The UK's 5.8 million SMEs have huge untapped potential for leading on human rights at work, and are often better placed to do so than the big multinationals. A new government-funded scheme offering SMEs bespoke ETI training at a significant discount is helping unlock some of that potential.
UK consumers buy more clothes per person than any other country in Europe while globally the fashion sector is reportedly the world’s third biggest manufacturing industry.
In this Q&A with ETI’s Executive Director, Peter McAllister we consider 20 years of progress and challenges around ethical trade in the run up to our 20th Anniversary Conference.