Our focus
We use our networks and data intelligence to improve corporate transparency and strengthen labour rights. We work with businesses, investors, lawyers, civil society organisations and journalists to build understanding of how processes decisions affect lives and livelihoods.
Our work addresses issues from labour rights to the just transition to a greener economy.
Through our Workforce Disclosure Initiative (WDI), we are improving data and transparency on how businesses impact people in their operations and supply chains by engaging corporations and the investor community.
Launched in 2025 in partnership with UNESCO, our AI Company Data Initiative (AICDI) is now the world’s largest dataset on corporate AI adoption. We support businesses to map how they use AI across their workflows, operations and services, driving transparency so that AI is used in the public interest.
Other activities include:
- events
- data-driven briefings
- training for businesses and journalists
- cross-sector working groups
- our annual Trust Conference
Our approach is grounded in our mission to strengthen free, fair and informed societies that leave no one behind.
Our Objectives
1. Fairer treatment of all workers and provision of good jobs worldwide
How we’re delivering this:
- supporting companies to identify workforce issues in their direct operations and supply chain using the WDI framework, workforce insights, resources, and training.
- mobilising investors to use workforce data trends and insights to shape responsible investment decisions
- informing standard-setters in the Global North and South using workforce data so they may develop contextually relevant and achievable social standards for corporate sustainability reporting
- forging local partnerships between civil society and the private sector to improve awareness and knowledge of labour rights in supply chains.
2. Responsible adoption of AI which identifies and mitigates risks
How we’re delivering this:
- empowering companies to identify and mitigate risks to people, society and the environment through the AICDI framework, our insights, resources and training
- equipping finance-sector stakeholders with data to support their assessment of materiality of corporate AI adoption risk
- encouraging governments to use AICDI data to shape national AI strategy, promote a responsible AI ecosystem, enhance public trust and promote strategic public-private partnerships.
- supporting global discourse around public interest AI with the world largest global data set mapping AI corporate adoption.
Our Impact
Workers
Workers directly employed by companies responding to the Workforce Disclosure Initiative survey in 2024.
More data
Businesses that disclose via the Workforce Disclosure Initiative voluntarily share nearly three times more data about how they manage people in their operations than those that do not.
White paper views
From 2020-21 we convened a working group and published a white paper to support investors to measure the impact that businesses have on people and communities. This work been viewed or downloaded nearly 8,000 times since its release in 2021.
Insights from WDI submissions have helped us refine our initiatives to promote gender equality and representation across all levels of the organisation
The Thomson Reuters Foundation has been an invaluable partner, expertly facilitating crucial and complex discussions on labour rights and remediation. Their role in convening diverse stakeholders is critical in a field that requires a truly multi-stakeholder approach.
Participation in the WDI has significantly enhanced our understanding of organisational transparency and workforce management.
Thomson Reuters Foundation events bring together the essential actors in responsible business, offering a vital forum for businesses eager to do the right thing but lacking the necessary information or expertise.
The WDI is sending a clear signal to global companies that many investors wish to see improved and consistent workforce disclosure to better assess and manage social risks.
Participating in the training [offered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation] expanded my horizon on tools and strategies to identify, assess, and address human rights risks within our operations and supply chains…This is an invaluable resource for others, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to make a meaningful impact in their organisations and communities.
The multistakeholder dialogue event hosted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation [in Bangladesh] is a wonderful example of how to create awareness, build consensus and create an environment of trust and open dialogue between relevant stakeholders. ETI Bangladesh, as one of the co-hosts for the event, has been enriched from the experience.
We have been engaging with the Thomson Reuters Foundation for the past several years on topics related to human rights due diligence in supply chains. The team is knowledgeable, reliable and most importantly, collaborative and practical in their approach in working with upstream suppliers like TatWin.
One of the special things about the Thomson Reuters Foundation is its convening power. Not everybody can bring together actors from a whole cross-section – business, CSOs, academics, experts – to facilitate conversations about thought leadership in responsible business conduct. Collaboration does not always happen naturally, so the Foundation’s events are important to hear from people who would not usually be in a room together.
Resources
View all resourcesResponsible AI in practice: 2025 global insights from the AI Company Data Initiative
Businesses’ AI adoption is accelerating. But governance isn’t keeping pace.
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Undocumented Migrant Women in Europe: A Neglected Chapter in Fundamental Rights
Migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls in Europe face persistent inequalities and barriers to protection and enjoyment of their fundamental rights….
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Gender Pay Gap Reporting: A Comparative Analysis
UN figures estimate that globally, women earn on average 77 cents for every dollar that men earn – for work of equal value. This report examines laws governing gender pay gap reporting in Australia, Austria,…
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Collaboration is essential to strengthen and scale responsible business practices. We are interested to hear from partners who share our mission to advance fairer economies.
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