Today’s supply chains extend far beyond factory walls, encompassing homeworkers, artisans, waste-pickers, and small‑workshop makers in often informal and decentralized settings. This session draws on insights from Nest’s pioneering Ethical Handcraft program to show how brands can drive transparency that uplifts supply chain workers, ensures their social well-being, and expands economic opportunity. Explore how mapping hidden homes and workshops demystifies labor practices, how written policies and record-keeping empower remote workers, and how ethical certification seals strengthen brand trust. Featuring first-hand perspectives from program participants and brand partners like Target, Patagonia, and Tory Burch, you’ll uncover practical pathways to build inclusive, resilient supply networks that benefit people and profit alike.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Lead your brand in enhancing social well-being through formal protections, including health and safety, anti‑child labor, fair compensation, and worker grievance mechanisms—and how certification can drive real change.
2. Learn how to map and illuminate decentralized supply chains.
3. Understand why the vast majority of ethical handcraft participants now maintain written policies and full supply chain maps—even for artisan homeworkers—and how this builds accountability and oversight.