It’s been 20 years since passage of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. Yet public awareness of human trafficking in global supply chains remains shockingly deficient.

The situation was simple and understood by all local parties: Shipment must be re-sent, cargo was stolen. While this was apparently a common occurrence in that particular country, the nonchalant attitude toward serious cargo theft raised my eyebrows.

Manufacturers today face increasingly complex challenges, from economic instability to compliance pressures and heightened global competition.

What’s to be learned from 100,000 assessments of sustainability in global procurement?