In this video, Rishi Sher Singh, founder of World of Gears, shares insights from 25 years of experience and recent fieldwork in Indian supply chains to advocate for shifting from document-focused compliance audits to human-centered Human Rights Impact Assessments. By highlighting discrepancies on the shop floor—such as inadequate restroom facilities, English-only safety signs that workers cannot read, and standardized safety shoes that are too heavy and painful for women to wear during long standing shifts—he illustrates the critical gap between management perceptions and workers' actual lived realities. Singh concludes that true supply chain visibility and meaningful improvement can only be achieved when companies move past checklist compliance and actively prioritize direct observation, active listening, and continuous dialogue with diverse worker groups on the ground.
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