 The UK-based Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) has published a significantly updated version of its Workbook – a key practical resource for companies, auditors, unions and NGOs. The new Workbook contains sections on developing a business case for ethical trade, mapping supply chains, communicating with suppliers, planning and undertaking inspections and delivering corrective actions. |
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The UK-based Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) has issued an eagerly-awaited research report looking at the impacts on workers of the labour codes of practice adopted by its corporate members. Prepared over 3 years by the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, the report represents the most comprehensive attempt so far to assess whether the private sector code of conduct approach, in vogue for the past decade, has had any demonstrable positive effects for workers. |
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Ergon is now organising and facilitating the regular meetings of the Labour Standards and Poverty Reduction Forum set up by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The Forum meets every six months and brings together corporate representatives, NGOs, academics and trade unions to discuss how labour standards contribute to the development agenda. |
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Ergon recently presented an overview paper at the 65th Annual Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), identifying some of the key social and labour impacts of cotton cultivation in South Asia, Brazil, West Africa and Central Asia. The ICAC presentation highlighted some of the key issues and outlined potential practical responses for state, private sector and civil society actors in the context of learning from other sectors and perspectives. |
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Amnesty International has recently published a collection of articles entitled Human rights, trade and investment matters. The anthology takes various perspectives on the links – both downward pressures and potential levers for improvements – between capital flows, in the form of trade agreements and institutional finance, and human rights, focusing on labour rights in particular. |
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