A lack of formal worker representation fuels and exacerbates a lack of access to universal workplace rights and protections within supplier companies. Here's what needs to happen.

Living wage initiatives take time to develop into tangible, sustainable results for workers… it’s a complex process. But why are there are still so few of them?

New UN recommendations to companies, governments and investors state that human rights due diligence is critical to determining responsibility and accountability amongst states and businesses.

In Bangladesh, negotiations over the wages paid to workers in the ready made garment sector continue. But how are they calculated and are they realistic? And what can international brands do?

Following recent reports on the urgency of climate change action and the need to mitigate the environmental impact of business, ETI's Industrial Relations Adviser, Beverley Hall, asks 'what about the workers?'

Why making hidden and overlooked children visible, and why identifying solutions to child labour in informal work spaces is a priority.

Multinational retailer and ETI member, Marks & Spencer, is working to eliminate sexual harassment and gender discrimination in its India supply chain. Reaching around 12,000 women across India, the programme is the focus of a short film published today by ETI. 

Social insurance presents one of the biggest challenges for stakeholders in Chinese supply chains seeking to implement ethical trading standards.

"Quality means a lot," explains Qu Yang in this case study that illustrates how ETI and ILO training is helping Chinese workers and management improve relations and their company's bottom line.

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.