SLCP’s 2025 Impact Report highlights the urgent intersection of climate change and worker wellbeing
The Social and Labor Convergence Program (SLCP) today released its 2025 Impact Report, marking a decade of driving decent working conditions. The report tracks a year of steady growth, with 10,700 assessments covering 7.5 million workers globally. Retention remains exceptionally strong: 80% of facilities returned for multiple assessments, and nearly a quarter completed their fifth consecutive SLCP assessment. The data reflects 2025 geopolitical developments and the pressure on supply chains is evident: there were no significant improvements in labor conditions compared to previous years.
In 2025, SLCP added new climate data points to the Converged Assessment Framework (CAF) ensuring alignment with Human Rights Due Diligence requirements and recognizing that climate change is no longer solely an environmental sustainability issue, but that it directly affects worker wellbeing too.
The data reveals that 69% of facilities are not preparing for climate impacts and are yet to make a formal plan for dealing with climate change. This is particularly urgent given that 16% of SLCP facilities maintain indoor temperatures exceeding 31°C, a level that sits dangerously close to or above recognized safe heat thresholds for workers.*
The report highlights significant disparities in climate readiness based on geography and facility size:
Large facilities are significantly more likely to have a climate adaptation plan than small and medium-sized enterprises.
National legislation drives compliance. In Vietnam, where the law mandates indoor temperature monitoring for specific labor sectors, 96% of facilities record average indoor temperatures, and over half have formal adaptation plans. This proactive stance is vital, as 32% of Vietnamese facilities maintain average indoor temperatures surpassing 31°C.
Beyond the climate data, the Impact Report also details:
Growth in adjacent sectors and deeper in the supply chain, with a 14% increase in the number of Tier 2 facilities conducting SLCP assessments
Geographic shifts in global sourcing shows in our facility data; while China continued to lead in SLCP assessment volume, India and Vietnam emerged for the first time as the countries with the highest growth compared to the previous year.
While 91% of all facilities find at least one legal non-compliance, those who have used the CAF for five years see around 20% fewer legal non-compliances, demonstrating the value of consistent tracking and monitoring of social and labor issues.
SLCP assessments were shared an average of 2.7 times, and with this SLCP has unlocked a potential $35 million USD to be redirected from redundant audits into improving working conditions.
As we celebrate 10 years of driving decent working conditions, SLCP CEO Janet Mensink reflects:
“Looking to the next decade, SLCP remains committed to providing the credible, actionable data needed to navigate evolving global challenges, especially as climate change increasingly threatens safe working conditions.
“We will continue to prioritize driving decent working conditions in global supply chains, but we cannot solve these systemic issues alone. Collaboration is essential. Using the CAF to collect robust social and labor data is a critical piece of the puzzle, contributing to a collective global effort for meaningful change that directly impacts workers' lives.”
SLCP will soon be launching the next version of the Converged Assessment Framework (CAF v2.0) which will further align the tool with Human Rights Due Diligence requirements, improve data collection, provide better facility and Verifier guidance (including on collecting climate data), and reduce the number of questions by improving conditionality.
For all media enquiries and interview requests with SLCP CEO Janet Mensink, please contact lucy@slconvergence.org
