Challenges Associated with Factories

• 81 % of auditors think the factory management’ s lack of awareness or commitment is the main challenge for securing factory cooperation during child labor remediation

As seen in Figure 16, nearly 1 in 3 auditors think that factories’ failure in following up is a common challenge associated with child labor remediation. Our interviews with auditors from various countries also confirm this result:

“ Our whole industry lacks a follow-up procedure. I think it is due to the fact that once the factory regains cooperation with the brands, it is over for them. To us, if the factory has paid all related expenses, it is a closed case and we will not follow up to see whether the child has gone to another factory.”- An auditor from China.

The vast majority of auditors in all countries believe that the factory management’ s lack of awareness or commitment is the main challenge for securing factory cooperation during child labor remediation( Figure 18). Particularly in China, auditors think that the brands’ leverage within the factories is limited, with 67 % of auditors in China saying that brands only have limited business impact on the factory.

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