Today it is three years since the Baldia fire in Karachi. How have families of victims been treated?

We are working with our members to address exploitative labour practices in Tamil Nadu’s textiles sector. This blog looks at our community outreach programme and engagement with recruitment agents.

We are delighted the Government accepted our proposals for the UK Modern Slavery Act Transparency in Supply Chains Clause - including setting a reporting threshold of £36m.

On Monday, the Guardian announced “Ikea adopts the living wage for UK staff”. On the same day, a BBC report said “Ikea to pay UK workers more than living wage”. So who got it wrong?

When it comes to making living wages a reality for all salaried workers, Ecuador provides a model which other countries would do well to emulate.

ETI and its members support international calls for Myanmar’s new minimum wage to be applied countrywide. We have articulated this stance in a letter to the Myanmar government, urging it to resist the request for an exemption from the country’s garment manufacturers.

ETI will offer a ‘Business ethics awareness: Introduction to ethical trade’ course to China-based suppliers in Guangzhou (27 & 28 July) and Shanghai (30 & 31 July).

ETI member companies lobby the Cambodia government to strengthen the draft of the new Law on Unions of Enterprises.

Today the Local Resources Network (LRN) was launched at the first regional multi-stakeholder workshop on ethical trade in Kenya.

Stirling Smith finds that 1815, and the peace brought about by Waterloo, was a great year for ethical trade with plans developed for model workplaces.

Trust and confidence; these two words are so important to our work within Tamil Nadu’s garment and textiles sector.

The Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety is two years old. Stirling Smith examines its achievements.