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Women workers associated with Better Work Programme, Bangladesh.

On International Women’s Day 2023, where are the women?

8 March 2023
Landmark study explores the decline in number of women workers in the ready-made-garments industry of Bangladesh.
Aftermath of the 2023 earthquake, Adana, Turkey

Türkiye and Syria earthquake briefing: ETI’s expectations for responsible business

7 March 2023
ETI briefing sets expectations for ETI members and responsible businesses mapped against our human rights due diligence framework.

ETI fully supports IndustriALL’s Framework Principles for responsible disengagement from Myanmar

1 March 2023
ET calls on all brands withdrawing and remaining in Myanmar to engage with the new Framework Principles for responsible disengagement, agreed by IndustriALL Global Union with input from garment brands.

OECD Forum: Climate change and conflict, circularity, and worker voice

24 February 2023
ETI's Business Development Lead, Florence Batten-Turner reflects on the OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector in Paris.

ETI responds to evidence of sexual abuse in Kenya's tea sector reported by BBC Panorama

23 February 2023
Following BBC Panorama's ‘Sex for Work: The True Cost of Our Tea’ ETI outlines what more needs to be done to protect workers, particularly women and vulnerable groups, in high-risk supply chains like tea.

Ahead of BBC Panorama, ETI responds to allegations against Finlays

17 February 2023
ETI's initial response in advance of BBC Panorama’s ‘Sex for Work: The True Cost of Our Tea’.
A man wearing a mask and helmet stands amid the rumble following an earthquake. Photo credit: murat photographer

Türkiye and Syria earthquake response 

8 February 2023
ETI shares plans for its response and calls on international buyers to engage and support suppliers and workers affected by the disaster.
Masked women sit in protest against the military coup, holding red signs in English and Burmese. Photo credit: Wikicommons/ MgHla.

Two years since the Myanmar military coup

1 February 2023
Executive Director, Peter McAllister restates ETI's advice on responsible business conduct and calls for greater pressure from international community to create a pathway for a return to democracy.
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.

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