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Resources

Myanmar enhanced due diligence sectoral assessment

  • Public
  • 12 September 2022
  • Tools, Guidelines & Briefings
An ETI-commissioned independent assessment on human rights and responsible business conduct within Myanmar.

Towards greater transparency: the business case

  • Public
  • 15 November 2017
  • Tools, Guidelines & Briefings
Sets out the business case towards greater transparency for businesses and ETI, in relation to supply chain and ethical trade activities.

Towards greater transparency: ETI's direction of travel

  • Public
  • 15 November 2017
  • Tools, Guidelines & Briefings
Clarifying the direction ETI will take on transparency as part of its 2020 strategy.

Guide to buying responsibly

  • Public
  • 7 September 2017
  • Tools, Guidelines & Briefings
Guidance for companies on purchasing practices, based on a supplier survey conducted in partnership with the joint ethical trading initiatives and the ILO.

Business models & labour standards: making the connection

  • Public
  • 4 March 2019
  • Tools, Guidelines & Briefings
Exploring the key weaknesses in current business models that hamper progress on improving conditions for production workers.
Female sewing machine operator, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Gender disaggregated data: guidance for suppliers

  • Public
  • 20 June 2025
  • Tools, Guidelines & Briefings
Explains the importance of collecting and analysing gender-disaggregated workforce data to better understand working conditions through a gender lens.

ETI insights: Responsible Purchasing Practices – Driving change in manufacturing

  • Public
  • 7 May 2025
  • Presentations
Presentation and recording from ETI insights webinar, 07 May 2025
Two women in manufacturing factory

Gender-responsive occupational safety and health in supply chains

  • Public
  • 28 April 2025
  • Tools, Guidelines & Briefings
Guidance developed by ETI’s General Merchandise group, supporting companies in applying a gender lens to OSH within human rights due diligence (HRDD) frameworks.
Manufacturing, China

Responsible Purchasing Practices - manufacturing case studies

  • Public
  • 24 April 2025
  • Tools, Guidelines & Briefings
When an audit uncovered non-compliance concerning workers' wages, SmallWorld realised that more consistent and meaningful engagement with suppliers was necessary. How Stone company Hardscape used insights from ETI’s tools to assess and improve its procurement practices, embedding responsible purchasing practices into its operations.
Workers at a manufacturing plant

Responsible purchasing practices in manufacturing industries

  • Public
  • 11 April 2025
  • Tools, Guidelines & Briefings
An overview of ETI's initiative which assessed the extent to which the five overarching principles of the Common Framework for the garment and footwear sector could be effectively applied across other manufacturing sectors.

ETI insights: Mined Minerals & Metals – Challenges & opportunities in HRDD

  • Public
  • 3 April 2025
  • Presentations
Presentation and recording from ETI Insights webinar on mined minerals & metals (03 April 2025)
Mining of metals  & minerals

Mining of metals & minerals: A rapid assessment

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  • 3 April 2025
  • Tools, Guidelines & Briefings
This research report examines the state of human rights due diligence within downstream companies, highlighting critical gaps and opportunities to drive more robust action towards a fairer and more sustainable mining sector.

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