The Global Business Coalition Against Trafficking

What The Global Business Coalition Against Trafficking does

The Global Business Coalition Against Trafficking (GBCAT) is a member-driven business coalition founded in 2012 that mobilizes multinational corporations across sectors — including Amazon, Coca-Cola, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Marriott, HPE, and TikTok — to prevent and reduce human trafficking in company operations and supply chains and to support individuals with lived experience. Its work is organized across four workstreams: Corporate Supplier Engagement, Survivor Employment, Policy Engagement, and Tech Against Trafficking (a workstream added through the 2023 merger with Tech Against Trafficking).

Core products include the Modern Slavery Map (an interactive database of 200+ anti-trafficking organizations filterable by type, issue, geography, and industry), the Toolkit for Corporate Suppliers (targeted at SMEs, with procurement compendiums, template policies, and infographics), the Empowerment and Employment of Survivors Guide, virtual Trauma-Informed Company Training (developed with Futures Without Violence), the TAT Accelerator Program supporting AI/cloud deployment with partners such as Polaris and Issara Institute, the TAT Data Ecosystem Research, and annual Tech Against Trafficking Summits.

The business model is a freemium coalition: membership is free, with founding members joining the Steering Committee and accessing all workstreams while associate members participate in one. Revenue comes from membership contributions, foundation grants (notably Laudes Foundation), and in-kind executive leadership and secretariat support from BSR (Business for Social Responsibility), which itself serves ~250 member companies. Distribution is global — North America, UK, Europe, and increasingly Southeast Asia (Bangkok and Malaysia workshops) — and is delivered primarily through BSR's channels, annual summits, webinars, free digital downloads, and the Interactive Modern Slavery Map.

Name

The Global Business Coalition Against Trafficking

Legal name

Global Business Coalition Against Human Trafficking

Website

https://gbcat.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

GBCAT is a member-driven business coalition, founded in 2012 and managed by BSR, that mobilizes multinational corporations across four workstreams — Corporate Supplier Engagement, Survivor Employment, Policy Engagement, and Tech Against Trafficking — to combat human trafficking in operations and supply chains via free toolkits, summits, and the Modern Slavery Map.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Protection, Child Protection & Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Response (BPAGAAAG)

Keywords

• Anti-trafficking coalition
• Supply chain due diligence
• Modern slavery compliance
• Survivor employment services
• Corporate human rights

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Contributions: GBCAT operates as a member-driven initiative. Businesses join as Founding or Associate members and contribute to the coalition's operations and initiatives. Founding members have access to all workstreams and join the decision-making Steering Committee; Associate members participate in one workstream.
2. Grants and Foundation Support: GBCAT receives support from foundations and organizations. The Laudes Foundation supported the Interactive Map webinar development. BSR provides executive leadership and secretariat support as a non-profit sustainable business network.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GBCAT is a member-driven business coalition that mobilizes multinational corporations to combat human trafficking in company operations and supply chains. It operates four workstreams (Corporate Supplier Engagement, Survivor Employment, Policy Engagement, and Tech Against Trafficking) and produces free resources including toolkits, template policies, training programs, and an interactive Modern Slavery Map of anti-trafficking organizations.

Product overview

The Global Business Coalition Against Trafficking (GBCAT) is a collaborative initiative/coalition of businesses, not a software product company. It operates through multiple interconnected workstreams including Corporate Supplier Engagement (offering toolkits, templates, and infographics for SMEs), Tech Against Trafficking (focused on technology innovation, online trafficking, and supply chain data), Survivor Employment (providing guides, training programs, and case studies for employing trafficking survivors), and Policy Engagement (engaging with policymakers on modern slavery regulation). GBCAT also maintains the Modern Slavery Map, an interactive database of anti-trafficking organizations. The coalition is managed by BSR which provides executive leadership and secretariat support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Toolkit for Corporate Suppliers A comprehensive free toolkit designed for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to identify areas of their business at highest risk of modern slavery and develop a simple plan to prevent and address identified risks.
• Empowerment and Employment of Survivors Guide A guide describing actions business can take to empower and employ survivors of human trafficking, with explanations of partnership-support organization types and real-world case examples.
• Trauma-Informed Company Training Virtual training developed with Futures Without Violence for businesses employing survivors of human trafficking. Designed for people managers overseeing employees who may have experienced trauma.
• Modern Slavery Map An interactive online map of anti-human trafficking organizations and initiatives for businesses, allowing filtering by type, issue, geography, and industry. Database contains over 200 entities.
• Tech Against Trafficking (TAT) Workstream A coalition of technology companies collaborating with global experts to help eradicate human trafficking using technology. Three focus areas: Tech Innovation, Online Trafficking, and Supply Chain Data, including the TAT Accelerator Program.

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• PolarissupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 April 2024Polaris participated in the TAT Accelerator Showcase, working with Tech Against Trafficking to deploy cloud and AI techniques to improve efficiency and identify new trafficking patterns, risks, and networks.
• Issara InstitutesupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 April 2024Issara Institute participated in the TAT Accelerator Showcase, collaborating with Tech Against Trafficking to deploy technology solutions for identifying forced labor patterns and networks in supply chains.
• Freedom Business AlliancesupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 January 2024GBCAT hosted a joint webinar with Freedom Business Alliance during National Human Trafficking Prevention Month focused on economic empowerment of survivors and sustainable employment opportunities.
• Tech Against TraffickingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 July 2023In July 2023, Tech Against Trafficking merged with GBCAT to enable a more comprehensive approach to addressing human trafficking. TAT maintains its focus on technology solutions while embedding work across GBCAT's other workstreams including supplier capacity building and survivor empowerment.
• MetacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 November 2022Meta co-hosted the second Tech Against Trafficking Summit in New York alongside BSR, bringing together over 140 global leaders to discuss technology and forced labor nexus.
• The Mekong ClubsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2022GBCAT partnered with The Mekong Club to host a webinar on Empowerment and Employment exploring how the private sector can support survivor recovery and rehabilitation through training and employment.
• Futures Without ViolencesupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 March 2022GBCAT partnered with Futures Without Violence to develop and launch a virtual Trauma-Informed Company Training for businesses employing survivors of human trafficking. The training provides practical recommendations for managers.
• Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 January 2021GBCAT co-hosted a webinar with GI-TOC to showcase successful anti-trafficking partnerships between business and non-profit organizations, with support from Laudes Foundation.
• WilmarsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021BSR supported the development of Wilmar's Child Protection Implementation Manual in collaboration with global buyers. The manual guides suppliers on child protection steps and is applicable to the wider agriculture industry.
• United Nations Global CompactcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2018GBCAT partnered with UN Global Compact and RESPECT Initiative to develop the Interactive Map for Business of Anti-Human Trafficking Organizations. This resource provides a unified database of organizations tackling modern slavery, allowing filtering by type, issue, geography, and industry.
• RESPECT InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2018RESPECT Initiative (comprising Global Initiative, Babson College's Initiative on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, and IOM) collaborated with GBCAT and UN Global Compact on the Interactive Map project to improve coordination across anti-trafficking organizations.
• BSR (Business for Social Responsibility)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBSR provides executive leadership and secretariat support for GBCAT. BSR is a sustainable business network providing global insights and strategic advisory services to nearly 250 member companies. BSR staff lead GBCAT workstreams and coordinate coalition activities.
• ILO Global Business Network on Forced Labour and Human TraffickingsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Interactive Map is supported by the ILO Global Business Network on Forced Labour and Human Trafficking and Alliance 8.7.
• Alliance 8.7supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGBCAT contributes to Alliance 8.7, a global partnership focused on achieving Sustainable Development Goal target 8.7 to end forced labor and human trafficking. Members gain public recognition as corporate leaders in this initiative.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The Mekong Club: The Mekong Club is a business-focused coalition combating modern slavery in the Asia-Pacific, directly comparable to GBCAT in offering corporate toolkits, webinars, and supplier engagement programs, and has partnered with GBCAT on survivor employment webinars.
• Stop the Traffik: Stop the Traffik is a coalition-driven anti-trafficking organization that engages businesses, governments, and communities, with overlapping corporate partnership and awareness-raising functions.
• Polaris Project: Polaris operates the US National Human Trafficking Hotline and runs technology-enabled anti-trafficking programs; GBCAT has partnered with Polaris through the TAT Accelerator and shares the survivor-employment and supply-chain focus areas.
• Issara Institute: Issara Institute partners with businesses to address forced labor in supply chains and was a TAT Accelerator participant; comparable to GBCAT's Corporate Supplier Engagement workstream and Modern Slavery Map content.
• Thorn: Thorn builds technology to combat child sexual exploitation and online trafficking; comparable to the Tech Against Trafficking workstream in combining tech development with anti-trafficking mission and convening technology companies.
• Freedom Business Alliance: Freedom Business Alliance promotes survivor employment through business membership, overlapping closely with GBCAT's Survivor Employment workstream and trauma-informed training; they have co-hosted webinars.

Broad incumbents

• International Justice Mission: IJM is a large global anti-trafficking NGO that engages businesses and governments on supply-chain protection, comparable in mission scope but operating as a broader NGO rather than a pure business coalition.
• UN Global Compact: UN Global Compact is the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative; GBCAT partnered with it on the Modern Slavery Map and overlaps in engaging multinationals on human rights principles.
• BSR (Business for Social Responsibility): BSR is GBCAT's secretariat and parent operating entity, providing the broader sustainable business network (~250 member companies) within which GBCAT functions as a focused anti-trafficking initiative.

Emerging players

• Alliance 8.7: Alliance 8.7 is a global partnership focused on SDG Target 8.7 (ending forced labor, modern slavery, and child labor); GBCAT is a contributor and its Modern Slavery Map is supported by Alliance 8.7, creating overlapping membership and mission scope.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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