"More than one hundred thousand workers are killed every year at work in India. That's the equivalent of a Bhopal disaster every month." An interview with Stirling Smith.

ActionAid has published a report highlighting the payment of poverty wages, unreasonable hours and abuse of clothing workers in Bangladesh.

The attitudes and behaviour of supervisors are major barriers to progress on workers' rights.

The UN Secretary General's Special Representative on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, Professor John Ruggie, has produced his final report on Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights.

When it comes to the textile industry in Southern Africa, BBC's Justin Rowlatt got it wrong - the Chinese aren't coming, they are here. And it's both exciting and scary.

Social auditor and former social compliance manager for Marks and Spencer, Muriel Johnson, talks to ETI's Alan Sadler about current ethical trade trends.

Stuart Bell, Director of Policy at Ergon Associates, looks at some of the shortcomings of conventional audits as a tool and how companies are increasingly taking a different tack.

"A sustainable banana economy remains a distant goal. The good news is that this goal is now shared by most of the big players and a growing handful of governments - not just the trade unions and small farmers themselves."

Brands and retailers are far more interested in this group than they are the ethical activists - or the ostriches, for that matter.