Making what’s good for workers, work for business.
Starbucks move to Fair Trade – fair play, or fair competition?
Starbucks, the Seattle based coffee behemoth, has this week announced that it is embracing cause of poor farmers across the world and will be sourcing all of its espresso coffee for the UK market through fair trade certified sources. There are two caveats, however; firstly this is not a universal conversion to fair trade [...]
On the 22nd October, the UK Employment Appeals Tribunal passed a judgement which changed the established understanding of workers’ entitlement to rest breaks.
The judgement states that workers are entitled to a 20-minute unpaid break when they work over 6 hours, rather than being entitled to a 20-minute break for every 6 hours that they [...]
Ethical Trade: The Business Case – two short films for retailers and suppliers
The ETI has just produced two really useful new films that set out the business case for ethical trade, for suppliers and retailers. We all know that pictures, preferably moving pictures, are crucial in getting people to relate to workers and their lives and we welcome these new films as a useful resource for [...]
Last week the London College of Fashion’s Centre for Sustainable Fashion played host to people from a wide spectrum of backgrounds as part of its Fashioning the Future Conference. The conference was an opportunity for those interested in fashion, sustainability and ethical trade to get together and discuss the idea of sustainability in the [...]