We celebrate the UK Government’s announcement this week that it will include a reporting requirement for businesses in the Modern Slavery Bill. This has the potential to make a significant difference.

Sabita Banerji looks at the underlying causes of the Rana Plaza disaster and which types of workers remain most vulnerable.

Are building collapses in India the canary in the coal mine? Stirling Smith on what union reports point to in the construction industry.

Over 150 people gathered at the ILO headquarters in Geneva to take part in a dialogue about wages and working hours in the industries behind most of what we wear; the textile, clothing, leather & footwear industries.

How ETI and its members have been taking action to influence the Modern Slavery Bill.

A growing labour shortage, rising skill levels and better wages are changing the nature of Chinese factories and the relationships between workers and employers.

Stirling Smith has been looking at a new list of countries with dodgy records in workers’ rights.

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and ETI have jointly launched a pilot training project for China-based garment and footwear factories supplying ETI member companies.

Traidcraft promotes international trade being undertaken in a way which reduces poverty in developing countries. Fiona Gooch looks at who bears the cost of cheap food, following a recent Dispatches programme about working conditions within UK food supply chains.

Andy Hall exposed modern day slavery in the Thai pineapple industry, and is wrongly facing legal action.

The 40th birthday of the Health and Safety at Work Act makes Stirling Smith reflect on the continuing problem of deaths, injuries and ill health at work in ETI members' supply chains.

Some recent reports reveal that problems with ETI members’ supply chains are not only found abroad, writes Stirling Smith.