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Responsible purchasing practices in manufacturing industries

Workers at a manufacturing plant
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  • 11 April 2025
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Purchasing practices
Responsible purchasing practices in manufacturing industries
Responsible purchasing practices in manufacturing industries - Summary

Responsible Purchasing Practices in Manufacturing Initiative

The garment and footwear industries have long been at the forefront of efforts to address responsible purchasing challenges, largely due to external scrutiny and pressure. While unethical practices remain, this scrutiny has been instrumental in driving a greater understanding of responsible practices.

However, manufacturing industries outside of textiles have often received less attention in this area. Running from June 2023 to February 2025, ETI's initiative, funded by the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), sought to address this gap by exploring how the principles of the Common Framework for Responsible Purchasing Practices (CFRPP) could be applied to manufacturing sectors and improve human rights outcomes within supply chains.

Over the course of 21 months, ETI assessed manufacturing businesses in improving their purchasing practices and evaluated the effectiveness of the measures implemented. The project engaged diverse stakeholders groups through surveys, group consultations, and direct advocacy with companies, helping to deepen the understanding of how buyers and suppliers engage in purchasing practices and their human rights impacts.

Read the report for an overview of ETI's findings from this work and its impact on workers and supply chains.

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Responsible purchasing practices in European legislation

How the human rights aspects of CSDDD relate to the Common Framework for Responsible Purchasing Practices in Manufacturing Industries (CFRPP MI).
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Responsible purchasing practices in manufacturing industries

The Purchasing Practices in Manufacturing initiative by the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), supported by the Initiative for Global Solidarity (IGS), aimed to explore how the principles outlined in the Common Framework for Responsible Purchasing Practices (CFRPP) for apparel and textiles (A&T) could be applied across a range of manufacturing sectors.
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