Supply Unchained is a pioneering technology company founded by International Business and Human Rights Lawyer Nayantara Sriram to drive systemic change and protect human rights across global supply chains. The company's core mission is to tackle the crisis of modern slavery and exploitation, which impacts over 50 million vulnerable individuals worldwide.
What Supply Unchained Does
Supply Unchained provides a cutting-edge platform powered by a novel, expert-led, harms-based framework. This approach is designed to move beyond simple compliance by focusing on identifying and preventing actual human rights harms against individuals at scale.
The solution enables corporations to:
- Embed human rights due diligence deeply within their organisational DNA.
- Access ongoing monitoring of suppliers to identify risks across their value chains.
- Take actionable steps to prevent and remediate salient human rights risks.
- Address unique challenges at the intersection of Internet Regulations (for major VLOPs) and conventional Physical Supply Chains.
Who the Team Has Worked With
The foundation of Supply Unchained is built on the founder's extensive experience across government, legal, and corporate sectors:
- Policy & Government: The founder worked in Whitehall for the UK Government and the Special Advocates' Support Office. A testament to the solution's impact, the Supply Unchained platform was demonstrated at the Houses of Parliament to Rt Hon Baroness Theresa May, the former UK Prime Minister who enacted the UK Modern Slavery Act.
- Consulting & Technology: The founder worked in technology consulting at a Big 4 firm, building bespoke solutions for government and public sector bodies. In risk advisory, she led human rights compliance for engineering and consumer clients and worked with major VLOPs on internet regulation, systemic risk assessments and led on transparency reporting. SMEs in the team have lead on internet regulations, sustainability, technology and AI development, regulatory compliance and supply chain management for a wide-range of major brands across consumer and energy resources and industrials.
- International & Media: The company’s mission has been highlighted globally, with the founder being featured as a TED Talk speaker and a UNDP Speaker at the 7th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights Asia Pacific on the topic of 'Impact and Innovation - Reshaping Human Rights Due Diligence at Scale'