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Webinar: Preparing your business for new human rights and environmental due diligence laws

19 February 2026
Join ETI’s free webinar to understand what emerging human rights and environmental due diligence laws mean for your business. Learn how to move beyond compliance, strengthen supply chain resilience and implement practical, effective due diligence aligned with international standards and new regulatory requirements.
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Purchasing practices, shrimp, and human rights: why acting now matters

18 February 2026
Shrimp may be one of the world’s most traded seafood products, but behind its global success lies a system where labour abuses persist despite audits, certifications and ethical commitments. This blog explores why the real solution lies not just in compliance tools, but in transforming purchasing practices, and what companies must do now to align how they buy with the human rights standards they claim to uphold.
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Taking action on workplace heat

16 February 2026
As record-breaking heat pushes the planet toward the 1.5°C limit, this blog reveals how extreme temperatures are already affecting millions of workers and why businesses can’t afford to ignore the risk. Discover how one factory’s simple, low-cost changes cut heat stress and boosted productivity, proving that protecting workers isn’t just urgen, it’s smart.
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Hidden at sea: why UK seafood must not come at the cost of migrant fishers’ rights

13 February 2026
Migrant fishers working on UK-flagged vessels remain excluded from basic employment protections due to immigration loopholes and weak enforcement. This blog explores what government reform and robust human rights due diligence by seafood businesses must do to prevent exploitation at sea.
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Rebuild East Midlands joins the Ethical Trading Initiative NGO Caucus

22 January 2026
Rebuild East Midlands has joined the Ethical Trading Initiative’s NGO caucus, bringing lived-experience insight to collaborative efforts to prevent exploitation and strengthen responsible business conduct.
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ETI at the OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector 2026

20 January 2026
A run down of where you can engage with us at the OECD Forum.
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How to use the GAIA principles to end GBVH in commercial agriculture & fisheries

14 January 2026
ETI's Collective Action Officer, Essi Vehviläinen sets out how businesses are expected to use the GAIA principles in practice.
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Lisa Parrott joins ETI Board as Treasurer and Non-Executive Director

6 January 2026
Experienced CFO joins ETI Board as Treasurer, bringing extensive expertise in finance, governance and risk.

"I've been where you are" – meet your expert trainer for Module 1 of ETI’s Human Rights Essentials Course

4 January 2026
ETI’s Human Rights Essentials Course gives participants a firm foundation in human rights that they can immediately bring back to their own work or business.
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Supporting individual companies to implement HRDD

19 December 2025
Reflections on a year of challenge, collaboration and progress.
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European Parliament votes in favour of Omnibus I

18 December 2025
ETI responds to the European Parliament's approval of Omnibus I package.
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Looking ahead and the role of collaboration amongst brands

17 December 2025
Reflections on ETI’s GRACE project that tackles GBVH in the apparel and textile sector by Dr. Jane Pillinger. The final post of a new five-part blog series.

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