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.
Addressing child labour in the supply chain is essential for the credibility and legitimacy of a business in the eyes of its stakeholders in the UK and elsewhere.
All of us in ethical trade need to do much more to help drive up wages worldwide, so that more parents can send their children to school - not out to work.
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