ETI Press Releases & Bulletins - 2007
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2007
17 December - ETI Press Release - ETI helps
companies get better at ethical trade – but ‘no room for
complacency’
ETI today published its annual review of its activities: Ethical
Trade: Measuring Up?, which looks at how ETI member companies, including retail
giants M&S, Gap Inc., Tesco,
Asda, Boots and WH Smith, are tackling workers’ rights in their supply chains.
The report shows...
2 November
- Eliminating child labour: an urgent, and shared responsibility - A
comment by Dan Rees, Director of the Ethical Trading Initiative (plus
FAQ about
child labour)
The recent Observer article Child sweatshop shame threatens Gap’s ethical
image (28 October 2007), which reported that children have been found producing
clothes for GapKids, was one of the most distressing stories that we have
come across in recent years. As an ETI member company, Gap Inc. has made...
24 September -
A ‘living wage’ for workers in global supply chains - A
comment by Dan Rees, Director of the Ethical Trading Initiative (plus
FAQ about the ‘living wage’)
Several newspaper articles in recent weeks have reminded us of the reality
of life for millions of workers around the world who make clothes for some
of the UK’s best-known fashion stores. Stories have featured workers
in Bangladesh being paid as little as 13p an hour...
21 September - ETI
Press Release - Ethical buying - five top tips for fashion buyers
At a conference in London packed with retailers, brands, campaigners, trade
unions and labour standards initiatives chaired by Dan Rees of the Ethical
Trading Initiative, broad consensus was reached on five key ways that fashion
retailers can make sure...
14 September - MFA Forum Press Release - High street fashion: the ethical dilemma
Live debate during London Fashion Week
While buying teams at top fashion retailers hurry to translate new ‘looks’ showcased
at London Fashion Week into affordable high street clothes in record-breaking
time, the teams responsible for ethical trading face a different challenge;
making sure the workers who make the clothes don’t pay the price...
14 September
- ETI response to Guardian Living Wage article
There’s no doubt that minimum wages levels in some garment producing
countries are shockingly low (Guardian September 14 “Top fashion brands
accused.”). It should be clear to all that campaigners see progress
on the “living wage” as a litmus test to the credibility of
a voluntary approach...
26 June - ETI
Press Release - ETI urges Gordon Brown to catch up with private
sector on ethical trade
The Ethical Trading Initiative welcomes Oxfam’s call today (26 June)
for Gordon Brown to start creating a more ‘enabling environment for
ethical trade’ in public procurement during his first 100 days in
office...
May - Fairtrade and ethical trade
– complementary approaches; a joint statement by the Ethical Trading
Initiative and the Fairtrade Foundation
Fairtrade and ethical trade are complementary approaches to improving the
lives of workers and vulnerable producers in global supply chains. Fairtrade
aims to ensure producers in developing countries get a better deal from
trade...
5 February - Statement for
members - Resignation of Levi Strauss & Co.
from ETI
We regret to announce that Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.)
has resigned from ETI following their suspension for refusing to adopt the ‘Living
Wage ’ provision of the ETI Base Code. LS&Co. were
suspended from
ETI membership in December for up to 12 months after two years
of discussion...
17 January - TFL Release
- LU becomes first public body
to join Ethical Trading Initiative
London Underground (LU) has taken the unprecedented step of becoming
the first public body to join the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI)
- an alliance of retailers, unions and charities committed to improving workers'
conditions in supplier factories....
last year
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