If you ask architects if they believe the buildings they design should be ethically constructed, under fair, safe labor conditions, almost all would say yes. But if you ask if they can promise the products they specify do not involve slave or child labor to extract raw materials or fabricate all the components, the question is likely to be met by a baffled silence or simply, “I don’t know.”
Last month, I attended a working group convened by the Grace Farms Foundation (GFF) that brought together architects, engineers, academics, activists, and others, to discuss an ambitious mission to eradicate modern-day slavery from the supply chain of materials that go into making architecture.
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