Research and lessons
We commission and support research and science-based reports to support policy discussions and the adoption of new models, tools and solutions by business and industry. We are also committed to share lessons based on active and past partnerships.
Supporting systems change in the apparel industry
- Lesson notes
- April 2021
Boosting Brazil’s fight against slave labour
- Lesson notes
- April 2021
Core grants: the long and winding road to transformative funding
- Research
- April 2021
Core support grants have an enormous potential to strengthen partners and leverage grantmaking effectiveness, representing a cornerstone of trust-based philanthropy. In the report ‘Core grants: the long and winding road to transformative funding’, jointly developed with INTRAC, we evaluated lessons learned and interviewed funders such as MAVA as grantees and civil society thought leaders to explore the challenges preventing wider adoption of this funding mechanism.
Making data on fashion industry chemicals more accessible
- Lesson notes
- January 2021
Overall Effectiveness Evaluation of C&A Foundation
- Lesson notes
- December 2020
There is no quick fix when it comes to gender-based violence
- Lesson notes
- December 2020
Transparency Assessment: Examining the transparency journey for the Bangladesh apparel sector
- Research
- November 2020
A Laudes-commissioned study into transparency in the apparel industry in Bangladesh reveals that while local and global initiatives are making progress, brands, manufacturers and workers are facing significant barriers to achieving more transparency in their sectors.
Where are we in the fight to save our forests?
- Lesson notes
- November 2020
Fighting the Sumangali scheme
- Lesson notes
- November 2020
Multi-targeted approach helps to reduce forced labour
- Lesson notes
- October 2020
Research, Advocacy and Action to Combat Gender-Based Violence in the Apparel Sector
- Lesson notes
- August 2020
Fighting Forced Labour through journalism
- Lesson notes
- August 2020