Cruel Outcomes: An In-Depth Look at Forced Labor in the Palm Oil Industry with Recommendations for Reform

The report examines how weak corporate governance can increase the vulnerabilities of migrant workers and argues that companies’ response to and management of human trafficking and forced labor should be given the same attention as, for example, corruption, fraud, and money laundering. Liberty Shared staff spent several months interviewing workers and speaking to local experts and organizations to discover the nature and extent of forced labor conditions on palm oil plantations and the culture that sustains them.