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Case studies

Female garment workers, smiling

Building resilience through responsible purchasing practices: A case study of One+All and New Horizon

How two businesses navigate crises in Bangladesh and maintain stability through collaboration.

Hardscape – Enhancing RPP through mutually agreed policies and practices

How Stone company Hardscape used insights from ETI’s tools to assess and improve its procurement practices, embedding responsible purchasing practices into its operations.
Manufacturing, China

Smallworld Accessories – Strengthening supplier relationships through responsible purchasing practices

When an audit uncovered non-compliance concerning workers' wages, SmallWorld realised that more consistent and meaningful engagement with suppliers was necessary.

Reporting against the CTF: ONE+All

ONE+All reflects on their efforts to meet ETI's Corporate Transparency Framework requirements.
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/ MgHla (aka) Htin Linn Aye.

BESTSELLER: Heightened due diligence in Myanmar

Learn about about BESTSELLER's hHRDD efforts prior to and following the coup in Myanamar.
Whistles shop front in Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo credit: Shutterstock.

Responsible Purchasing Practices: Building partnerships with suppliers

How Phase Eight, Whistles and Hobbs (premium womenswear brands, part of TFG London) improved their purchasing practices between 2022 and 2024, with support from ETI.
A woman machine operator smiles at an assembly line in Bayan-Sulu modern confectionery factory. Photo credit: Shutterstock.

Gender data: Informing gender-responsive human rights due diligence

Find out how the joint Gender Data Initiative is supporting the integration of the gender data indicators into existing tools informing HRDD.
Liberty, London store

Group progression: Liberty London

Liberty London reflects on the benefits of ETI's 'group progression' approach.
Infant & baby merchandise

Group progression: Mamas & Papas

Mamas & Papas reflect on the benefits of ETI's 'group progression' approach.
The Hammonia Istria at heads of Port Phillip on a quiet sunny morning.

A Lifeline: shipping human rights due diligence for companies

The ITF has established a Seafarers Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) Unit to support companies health checks on their shipping supply chains.

VIDEO Case Study: LINDEX's We Women project has reached 70,000 workers in just 3 years

EWI member LINDEX's We Women gender empowerment project has reached 70,000 workers and counting in garment factories in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar and the company has made the learning available to everyone via open access
Akin Socks' workers reading the factory's written confirmation of the right to organise.

Industrial relations in Turkey: solving workplace disputes by social dialogue

How ETI and its members reached out to all parties in a factory dispute in Turkey to build cooperation and trust.

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