ETI Ten: The promising start of a very long journey

On 23rd October, nearly 450 brands, retailers, NGOs, trade unions and representatives of government gathered together to celebrate the first decade of the Ethical Trading Initiative and to discuss the key challenges that lie ahead. The conference room was filled with celebratory air; but strongly evident was the collective feeling that while we have [...]

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DBlackadder (Creative Commons Licence) Views from our Asia Pacific Network: Unrest in the Bangladeshi Garment Industry

This is the second article in the series of ‘viewpoints’ being issued by Impactt as part of the launch of our Asia Pacific Network. This viewpoint comes from Selima Akhtar, our associate in Bangladesh, and focuses on how severe inflation and poor wages have triggered violent unrest in the [...]

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Material Concerns – a new Impactt/Traidcraft joint report on Purchasing Practices in the garment industry

We are delighted to announce the publication of Material Concerns: How responsible sourcing can deliver the goods for business and workers in the garment industry, a report which we have co-authored with the fairtrade organisation Traidcraft.This report is aimed at the sourcing and commercial directors of retailers and brands and sets out a new approach [...]

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Ethical comes out on top in time of crisis

During a time of unprecedented economic turmoil, it seems that consumers are hanging on to their ethics, even if their commitment to environmental issues may be wavering.  The Grocer  reports on research carried out by the oddly named research company, Feel: ‘despite feeling the pinch, 92% of consumers still claimed to be willing to [...]

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