annual report 2002/2003 — harnessing difference

Contents

• ETI in brief
• Chair’s message – marrying the commercial with the ethical
• ETI members 2002/2003
• ETI – different perspectives, one cause

Members’ perspectives

• A supplier’s perspective
• A retailer’s perspective
• A trade union perspective
• An NGO perspective

Achievements

• 2002/2003 highlights
• Identifying and promoting good practice – our experimental projects
  • Seasonal and migrant workers in the UK
  • Child labour
  • Homeworkers
• Capacity building
• Sharing good practice
  • Flagship publications
  • Learning together – our roundtables and seminars
  • Setting the ethical trade agenda – our conference
• Measuring our impact
• Expanding our membership
• Strengthening members' commitment
  • Improving corporate performance
    • How companies performed
    • Performance indicator tables (new window)
• Building strategic alliances and relationships

Looking ahead

• Our learning this year
• Priorities for next year

Financial statements

• [please see PDF/print version]

Who's Who

• Current & recent board members
• ETI staff members
• Production credits

 

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abbreviations

ETI Ethical Trading Initiative
ILO International Labour Organisation
NGO non-governmental organisation
TUC Trades Union Congress
UN United Nations
WIETA Wine Industry Ethical Trade Association

 

ETI in brief

The Ethical Trading Initiative exists to identify and promote good practice in the implementation of codes of labour practice, including the monitoring and independent verification of code provisions. We are an alliance of companies, trade union organisations and non-governmental organisations committed to working together to achieve that aim. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that the working conditions of employees in companies that supply goods to consumers in the UK meet or exceed international standards.

The ETI Base Code is founded on International Labour Organisation Conventions and has become a model on which other codes are based.

A summary of ETI’s Base Code appears on the back cover. We were established in 1998 as an independent, not for profit organisation. We are funded by member contributions and a grant from the UK Department for International Development.