Events for ETI Members - Advance Flyer
ETI Seminar
SRI: LABOUR STANDARDS FOR INVESTORS
| Date: | 29th October 2002 |
| Time: | 14:00 - 17.00 |
| Venue: | The Brewery, Chiswell Street, EC1Y 4SD |
| (Intended for fund mangers but there will be a few places for interested members) | |
The Ethical Trading Initiative:
The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) is a UK body which brings together businesses, trade unions and non governmental organisations (NGO) with the aim of improving working conditions in supply chains of member companies. It has the support of, and is partly funded by the Department for International Development.
The employment standards adopted by ETI members are international standards that come from the core Conventions of the International Labour Organisation.
For further information please explore the rest of our website at www.ethicaltrade.org
Background:
Labour standards in overseas supply chains are one of the most prominent issues in SRI. A number of fund managers and pension funds have started to raise labour standards issues with investee companies as part of their SRI work. This is not easy. Many companies sound good on paper, and it is not always easy to distinguish genuine commitment from corporate spin.
The seminar will
- Provide fund managers and other investors with a toolkit of questions and issues that should be addressed in assessing company performance on labour standards in supply chains
- Hear from labour standards specialists drawn from retailers, the ETI and institutional investors, who will discuss the practical challenges posed by their work
- Give investment managers and other specialists a chance to raise and discuss the issues they face in working on labour standards
Timetable:
| 14:00 | Introduction by the Chair Alan Roberts, Chair, ETI |
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| 14:05 | What the Ethical Trading Initiative does, and what ETI
membership involves. Dan Rees, Director, ETI |
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| 14.20 | Question and answer session | |
| 14:30 | ETI Guidelines for Fund Managers
Presentation: Dan Rees, Director, ETI |
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| 14:45 | Question and answer session | |
| 15:00 | Break | |
| 15:15 | Case Study of Good Practice in Code ImplementationBusiness
Presentation: David Croft, Head of Quality and Consumer Care, the Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd |
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| 15:30 | Question and answer session | |
| 15.45 | Discussion | |
| 16.30 | End |
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