For 15 years, The Centre for Child Rights and Business has helped companies understand and address their impact on children and families in global supply chains. With programmes across more than 30 countries and multiple sectors, we bring deep, practical expertise in responsible supply chain management, child labour prevention and remediation, family-friendly workplaces, youth support and human rights due diligence (HRDD).

We’ve worked with nearly 1400 buyers and suppliers worldwide, giving us a rare, on-the-ground understanding of what both businesses and communities need to create sustainable change.

Today, as regulations tighten and expectations for ethical sourcing rise, we’re building on that experience through The Centre Learning Lab – an open-access training series designed to equip individuals and teams with the skills to identify, mitigate and prevent child labour risks, and to meet HRDD requirements with confidence.

Each session is expert-led, live and highly practical, drawing directly from our work managing 1,200+ child labour cases, advising 200+ companies on corporate child rights policies, supporting over 600 buyers and suppliers in creating family-friendly workplaces, and conducting over 200 risk assessments across supply chain tiers. Learning Lab sessions translate complex frameworks and regulations into clear, actionable steps that can be applied immediately.

Our 2026 Learning Lab sessions focus on:

• Building staff capacity and knowledge on child labour prevention through training adapted to different levels of expertise and specialisation across the company

• Equipping suppliers with the tools to reduce child labour risks, strengthen management systems, and meet both regulatory and buyer expectations.

• Enable suppliers to demonstrate compliance, reduce business risk, and build stronger, more trusted partnerships with brand customers.

Why Learn with The Centre?

• Expert-led and practical: Each course is built on real case experience from across global supply chains and delivered by our master trainers

• Action-oriented: You’ll leave with tools and methods that can be applied to your business operations and/or sustainability strategy

• Impact-focused: Every session strengthens your organisation’s ability to manage risk, meet buyer and legal expectations, and improve outcomes for workers and communities

• Interactive: Learn in small-group, live online sessions with opportunities for direct exchange with our trainers

• Flexible: Designed for both individuals and teams, the content is tailored for sustainability professionals, supplier representatives, HR, sourcing and compliance staff

Who is the Learning Lab for? 

The Learning Lab offers targeted sessions for both suppliers and brand representatives, with training topics tailored to each group. As the Learning Lab grows, we’ll continue to expand our training topics to meet the evolving needs of both suppliers and buyers around the world. Please see our 2026 schedule below for more details.  

Brands (training delivered in English): 

• Sustainability professionals

• Supplier representatives

• HR, sourcing and compliance staff (training in English) 

• Buyers

• Sourcing managers 

• Product teams

• General brand staff

Suppliers (training in Chinese)

• Factory, farm and supplier management teams

Starting in December, you can secure your place in one of our specialised programmes. See more details below: