Last week, US Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill dubbed the Accountable Capitalism Act, which aims to redistribute wealth and ensure American corporations consider wider stakeholders in their decision-making.

If you are a Buying Director, a Buyer – either senior or junior – or hold a position where purchasing or sourcing is one of your key responsibilities we want to hear you.

Through our participation, we hope to promote some of the good practice of our members. But we will also highlight that much more still needs to be done to improve working conditions in global supply chains.

A new free guide for companies on responsible purchasing practices has been produced by the Joint Ethical Trading Initiatives of Denmark, Norway and the UK (Joint ETIs).

In this valedictory blog, Sabita Banerji reflects on her work in our Knowledge and Learning Team and the changes she saw in her five years at ETI.

Help us ensure that purchasing practices can help, not hinder, efforts to trade ethically.

As retailers foster closer working relations with their suppliers, how is the role of buyers evolving?

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.

ETI has launched a new ethical trade training course for buying staff, designed to help companies drive ethical trade to the heart of the way they do business.