies undertaken by Sedex and CESD examine key sustainability risks in India which include informal working contracts, lack of health & safety measures, overtime, unfair wages, forced labour, water crisis, waste and pollution.
It was released at the 15th Sustainability Summit: Action Agenda for the Next Decade.