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Towards one cost: A guest blog by Paul Williams of ETI corporate member Princes

9 July 2020
ETI member Princes on the potential for a "one cost option" future where certification schemes are a thing of the past
Cofee picking

Guest Blog: Pascale Schuit, of Union Hand Roasted, responds to Verité's report into the challenges for workers and farmers in the coffee industry due to Covid-19

9 July 2020
Guest blog: Pascale Schuit, of Union Hand Roasted, responds to a report by Verité into the challenges for workers and farmers in the coffee industry due to Covid-19
Garment worker, using sewing machine

ETI calls for government commitment to tackle abuses in Leicester

8 July 2020
Now is the time for the government to invest in the UK garment industry, especially as the industry faces big challenges in global supply chains over the coming years.

Covid-19: ETI and FairWear joint guidance for brands on lost wages and jobs

3 July 2020
ETI and Fair Wear have published joint guidance and resources for brands on how to uphold their responsibilities to workers in supply chains who are laid off or facing reduced wages due to Covid-19

Naissance: "If you do good, you feel good."

2 July 2020
New ETI member on its foundation membership aspirations, and how it has supported a women-owned shea butter cooperative in Ghana to grow into a business employing 800 women and supporting a community of 1,400 people

Nick Kightley, ETI's Strategic Lead for Food, Farming and Fisheries respond's to Oxfam's 2020 Behind the Barcodes scorecard

30 June 2020
ETI members hold 5 of the top 6 places in the Behind the Barcodes scorecard and Tesco continues to be the benchmark against which to measure others. Nick Kightley reflects on how supermarkets have sought to communicate with suppliers, understand their challenges and provide advice and support during Covid-19

Slow progress to protect frontline food workers in supermarket supply chains?

29 June 2020
Guest blog: As the 2020 Behind the Barcodes Scorecard is published, Oxfam’s Rosa Polaschek reflects on why, in the year Coronavirus hit, the charity's annual campaign is more relevant than ever

Is Nestle “Building Back Worse?”

25 June 2020
How will some of the world's poorest farmers be affected by the decision by Nestle to take them off Fairtrade terms and onto its own cocoa sustainability programme, Cocoa Plan?

Climate and employment proofing our work: where do we start?

25 June 2020
Wednesday 24 June 2020 is the ITUC’s global day to mobilize activity to “climate and employment proof our work". Beverley Hall, ETI's Senior Advisor, Industrial Relations, reflects on how we can start a conversation on what a green, sustainable and inclusive post-pandemic world might look like.
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What are the key takeaways for exporters and buyers from a new report on how Covid-19 has affected the Thai seafood sector?

25 June 2020
Covid-19 and the Thai seafood industry: Nick Kightley reflects on what seafood exporters and global buyers need to take away from a new report by CSO Coalition and Oxfam

Covid 19: NHS Supply Chain and international buyers urged to act now to avert massive increase in child labour and worker exploitation

22 June 2020
New report finds poor labour standards, including child labour, in surgical instruments used by hospitals and health clinics around the world

A guest blog from Cindy Berman: Who pays for our surgical instruments?

22 June 2020
80% of the surgical instruments the NHS imports come from Sialkot, Pakistan. But a new report highlights how international buying practices have driven a race to the bottom on labour standards, and are fuelling child labour.

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