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Garment factory, Bangladesh

Too hot to ignore: Why purchasing practices are critical to addressing extreme heat risks for workers

10 August 2026
Extreme heat is no longer a distant risk, it's a daily reality for garment workers and suppliers. As new NYU Stern research shows, purchasing practices must evolve to meet it.
Garment workers, Cambodia

Just transition in the garment industry: an urgent need and an opportunity for collaboration

29 July 2026
Workers in Dhaka and Indian garment hubs are losing 15 days of paid work a year to extreme heat. The climate crisis is a daily reality for the people who make our clothes.
European Commission in Brussels, Belgium

Why companies must reflect on their purchasing practices now: Aligning the UTP and the CSDDD

23 July 2026
Late payments, last-minute cancellations and price pressures aren't just commercial issues, they're human rights risks. We share reflections from a recent FTAO and ECCJ webinar on what the UTP Directive and CSDDD together mean for responsible purchasing.
A woman picking tea in a Kenyan tea farm. Photo credit: Shutterstock.

Building safer, more accountable workplaces in Kenya’s tea sector

20 July 2026
Kenya's Multi-Stakeholder Platform creates a shared space for accountability, learning, and worker-centred action in the tea sector. Learn why it was created and what comes next.
Dramatic view of Big Ben and the Gothic Houses of Parliament with an ornate street lamp in London, UK. Photo credit: Shutterstock.

ETI responds to the Immigration and Asylum Bill following its second reading

17 July 2026
New bill takes small step on corporate transparency, but as drafted, falls short of what is needed, and parts of it risk real harm.

Who speaks for women workers?

18 June 2026
Collective action and gender just transitions in the agricultural Sector
Workers check avocados on a conveyer belt. Photo credit: EPRS.

From foundation to full membership: what EPRS learned on its ETI journey

17 June 2026
EPRS share how moving from foundation to full ETI membership helped them look beyond their own operations and commission a detailed human rights assessment across their supply chain. The result: a concrete action plan now improving conditions for workers at Eastern Produce Kenya, with similar work underway in Malawi.
Male farm worker picking strawberries in a field

The EU Forced Labour Regulation enforcement clock is ticking – is your business ready?

12 June 2026
What companies should be doing right now, and ahead of full enforcement.
Farmer in blue dress showing green beans in hands, close-up in garden. Photo credit: Shutterstock.

A strategy for the world of work we want to see

11 June 2026
ETI Chair Philip Jennings introduces ETI's Strategy 2030, setting out the organisation's roadmap for advancing human rights in global supply chains for the rest of the decade.
Photo credit: ITUC Global Rights Index 2026.

The crisis of workers' rights is now a crisis of democracy: Responsible business cannot look away

8 June 2026
ETI trade union member the ITUC has published its 2026 Global Rights Index, revealing a troubling erosion of workers' rights even in countries long considered democratic and stable. General Secretary Luc Triangle makes the case for why responsible businesses cannot afford to look away.
angladeshi Ready made garments workers working inside in a factory at Chittagong Export Processing Zone, Chattogram, Bangladesh. Photo credit: Shutterstock.

The price of progress: An opportunity for the fashion industry

3 June 2026
Sourcing prices for basic garments have fallen 30% in real terms over two decades, and the gap between what brands pay and what responsible production costs is becoming harder to ignore. ETI's responsible purchasing lead reflects on what it would realistically take to close that gap, and what the industry needs to confront to get there.
Courtroom and bench of International Court of Justice, principal judicial organ of the United Nations located at The Hague. Photo credit: Shutterstock.

ETI welcomes ICJ confirmation that the right to strike is protected under ILO Convention No. 87

22 May 2026
After more than a decade of dispute, the world's highest court has settled a critical question for workers everywhere. Here is what it means for responsible business.

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