We have teamed up with the Ethical Trading Initiatives in Denmark and Norway to publish a new briefing on living wages in supply chains. ‘Living wages in global supply chains: a new agenda for business’ was launched in London this week, to an audience of businesses, NGOs, trade unions and stakeholders.

This Friday 24 April, we must stop and remember. This date marks the two year anniversary of a horrific tragedy – the collapse of Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza that took the lives of more than 1,100 workers and injured thousands more.

We are appalled by news today that migrant workers in southern Spain are facing workers’ rights abuses.

We welcome the Modern Slavery Act 2015 passing into law and applaud the British government for passing this important piece of legislation. The Act is the first of its kind in Europe, and one of the first in the world, to address slavery and trafficking in the 21st century.

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.

Child labour is harder to find in factories, but still common in informal production. Homeworkers Worldwide and Traidcraft's new toolkit helps companies reduce the risk of child labour in craft supply chains.

Joint statement from ETI, BSCI and SAI urging Bangladeshi public and private partners to make a contribution under the Rana Plaza Arrangement in order to complete the existing funding gap and fully compensate the victims of this tragedy.