The three-part series on “Forced Labor in Supply Chains,” stemming from the Design for Freedom initiative, aims to shed light on the social inequalities caused by forced labor in our building material supply chain and actions that we can take in our own practice. The series examines our responsibility as planners and designers in choosing ethically sourced materials for our built environment.
In “Forced Labor in Supply Chains: Examples of a Humanely Built Environment,” we will hear from architects who are in different phases of realizing Design for Freedom Pilot Projects. Both presenters are members of the 100-person Design for Freedom Working Group leading the movement to eradicate forced labor in the building materials supply chain. The goal is to gain valuable insights into the challenges and successes they encountered in the process of designing and building with ethically sourced materials, so that other practitioners on their own journey towards forced-labor free supply chains can learn from them.
See the first event in the series, “Forced Labor in Supply Chains: Its Prevalence & the Design for Freedom Movement,” here.
