Wednesday 24 June 2020 is the ITUC’s global day to mobilize activity to “climate and employment proof our work". Beverley Hall, ETI's Senior Advisor, Industrial Relations, reflects on how we can start a conversation on what a green, sustainable and inclusive post-pandemic world might look like.

Covid-19 and the Thai seafood industry: Nick Kightley reflects on what seafood exporters and global buyers need to take away from a new report by CSO Coalition and Oxfam

New report finds poor labour standards, including child labour, in surgical instruments used by hospitals and health clinics around the world

80% of the surgical instruments the NHS imports come from Sialkot, Pakistan. But a new report highlights how international buying practices have driven a race to the bottom on labour standards, and are fuelling child labour.

An estimated 11% of workers, between 100 and 300 million, are homeworkers.90% are women, so protecting homeworkers is one of the most gender-positive actions a brand can take, Homeworkers Worldwide has today published guidance to brands on how to do that. Lucy Brill reports

Advice on purchasing PPE during Covid-19 from ETI member Arco, the largest supplier of PPE in the UK

ETI and FairWear have jointly published a discussion sheet and checklist for their members on how to implement occupational health and safety measures to protect workers during Covid-19

ETI writes to the UN General Secretary, and joins IMO, ILO and ITF call for protections for seafarers amid concerns of a "growing humanitarian and economic crisis" in maritime industry

Guest blog: Sabita Banerji, CEO of THIRST, on ensuring the tea industry emerges from Covid-19 fairer, more resilient, and fit for the 21st Century.

SEDEX has surveyed its members on the impact of Covid-19, and how they are supporting both their workforce and their suppliers during the pandemic

Guest Blog: NoSweat's Jay Kerr on how one worker-led factory, set up in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh, is being supported to survive the global coronavirus pandemic

VIDEO: Banana Link's Paul Lievens gives an assessment of how the pandemic is impacting workers on plantations in Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica & Peru