Forced labour is a salient risk within the business operations and supply chains of apparel and footwear companies. The apparel and footwear sector, a US$3 trillion industry is estimated to employ up to 75 million people, with an increasing reliance on migrant workers. Forced labour is prevalent at each production stage, occurring across continents, in supply chains from fast fashion to luxury brands. Workers have been found to be at risk of forced labour in the picking of cotton, harvesting of rubber, on cattle ranches used for the production of leather, in the farming of silk cocoons, the spinning of yarn, and in the manufacturing of apparel and footwear. COVID-19 has magnified those risks: Loss of job, lack social protection such as severance pay, lack of access to adequate living and working conditions, food, and health care is a reality for amny workers in apparel supply chains, making them even more vulnerable to forced labor.