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Man wearing a face masks picks pears from a tree. Photo credit: Shutterstock.

2022: A year in review

25 January 2023
ETI's Board Chair, Mary Creagh MBE, reflects on ETI achievements in 2022, and looks ahead at our plans for 2023.
Workers meet to sort tea leaves collected across the estate. Photo credit: Shutterstock.

The Global Tea Producers Survey - why tea producers should do it and brands should welcome it

23 January 2023
CEO and Founder of THIRST, Sabita Banerji mobilises the tea industry around the Global Tea Producers Survey.
A pile of folded Liberty fabrics. Photo credit: Liberty.

Liberty – our ETI journey so far

18 January 2023
Liberty's Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Kasia Myatt, reflects on the challenges, achievements and opportunities ETI membership has afforded them.
Development workers hand over relief aid to a woman amid the Covid-19 pandemic at Madartek area in Bashabo of Dhaka. Photo credit: UN Women/Fahad Abdullah Kaizer.

Tackling unfair business practices during Covid-19

16 January 2023
ETI reflects on its efforts to protect workers' rights during the pandemic and responds to a recent study by the University of Aberdeen on the impact of unfair practices by global retailers on Bangladeshi suppliers.
Migrant construction worker

ETI calls for greater protection for migrants on International Migrants Day

18 December 2022
Migrant workers deserve the same rights at work as other workers
Factory workers, Bangladesh

Reflections on a week in Dhaka, Bangladesh

15 December 2022
Florence Batten-Turner sums up key takeaways from Made in Bangladesh Week, during which she met colleagues, visited factories and spoke with garment industry stakeholders.
Illustration of a group of people protesting for an end to violence against women. Image credit: UN Women.

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence – an opportunity to reflect

9 December 2022
ETI's Gender Advisor, Halima Ahmed, reflects on tackling violence and harassment in the workplace, the gaps that still exist and the efforts necessary to make meaningful progress.
 Chairperson Muchoi Group and Ngarendare SAWA Project A community-based organisation, Ngarendare, Meru County, Margaret Mugambi (right) having a conversation with a member. Photo credit: Nashon Otieno/Transform Trade.

Traidcraft Exchange rebrand as Transform Trade

7 December 2022
Transform Trade's Head of Policy & Advocacy reflects on their new name, and what prompted a departure from Traidcraft Exchange.
Woolworths chuckles chocolate slab

Woolworths Holdings joins ETI as a foundation member

24 November 2022
Woolworth Holdings reflects on their ethical sourcing efforts so far and their plans for ETI foundation membership.

EU decision-makers urged to ensure impactful human rights due diligence legislation

18 November 2022
We support the EU's commitment to implement a regulatory approach to human rights due diligence, demonstrating global leadership in this area. However, we call for the EU decision-makers to take a comprehensive due diligence approach that is risk-based.

The dark side of the flower sector: the growing exploitation of women in Kenya

10 November 2022
In our latest blog, originally published by Anti-Slavery International, Eunice Waweru from Workers’ Rights Watch (WRW) exposes the exploitation of women in the flower industry in Kenya.
Two garment workers operating a sewing machine. Photo credit: The Parently Group.

The Parently Group graduates to full ETI membership

26 October 2022
The Parently Group reflect on their ETI journey and progress made during their foundation membership.

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