1、2025 Supply Chain ESG Risk OutlookLabour and environmental issues at the forefront of ESG risks threatening ethical sourcing November 2024LRQA|2025 Supply Chain ESG Risk Outlook|Page 2ContentsExecutive summary 03 Methodology 04 Global risk landscape 05 Country watchlist:identifying emerging risks 07
2、 Australia 08 Bangladesh 10 Mexico 12 United States 13 Product watchlist:monitoring ESG issues in goods production 15 Key index updates 18 Forced labour risk 19 Foreign migrant worker risk 21 Child labour risk 22 Working hours risk 23 Transparency risk 25 Health and safety risk 26 Defying the due di
3、ligence gap ahead of 2025 27 EiQ overview 28 LRQA|2025 Supply Chain ESG Risk Outlook|Page 3Going into 2025,more than half of supply chain sourcing regions assessed by EiQ,LRQAs supply chain intelligence software,are at high or extreme risk for overall Environmental,Social and Governance(ESG)violatio
4、ns.This stark reality,combined with a clear gap in preparedness from businesses and their Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence(HREDD),indicates there is an urgent need for companies to transform their risk management approaches.One of the biggest challenges for businesses is a lack of visibi
5、lity.Due to the complexity of global supply chains and data challenges,critical issues such as forced labour,child labour,poor health and safety conditions for workers,as well as the impacts of climate change,often go undetected throughout the operations of the worlds most impactful brands and retai
6、lers.Workers lives are at risk,and no region is immune to the ESG violations that plague global supply chains and threaten ethical sourcing.In the era of Assurance 4.0,the new era of risk management,businesses must scrutinise their current approaches.This 2025 Supply Chain ESG Risk Outlook report ai