Our strategy, published in 2001, established a set of objectives to guide our work in the period up to 2004. On pages 10 - 27 we report on how we measured up against those goals in 2002/03. The summary below shows our key achievements.

Identifying and promoting good practice
Informal workers: we secured members’ commitment and improved our understanding of how to improve conditions in supply chains with informal workers. Specifically, we developed draft guidelines on how to apply the ETI Base Code in supply chains where smallholders and homeworkers are prevalent, and a draft code of practice for providers of temporary and migrant farm workers in the UK.

Building capacity
Support for a local multi-stakeholder initiative in South Africa: we supported the establishment of the Wine Industry Ethical Trade Association (WIETA), which has recruited a chief executive officer and produced a manual for suppliers wishing to comply with the WIETA code.

Sharing learning
International conference: this event brought together 320 participants from all over the world, with informed and open discussion on key issues in ethical trade.
ETI workbook: we launched the workbook, a step-by-step guide to ethical trade for sourcing companies, as a public resource.

Measuring impact
ETI impact assessment: we contracted an independent research organisation to work with us on this project and started work on phase 1.

Expanding our membership
New members: we developed a more robust process for selecting new corporate members and welcomed eight new companies and two NGOs into membership.

Strengthening members' commitment
Corporate performance: companies’ reports showed similar levels of activity to those of last year, but indicated qualitative improvements in performance such as improved internal management systems and development of better links with national trade unions. We have agreed to develop a more sophisticated system for defining and assessing company performance that will provide clearer guidance to companies on how we expect them to improve over time.

Building strategic alliances and relationships
Multi-stakeholder code initiatives project: we brokered the establishment of a collaborative initiative between six multistakeholder code initiatives which aims to develop common guidelines on aspects of good practice in code implementation. We believe this is a key step towards improved international co-operation on implementing labour codes.
Influencing UK government: our work on homeworkers played a part in securing UK government commitment to improving national minimum wage legislation. The government is also using our expertise to consider the introduction of legislation requiring the registration of informal labour providers in the UK.