ETI Seminars
For details of forthcoming roundtables and other events see:
events calendar
We run occasional seminars on topical issues for ethical trade practitioners. Below you will find a list of past seminars we have organised, with links to the seminar reports.
Past Seminars
Multi-Fibre Agreement phase-out: Who gains? Who loses?
27th October 2004
The final stage of the phase-out of the MFA
on 1 January 2005 is predicted to have significant economic and social
consequences, including substantial job losses in some key garment producing
countries in the developing world. This ETI seminar was organised
to raise awareness and encourage action from ETI members
and other EU and US companies.
MFA seminar
report.
The MFA Forum, a collection of multilateral and national
public institutions, labour and civil society organisations, businesses
and multi-stakeholder initiatives, came together in March 2004 to explore
the potential for collaborative and coordinated actions in the run-up
to and after the end of quotas under the ATC.
More about the MFA
Forum (incl downloads and website link).
Seasonal and foreign labour in the UK food industry
30th April and 15th May 2002
We organised two seminars in Kent and Lincolnshire,
two major horticultural regions where the gangmaster system is a well
established part of the agricultural labour system. The seminar aimed
to raise awareness of the issues around foreign and seasonal labour employed
through gangmasters, and to provide suppliers with practical advice on
how to identify and address exploitation of these workers. Speakers included
suppliers, trade union representatives, the Fresh Produce Consortium,
employment lawyers and a progressive gangmaster.
'Gangmasters' seminar
report.
Labour standards for investors
October 2002
This seminar was organised in collaboration with Just
Pensions. Aimed at socially responsible investment (SRI) managers, it
presented and discussed draft guidelines for investors on incorporating
supply chain labour issues into investment decisions.
SRI seminar report & downloads
See also:
- Forthcoming seminars and other events
- Members Roundtables (current series)
- 'Learning from Doing' Seminar report archive (1998-2000)
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