The actions large companies take to source their products have direct implications for workers in their supply chains.

More than 300 delegates converged in London from 19 – 20 October, for the inaugural Ethical Trade and Human Rights Forum. The conference looked at how we can move beyond the incremental progress of an audit and CSR-based era, to a future of transformative change for sustainable trade.

Forced labour is a symptom of a wider malaise facing workers in global supply chains. Governance gaps and skewed business structures are exacerbating inequality and must be tackled for workers to be properly protected.

For Armistice Day, Stirling Smith recalls the impact of the Great War on workers’ rights.

Cindy Berman, Head of Knowledge and Learning at ETI, reflects on the OSCE Alliance against Trafficking in Persons conference in Vienna, 'Ethical Issues in Preventing and Combating Human Trafficking', and shares her speech.

Marking International Women's Day, how best to achieve safe migration into decent jobs for poor women?

It's 10 years since 23 Chinese workers lost their lives harvesting cockles in Morecambe Bay. Will the UK Government stand by the measures that were introduced to prevent similar tragedies?