Who it’s for: Auditors, labour inspectors and assessors

Date & Duration: 15:30-18pm CST on Dec. 9, 2026

Format: Live interactive online training

Language: English

Across global supply chains, child labour and forced labour remain significant social compliance risks, and identifying these risks in practice is not always straightforward. Auditors and labour inspectors often work under tight time constraints and cover a wide range of labour and human rights issues, making it easy for important warning signs to be overlooked.

When a case is identified, auditors and labour inspectors are not responsible for remediation — but the way they engage can make a real difference. Good documentation, appropriate engagement and a clear way to trace the case can help ensure it does not simply disappear into a report.

Drawing on more than 15 years of experience addressing child labour risks across global supply chains, this training provides auditors and inspectors with practical approaches to spotting child and forced labour risks within limited audit time, and engaging appropriately when cases are identified to help enable meaningful remediation.

Participants will gain practical guidance on how to identify child labour and forced labour risks and how to engage identified cases to enable meaningful remediation.

Topics include:

a) A Quick Refresher: Understanding child labour and forced labour

• Global context: human rights due diligence legislations

• Definitions and international standards

• Why child and forced labour are among the most critical social compliance risks

b) Spotting child labour and forced labour risks in practice

• Make the most of limited audit time: Where should you look to make sure child labour and forced labour risks don’t get missed?

c) From identification to impact: how auditors’ engagement can make a difference in child and forced labour cases

• General approach and principles for remediation

• Beyond reporting:  How auditors’ engagement can make child and forced labour cases traceable and enable meaningful follow-up 

This training uses a practical and interactive learning approach, combining real case studies, group discussion and practical exercises.

Participants will:

• Work through real-world scenarios that auditors and inspectors may encounter to identify indicators of child labour and forced labour risks

• Learn from The Centre’s on-the-ground experience supporting companies and suppliers to remediate child labour risks in global supply chains

The focus is on applied learning—turning knowledge into practical systems that work in day-to-day operations.

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Refresh and strengthen existing knowledge of child labour and forced labour, including the global context and growing human rights due diligence requirements, key definitions and why child labour and forced labour remain among the most significant social compliance risks in global supply chains. Learn what to prepare before onsite assessment.

• Deepen understanding of approaches to identifying child labour and forced labour cases, including key indicators to look for during audits and site walkthroughs, and how to use limited audit time effectively to ensure that child labour and forced labour risks are not overlooked.

• Build practical knowledge of best practices for remediating child labour and forced labour cases, including how auditors and inspectors’ engagement beyond reporting can help make cases traceable and enable meaningful follow-up.

These topics will be explored and applied through practical case studies.

This session is part of The Centre Learning Lab, offering practical online training built on real supply chain experience.

Spaces are limited to ensure interactive learning.

Register now to secure your place.