We support the EU's commitment to implement a regulatory approach to human rights due diligence, demonstrating global leadership in this area. However, we call for the EU decision-makers to take a comprehensive due diligence approach that is risk-based.
ETI's recommendations to the EU CSDDD reflect on more than twenty years of experience working with our global membership and eleven years in the practical implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), and the ETI Base Code through a process of continuous improvement and shared learning.
In our latest blog, originally published by Anti-Slavery International, Eunice Waweru from Workers’ Rights Watch (WRW) exposes the exploitation of women in the flower industry in Kenya.
Taylor Cass Talbott explores the challenges between a circular economy and delivering a just transition when it comes to protecting the livelihoods of waste pickers and informal economy workers.
ETI has joined forces with amfori, Fair Wear Foundation, Sustainable Apparel Coalition, Transformers Foundation, and manufacturer associations from the Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative to advance effective mandatory human rights due diligence at the EU level.