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Read the full PDF report here: Finding the Sweet Spot: Smarter Ethical Trade That Delivers More For All Report authors: Rosey Hurst, Alex Eastham, Selene Gittings, Urvi Kelkar, Magali Martowicz, Pam Muckosy, Shivani Reddy, Carly Thomas Over the last 15 years we have seen brands and purchasers valiantly try valiantly to cajole, persuade, regulate and instruct their suppliers and sub-contractors to comply with local law and international standards on decent work.

A key part of ethical trade is doing the right thing when supplier businesses go wrong.

In 2008, based on Impactt’s experience of working extensively on child labour remediation and prevention programmes around the world, and in consultation with over 90 leading practitioners globally, we developed the Operational Procedures on the Remediation of Child Labour in Industrial Contexts (CLOP).

** New ** Getting Smarter: Ethical Trading in the Downturn

Impactt has been recording and analysing information from our factory visits since August 2006.

Each week we gather together the most interesting news stories from around the web.

Whenever Impactt is mentioned in the news or by external organisations we create a reference here.

Impactt has produced a set of training materials on the development impact of supply chains. ‘Purchasing for People’, funded by the UK Department for International Development (DfID), is now freely available for use. 

The Local Resources Network is an online community to link corporate and NGO members with developing world partners who have expertise in conducting workplace remediation and training.

Material Concerns: How responsible sourcing can deliver the goods for business and workers in the garment industry,  is a report which Impactt has co-authored with the fairtrade organisation Traidcraft on purchasing practices in the garment industry.

A report on a collaborate project in China to reduce excessive overtime by improving factory productivity, human resource management and communication.

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‘Progress not Perfection’ is a report about 10 years of work on improving labour standards and ethical supply chain management.

A report exploring how ethical supply chain management has developed, good practice and the challenges for the future

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A video exploring the issues of child labour in China and showing footage of an Impactt child labour remediation project

We maintain a large database of relevant news stories, blogs and resources on a wide range of topics: Ethical trade Labour standards Working conditions Gangmasters Migrant labour The database currently holds over 3000 stories and is updated daily and covers stories from across the globe.