In the year since the Rana Plaza collapse, what progress has the Accord made in promoting a safe and healthy ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh?

ETI Director Peter McAllister on changes in the debate around how best to support development and eradicate poverty. What will a development framework that replaces the current model of western donor-driven aid look like?

The collapse of Rana Plaza on 24 April 2013 saw the loss of more than 1,100 Bangladeshi workers. Our thoughts are with all those who suffered loss and injury as we mark the one year anniversary and ask what has changed since that horrific day.

What would be a sufficient wage for Malawi’s tea pluckers to live on?

Since wages are driven by multiple factors, ETI's Sabita Banerji focuses on the critical three that need to be tackled.

We welcome the news that the ILO-backed Rana Plaza Trust Fund will be the central vehicle for paying compensation to Rana Plaza victims and their families.

Rachel Wilshaw, Oxfam’s Ethical Trade Manager looks back on the astonishing 20 year rise of Fairtrade. And asks if it's time the UK government intervened on banana pricing.

ETI's Peter McAllister and Candida Barbato reflect on South African horticulture's journey towards sustainability.

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.