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Yesterday’s BBC3 documentary Blood, Sweat and Takeaways plonked six young Brits onto the production line of a tuna processing factory in Indonesia, with predictable consequences.  The Brits can’t cope with the living conditions, the heat, the factory environment, the tasks they are allocated – they vomit, they faint, they cry, they throw each other [...]

The Global Social Compliance Programme (GSCP) – a partnership of some of the world’s biggest companies – has today launched their new reference code. The launch is intended to coincide with the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  The partnership includes multinational retailers and brands such as Carrefour, Hasbro, Ikea, Hewlett-Packard, [...]

 
A new network to promote good working practices in developing countries will be launched today, 4th December, at the Ethical Trade Initiative Food Group meeting.
The Local Resources Network is an online community for organisations working to improve employment conditions in factories, on farms and in work sites worldwide. The network is intended to link [...]

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 [...]

Following on from the focus on Primark’s ethical standards over the past couple of weeks, Tesco’s AGM today has meant attention has now turned to the supermarket’s commitment to ethical trade, with pressure being brought to bear on the retailer from several different directions.
Perhaps the most high profile Tesco critic of recent weeks is [...]

We are all waiting with bated breath to hear about the outcome of the shareholder resolution at the Tesco AGM today. The campaign group Action Aid have brought Gertruida Baartman, a fruit picker from South Africa, over to speak about her experiences at this years AGM.