Nina Smith is the founding Chief Executive Officer of GoodWeave International, the leading NGO working to stop child labor in global supply chains. The GoodWeave® certification offers the best assurance that select products are made without child or forced labor and that childhoods and rights are restored. Under Nina's leadership, GoodWeave has pioneered a system that has changed business practices and community beliefs and ensured freedom and education for hundreds of thousands of children across South Asia.
Nina is winner of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship; the Schwab Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurs; the Tufts University Alumni Award for Active Citizenship and Public Service; the Center for Nonprofit Advancement’s EXCEL Award for excellence in chief executive leadership; and the Elluminate Award for Jewish women social entrepreneurs. Nina sits on the boards of the Fair Labor Association and the Better Buying Institute. She is a graduate of Tufts University.
To be a hero is to take a risk. Hem Moktan does this every day, facing his brutal past as an enslaved child. He is featured in the documentary film Hem…
With demand for toilet paper and other household items in the headlines, the COVID-19 crisis has made supply chains news, highlighting what disruptions mean to consumers, companies, and workers. This…
Millions of children are forced into labor each year. Consumers at the end of the supply chain often know nothing of the lives of those who made the product; it's…
Made by Children. Instead of Made in China or Made in India, what if this was the label inside the neatly stacked sweaters on a department store shelf? For most…