(f) — The white sheet
The economy of fear is growing. Welcome to the white sheet.
Fifty million people live in modern slavery today — a number that has risen by ten million in five years. Behind every supplier, every shipment and every spreadsheet is a person who may be trapped. Libera exists to reach that person before the headline does, and to give companies the clarity to act. This is not only about compliance today. It is about the world the next generation will inherit.
50 million
people living in modern slavery on any given day (2021)
ILO / Walk Free / IOM, Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, 202227.6 million
of them in situations of forced labour
ILO / Walk Free / IOM, Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, 2022US$236 bn
annual illegal profits generated from forced labour
ILO, Profits and Poverty: The economics of forced labour, 202486%
of forced labour is imposed in the private economy
ILO / Walk Free / IOM, Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, 2022Why we exist
Compliance is the door. Dignity is the room. The future is the roof.
Modern slavery is one of the fastest-growing human rights crises of our time. It is not a distant horror in hidden factories; it is a structural risk inside ordinary supply chains, and it is getting worse. Libera exists for two reasons that are really one: to reach the person whose passport has been taken, whose wages are withheld, whose movement is controlled — and to give the company on the other end of that chain the tools to see the signal and act before it becomes a scandal, a shipment block, or a tragedy.
We do not believe in choosing between human dignity and business survival. When a worker can speak safely and a company can listen clearly, both are protected. That is the white sheet: a new agreement that the next generation will not inherit an economy built on fear.
It is closer than you think
Forced labour is not only a problem in far-away factories. It sits in warehouses, farms, hotels, construction sites and staffing agencies that feed everyday supply chains.
It is growing, not fading
Global estimates have risen by ten million people in five years. Conflict, climate displacement and economic pressure are pushing more workers into exploitation — and more companies into unknowing complicity.
The law is catching up
CSDDD, the EU Forced Labour Regulation, UFLPA, the UK Modern Slavery Act and national laws now require companies to look, act and document — or face blocked imports and liability.
Workers are the best sensors
A recruitment fee, a withheld passport, a locked door — these signals rarely reach a boardroom. A confidential channel lets the people inside the chain speak without fear.
This is for the next generation
Libera exists so that tomorrow's supply chains are not built on today's silence. When companies and workers see the same truth early, we protect not only people now, but the standard of dignity the next generation will expect.
The ILO indicators
Eleven warning signs we screen against
Source: International Labour Organization. Libera scores suppliers against these indicators combined with country and sector risk data.
The rules are changing
Due diligence is no longer optional.
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
Requires in-scope companies to identify, prevent and mitigate adverse human rights impacts in their own operations and chains of activities.
Read the regulation →Forced Labour Regulation
Prohibits placing on the EU market products made with forced labour, with authorities empowered to investigate and order withdrawal.
Read the regulation →Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
Creates a rebuttable presumption that goods linked to Xinjiang are made with forced labour and barred from import.
Read the regulation →Modern Slavery Act 2015, s.54
Requires larger businesses to publish an annual statement on steps taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.
Read the regulation →Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz
Obliges companies to run risk analyses, preventive measures and a complaints procedure across their supply chains.
Read the regulation →Transparency Act (Åpenhetsloven)
Requires due diligence on fundamental human rights and decent working conditions, plus a public account and a right to information.
Read the regulation →How the movement works
From silence to signal.
Libera is built around a simple idea: the people inside a supply chain see problems first. When they can report safely, and when companies can connect those reports to real risk data, prevention becomes possible.
See the chain
Map every supplier, site and labour provider in one place.
Hear the workers
Give people a safe, confidential channel to report warning signs.
Cluster the signals
Turn isolated reports into patterns that demand investigation.
Fix and document
Escalate, remediate and export an audit trail regulators can follow.
Join the companies rewriting the rules.
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