Purchasing practices in context: Manufacturer insights and implications for accountability

This report is written against a backdrop of evolving legislation on human rights and environmental due diligence, growing awareness of how brand purchasing practices shape working conditions, and ongoing efforts to build stronger systems for accountability.

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Shrimp Supply Chains: Making the link between purchasing practices & human rights

This report examines working conditions, including non-compliance with the ETI Base Code, across global shrimp supply chains.

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How purchasing practices shape human rights in shrimp supply chains

This webinar presents new research assessing purchasing practices against the ETI Base Code, showing how various factors contribute to human rights risks in the shrimp supply chain.

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Embedding accountability in purchasing practices: reflections from the UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum

Purchasing decisions shape the lives of millions of workers, yet for decades the focus on improving labour conditions has been concentrated at the point of production.

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Purchasing Practices HRDD Framework

A resource for evaluating the integration of Responsible Purchasing Practices in Human Rights Due Diligence.

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Support materials: Responsible Purchasing Practices (RPP) resource hub

Supplementary materials for the Responsible Purchasing Practices (RPP) resource hub

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Responsible purchasing practices

Suppliers are responsible for providing good working conditions. But their efforts can sometimes be undermined by their customers' buying practices.

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ETI insights: Responsible Purchasing Practices – Driving change in manufacturing

Presentation and recording from ETI insights webinar, 07 May 2025

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Responsible Purchasing Practices (RPP) resource hub

A comprehensive resource supporting businesses to improve their impact on supply chain partners and workers.

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Responsible purchasing practices in manufacturing industries

The Purchasing Practices in Manufacturing initiative by the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), supported by the Initiative for Global Solidarity (IGS), aimed to explore how the principles outlined in the Common Framework for Responsible Purchasing Practices (CFRPP) for apparel and textiles (A&T) could be applied across a range of manufacturing sectors.

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