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Responding to UN Sustainable
Development Goals
IOM-Business Partnerships: Equipping Business, Training Recruiters, Empowering Migrant Workers
Modern Slavery Risks in International Supply
Chains: Why it Matters to Business and How to Act
Tokyo, Japan
17 September 2019
WHAT IS CREST?
CREST is a regional partnership initiative that
aims to realize the potential of business to uphold
the human and labour rights of migrant workers in
their operations and supply chains.
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IOM WORKS WITH ALL ACTORS IN LABOUR SUPPLY CHAINS TO:
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BRANDS
Enhance transparency in international labour supply chains and address risks of exploitation
and modern slavery in overall business operations
EMPLOYERS AND LABOUR RECRUITERS
Build capacity for the implementation of international standards on ethical recruitment and
support services to migrant workers
MIGRANT WORKERS
Increase access to transparent information on employment terms and conditions, ethical
recruitment services, and effective grievance mechanisms
The Challenge
THE CHALLENGE
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GLOBALLY
25 MILLIONPEOPLE IN SITUATIONS OF FORCED LABOUR
The Challenge
THE RISK
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FOR MIGRANT WORKERS,
EXPLOITATION OFTEN BEGINS IN
THEIR HOME COUNTRY WITH
LABOUR RECRUITERS WHO...
IN COUNTRIES OF WORK, MIGRANTS ARE SUBJECT TO...
The Challenge
THE BENEFIT
SAFE AND FAIR MIGRATION BENEFITS…
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WORK AREAS
WE PARTNER WITH COMPANIES COMMITTED TO ELIMINATING MODERN SLAVERY AND PROMOTING ETHICAL RECRUITMENT
ACROSS THE FOLLOWING WORK AREAS:
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PARTNERING WITH CREST
Partnerships can take many different forms
Strategic and practical solutions
Approaches that are tailored to our partners
Supporting systemic and sustainable change
IOM’s global expertise in migration
management and programmes
Project management capacity in various
Asia-Pacific locations
Customized methodologies, tools and
services based on good practice
Opportunities for collective action through
industry-wide multi-stakeholder dialogue
CREST offers:
KNOW MORE AT WWW.CREST.IOM.INT
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SUPPORTING THE INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT INTEGRITY SYSTEM (IRIS)
A global initiative developed by IOM and
integral part of CREST
A standard of ethical recruitment that labour
recruiters can adopt and be certified for
Developed in partnership with a variety of
public and private stakeholders
Promoting the Employer Pays Principle,
transparency in international recruitment and
the rights of migrant workers.
Training on Ethical Recruitment
principles and practice
Preparation for IRIS certification audits
IRIS public register for certified ethical
labour recruiters
KNOW MORE AT WWW.IRIS.IOM.INT
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ABOUT CREST
OUR AIM OUR VISION FOUNDATION COLLABORATION
Businesses respect
the human and
labour rights of
women and men
migrant workers in
Asia
Ethical Recruitment
for all migrant
workers, eradication
of fees, transparency
and remedy, gender
equality and
sustainability
•UN Guiding Principles
on Business and
Human Rights
•Dhaka Principles for
Migration with Dignity
•OECD Guidelines for
Multinational
Enterprises
Supporting multi-
stakeholder initiatives
and international
collaboration with
governments, civil
society, and migrant
communities
PARTNERSHIPS: EXAMPLES
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AND OTHERS…
COLLABORATION
“When all companies start inquiring about ethical recruitment, the market will slowly
have to change”
AJDA CEVC Sustainability Policy and Engagement
Development Leader, IKEA 11
CONTACT CREST
FOCAL POINTS
CONTACT POINTS
CREST is represented across the Asia-Pacific region with
locally based IOM teams who are available to respond to
any enquiries and support the initiation of partnerships.
Responding to UN Sustainable
Development Goals
THANK YOU!
CREST Initiative Regional Project Management
IOM Ho Chi Minh Sub-office
1B Pham Ngoc Thach, District 1, Ben Nghe Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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