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Today we launch ETI's Strategy 2030, our roadmap for advancing human rights in global supply chains through to the end of this decade. Drawing on nearly 30 years of collaboration between businesses, trade unions and NGOs, it sets out how we will drive the systemic change that makes a real difference to workers' lives.
"Workers must be at the heart of how we work, not just the subject of it."
ETI Strategy 2030
This strategy reflects everything we have learned over nearly 30 years about what it really takes to advance workers' rights in global supply chains, and it sets out clearly what we will do differently and even better over the next four. I am proud of what ETI's members, staff and partners have achieved in the past and look forward to working together to deliver these plans.
Giles Bolton, Executive Director, Ethical Trading Initiative
Four priorities. One direction.
Our strategy is organised around four pillars, each addressing something essential.
Effective human rights due diligence Making ETI the most practical place for businesses to go beyond compliance: supporting them at every stage of the process, from risk identification and responsible purchasing to meaningful stakeholder engagement and remediation.
Worker representation and freedom of association Supporting workers to organise, speak up and bargain collectively, and helping businesses build supply chains their investors, customers and regulators can trust.
Collective action for systemic change Bringing businesses, trade unions and NGOs together to tackle forced labour, gender inequality and the impacts of climate change on workers; because these challenges cannot be solved by any single organisation acting alone.
Crisis preparedness, response and remediation Strengthening our capacity to support members when supply chains are disrupted, with the real-time intelligence, practical guidance and in-country expertise that only ETI's global network can provide.
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ETI Strategy 2030
How ETI will work with our members and partners to embed human rights at the heart of business, strengthen due diligence and accountability, and amplify workers’ voices.
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Women workers in a textile factory in Bangladesh.
Working together to make it happen
ETI is a space where businesses, trade unions and NGOs can work through complex challenges together, with a shared commitment to practical progress. That combination — tripartite, trusted and genuinely collaborative — is rare. It is also, in our experience, what actually moves the needle.
Working together, businesses, trade unions and NGOs can build the practical pathways to change that none of us could create alone. Together, we can build supply chains that are fairer, more resilient, and worthy of the people who make them possible.