In the context of the GRI Standards, the social dimension of sustainability concerns an organization’s impacts on the social systems within which it operates.

GRI 409 addresses the topic of forced or compulsory  labor.

Not to be subjected to forced or compulsory labor is a fundamental human right. According to International  Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 29 ‘Forced  Labour Convention’, forced or compulsory labor is  defined as ‘all work or service which is exacted from any  person under the menace of any penalty and for which  the said person has not offered himself voluntarily.’ 1 Forced and compulsory labor affects all world regions,  countries, and economic sectors, and includes workers  in both formal and informal employment.

Some of the most common forms of forced labor  include forced labor in prisons (except for prisoners that have been convicted in a court of law, and whose