“Timely and Tremendously Valuable! The SHDB fills a desperate need for detailed, comprehensive data on a wide range of working conditions that have been identified in both popular media and academic research. It unites historical and current data to allow academics and practitioners to monitor progress and identify areas of concern. Thanks for providing this resource to the global community!"
--Raymond Robertson, Professor of Economics, Macalester College, Analyst/researcher of ILO/IFC's Better Work Program

"I’ve been blogging about the need for full transparency in supply chains regarding the environmental, health, and social impacts of the stuff we buy. Such transparency would use the new science of life cycle analysis (LCA), and give us data on the impacts of a product at every step along the way. These would include “social hotspots,” the places where supply chains are most likely to include terrible treatment of workers, like that in the Bangladesh factories. Any company caught in the headlights of the next factory collapse, child labor scandal or the like, will suffer a huge hit in reputation among stockholders and shoppers alike. And rightfully so." -Dan Goleman, author, Emotional Intelligence

"The Social Hotspots Database has the potential to be a game-changer for responsible supply chain management. It can serve as an invaluable tool for companies in their efforts to conduct hotspot risk assessments around complex social issues. It is a tool that should support not only supply chain managers, but has application as well for policy-makers, development organizations, and donors as well."
-- Steve Rochlin, Director and Global Head of Advisory Services, AccountAbility, and author

"The Social Hotspots Database is a critical tool for helping consumers, manufacturers, and retailers understand the key labor and human rights risks in global supply chains, and ultimately improving them."
-- Dara O'Rourke, founder of GoodGuide, professor at UC Berkeley