A clear message emerging from the recent ETI Members Living Wage Workshop was the need - and determination - to move beyond discussion and take practical, collaborative action.

Reports that prison labour in East Germany produced products for a number of well-known companies should set a few alarm bells ringing.

Stirling Smith expects few surprises in the ethical trade stories that will hit the headlines in 2014.

NGOs have been pushing for the living wage for at least 15 years, but Rachel Wilshaw, Oxfam's Ethical Trade Manager thinks a breakthrough is on the cards.

Can South Africa continue to live by the principles of dignity, respect and tolerance that Mandela espoused? ETI diversity training on farms helps embed these values among workers.