Food and agriculture giant Cargill has partnered with the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) to improve efforts to stop child labour in Cote d'Ivoire.

Boeing Co. said it would invest 20m pounds ($24.98m) to open its first production facility in Europe to make components for certain aircraft.

When weighing career paths, or at least when debating a job proposal, one thing people consider is job security: Will the work still be there in the near future, or will they need to prepare to start hunting for a new position soon? This question gains depth when you add in the issue of automation: Artificial intelligence is a constantly improving technology, and its applications seem endless.

At this small factory south of Seattle, employees make one of the most specialized products in the aerospace industry; the rubber mats that Boeing workers stand on while assembling jets. As long as there are jets and Boeing, business would seem to be steady. But even here workers are bracing for bumps and economic uncertainty over the gritty details of where aviation parts get made and who makes them.

Several large construction contractors are collaborating to map their supply chains for modern slavery.