Julia works on raising awareness about ethical trade and developing to tools to communicate about ethical trade to retailers, suppliers and consumers.
"I do the easy bit", she says. "Getting the message across about how important ethical trade is may be challenging sometimes, but I don't have to make tough decisions on how to respond if I find my company has been sourcing from a factory using child labour, or on how to balance ethical and commercial demands in today's recession-struck times."
Woman's Hour takes a historical look at women in the cotton industry
"It was very dusty.. the sweat dripping of the end of your nose by time you were half way through, then when you were coming home you didn't have energy to have a wash properly.."
How to get supplier buy-in for ethical trade
"You need to work continuously to keep your messages at the top of your suppliers' minds."
Ethical trade staff: still the 'sales prevention team' or buyers' new best friends?
Ethical trade managers used to be called the "sales prevention team" - a term "often used facetiously by buyers to describe those in their companies with responsibility for ethics." Has this changed?
As one conference participant said: "People think that because they might have to spend £200 on a Goretex jacket the industry must be swimming with money. That's just not the case. In many cases we're talking about lifestyle businesses that are operating on a survival basis."
How to get fashion buyers to 'think ethical'
For many companies - perhaps smaller ones, or those who are just starting out in ethical trade - the ideal of full integration between ethics and core business practices may seem overwhelming. Here are a few tips to get you started.
Collaborating to tackle workers' issues in Rajasthan
"Our members are really pleased they're going to be getting behind a big piece of work".
A tough existence for Rajasthan's stone workers
"Sunita told me that she works with three or four other women, clearing about 40 tonnes a day of waste stone rubble between them by hand and on their heads."
Lessons from Decent Work in China
Some key lessons from ETI's Decent Work Project on helping build constructive dialogue between workers and managers in China.
Improving health and safety: time to look at the root causes
"More than one hundred thousand workers are killed every year at work in India. That's the equivalent of a Bhopal disaster every month." An interview with Stirling Smith.
Respect should begin with supervisors
The attitudes and behaviour of supervisors are major barriers to progress on workers' rights.
Hopes for transforming South African workers' lives
We often hear that South Africa is going through a process of transformation - what does that mean for its million farm workers?
Why we mustn't forget Delhi 2010
Let's not forget the lessons that Delhi has taught us. We'd do so at the peril of all the workers involved in our big event - and all the ones to come.
Eco fashion: not just a pretty face
What can we learn from the eco fashion crowd - aside from whether harem pants will still be hot next Spring?
The race is on to end poverty: Can ethical trade contribute?
Work is double-edged: while it provides the main opportunity for people to escape poverty, without respect for workers' rights, it keeps them locked into it.
How the new ILO standard on HIV/AIDS can help ethical trade
"HIV/AIDS is a prism through which companies can understand and start to tackle other workers’ rights issues."
Child labour: the sums need to stack up
All of us in ethical trade need to do much more to help drive up wages worldwide, so that more parents can send their children to school - not out to work.
People often complain about how reality TV dumbs us down, but BBC3's recent Blood, Sweat and Luxuries and its two predecessors use the medium to great effect.
A voice for Tanzanian women workers
I remember Phillipina saying to me: "We try, try, try. We never give up."
