What are the main challenges that global buyers’ purchasing practices can cause for suppliers, in East Asia supply chains?

Launching the SCORE Programme in Guangdong Province to help SMEs improve their productivity, quality and management systems. 

Developing cooperative working relationships that result in shared benefits for workers, SMEs and international buyers.

We explore lessons in cooperation and communication from ETI and ILO SCORE training in China.

It’s been one year since ETI joined forces with the ILO to deliver SCORE Training to 17 Chinese factories which supply products to eight ETI member brands.

ETI member, Matrix APA, surveyed its Chinese suppliers about an important new green initiative, an environment tax, that seeks to help improve the environmental impact of Chinese businesses. Here they detail their findings.

China's factories are facing a growing labour shortage. This blog analyses why manufacturers are finding it difficult to recruit workers, particularly younger workers, and what they can do about it.