The U.S. Chamber of Commerce hosted a soiree Tuesday for Big Business to show what it has been doing to combat human trafficking. It didn’t invite the National Beer Wholesalers Association which has been active in the field since 2022, but some of the companies cited at the event had some impressive actions.
Delta Air Lines, for instance, is the first and only airline to sign the code of conduct supported by End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking in 2011. In 2012 it was one of 12 companies to found the Global Business Coalition against Human Trafficking, in 2013 it adopted a zero-tolerance policy for any activities related to trafficking. It has trained frontline employees to identify and report potential cases of human trafficking and created mandatory anti-trafficking training for flight attendants. It encourages employes to attend fly-ins in the Georgia state capitol and in Washington to petition government officials for laws to support survivors.
Marriott International made trafficking awareness training mandatory for all hotel workers in 2017, becoming the first nonservice-oriented training required for all on-property associates. In 2020 it made its training available to all hospitality industry members at no cost, and in one year some 670,000 hotel workers outside of Marriott completed the training. Last year it revamped the training to include interactive scenarios, separate learning paths for associates and managers, a mobile-friendly design and increased guidance on responding to potential trafficking solutions.