The growing trend around non-financial reporting, stemming from John Ruggie's Protect, Respect, Remedy framework, sees greater importance attached to human rights due diligence.
The UK parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has just published its Human Rights and Business 2017 report calling for “stronger legislation, stronger enforcement and clearer routes to justice” to protect workers’ human rights.
Sabita Banerji gets to the heart of the Living wage issue, and reports on the rallying cry from the Archbishop of York at the recent ETI and Global Compact Network UK’s living wage conference.
A growing labour shortage, rising skill levels and better wages are changing the nature of Chinese factories and the relationships between workers and employers.
Minister of State for International Development, Alan Duncan, yesterday urged companies and other stakeholders to engage with ETI to improve supply chains in the Bangladesh garment sector.