ETI Press Releases & Bulletins - 2005
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2005
December - Bulletin: Food industry
alarmed at proposals to water down Gangmaster Act.
Up to 150,000 temporary workers in the food industry stand to fall through
a government-created loophole in legislation designed to avoid a repetition
of the tragedy of Morecambe Bay.
31 October - New agenda for
ethical trade to help bring trade justice for workers.
As trade campaigners prepare for a mass lobby of parliament on international
trade rules (2 Nov), the ETI today launches its new agenda
for ethical trade, looking at how companies can play their part in promoting
trade justice by using their trading relationships with suppliers to protect
poor workers around the world.
14 October - Zara owners Inditex
join the Ethical Trading Initiative.
Inditex, one of the world’s largest fashion retailers with over 50,000
employees worldwide and 36 stores on UK high streets under the Zara brand,
has joined UK-based Ethical Trading Initiative in a move which brings
yet another global giant under the auspices of ETI’s Base Code.
29 September - UK supermarkets
back initiative to help break cycle of poverty for poor farm workers.
New guidelines on working with smallholders launched in London last week
have received the backing of UK supermarkets and major buyers, including
Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer, Asda, Somerfield, the Co-op and
the Ethical Tea Partnership.
22 September - ETI
Director calls for industry-wide action to help poor farm workers reap benefits
of global trade.
Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) members including Marks &
Spencer, Sainsbury’s, the Ethical Tea Partnership, TGWU
and Oxfam launch new food manufacturing and retailing industry-wide guidelines
on improving working conditions for workers on smallholding farms: the ETI
Smallholders Guidelines: recommendations for working with smallholders.
30 June - Ethical Trading
Initiative welcomes key output of Dhaka conference.
Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) Chair Alan Roberts today (1
July 2005) welcomed the key output of the recent UNDP/MFA
Forum conference (see 24 June PR). The conference saw the Bangladesh
Ministry of Commerce pledge to work with a wide range of organisations to
carry out urgent actions aimed at improving the textile and garment industry’s
compliance with national law and with international labour standards.
24 June - Dhaka conference
- ETI Chair calls for joint action to protect poorest workers.
ETI members Gap, Asda/George, Marks & Spencer and Levi
Strauss will be joined by other leading global retailers and brands including
Walmart, the Cotton Group and Karstadt Quelle at a major conference in Dhaka,
Bangladesh (Textiles and Garments: Forum on the Future, 27 and 28 June)
to discuss the future of the country’s textiles and garments industry
in the post-quota period...
ETI Biennial Conference 2005:
18 May - ETI
Biennial Conference 2005: Violent agreement is a key outcome says ETI director.
One objective united the melting pot of diversity and opinion gathered at
the Ethical Trading Initiative’s Fourth Biennial Conference in London
last week (12 -13 May 2005): that of ‘marrying the commercial with
the ethical’...
11 May - ETI
Biennial Conference 2005: Power brokers of ethical trade gather in London.
Gathering in London tomorrow (Thursday 12 May) are over 300 of the world’s
key decision makers in ethical trade. They are here to discuss, and more
importantly to act on, one of the critical issues that impacts on global
poverty: the way in which global companies trade with their suppliers, both
in the UK and across the world...
21 April - ETI
Biennial Conference 2005: Nike to Speak.
Hannah Jones, VP for Corporate Responsibility
at Nike, is to speak at the Ethical Trading Initiative’s (ETI)
fourth biennial conference in London next month (May 2005). This is the
first time a Nike representative will speak in Europe of their groundbreaking
new CSR report, published
on 13 April...
7 April - ETI Biennial
Conference 2005: Shaping a new agenda for ethical trade.
Some of the world’s leading consumer brands and retailers gather in
London next month (May 2005) to debate how best to use their buying power
to improve the lives of millions of workers in their supply chains...
1 April - ETI welcomes
launch of Gangmasters Licensing Authority.
Commenting on the launch of the new Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA)
today (1 April 2005), Dan Rees, Director of the Ethical Trading Initiative
(ETI) and Chairman of the Temporary Labour Working Group (TLWG)
- an alliance representing the entire food chain, trade unions and labour
providers - said...
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