WEBINAR: Modern Slavery and Cannabis: A New Commodity Ripe for Exploitation?
Originally recorded and published on November 25, 2020
The global trend of cannabis legalization is at a critical point in time. As countries amend laws and trade agreements, demand for cannabis and its derivative products will create significant global impact over the next decade disrupting agriculture, textile, energy and consumer packaged goods sectors. What was once known as the "War on Drugs" has quickly become a commercialized supply chain including the game of business deals, import, and export. Underlying this newly regulated sector and the rise of consumer markets is the increasing likelihood of human exploitation. In this seminar, Jenn Larry and Kelly Beker, founders of the Cannabis Education Guild (CEG) will discuss the future of transparency in supply chains in the cannabis sector, with industry peer and subject matter expert, Jessica Steinberg of The Global C.
The talk explores how CEG has sought to set new standards and precedent for global trade on cannabis, such that it can operate free of forced labour, child labour, smuggling, kidnapping, trafficking and all forms of slavery. This addresses a sector-specific pledge that can be applied to a wider context of consumer goods and its implications within modern slavery. As a platform for global cannabis education and social good, CEG is calling upon industry leaders and members of government to take the first-ever sector-based approach, to eradicate slavery in the global cannabis supply chains. Learn more about CEG's social impact work here.