"The ILO's flagship report on the world of work shows, for the first time, that quality jobs can drive sustained growth in emerging and developing countries."
Excellent and thorough report on Bangladesh garment industry - with historical and value chain analysis - arguing that endemic sub-contracting is unaddressed by current initiatives
Factory transparency from Better Work Cambodia
The site, created and maintained by the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program, will publicly name factories that violate two or more ILO workplace standards."
"The BSCI Code draws on important international labour standards protecting workers' rights such as International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions, declarations of the United Nations (UN) as well as guidelines of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It sets out 11 core labour rights, which our participating companies and their business partners commit to incorporating within their supply chain in a step-by-step development approach. The 2014 version has been reinforced with new principles such as 'No Precarious Employment' and 'Ethical Business Behaviour'. "
"The International Labour Organization and International Finance Corporation have announced the establishment of a Better Work programme in the ready-made garment sector in Bangladesh. As with its other country programmes, Better Work Bangladesh is a partnership with government, employers, workers, international buyers and other relevant stakeholders. "
"In contrast to the results reported in the 2010
Global Report... the newest estimates show
that real advances have been made in the fight
against child labour, particularly over the last four
years. This means governments, workers and
employers organisations, and civil society are on
the right track and moving in the right direction.
The investment, experience and attention paid to
the elimination of child labour, with priority given
to its worst forms, are clearly paying off.
However good this news is, it has to be
accompanied with an immediate reminder that
success in this field can only be relative. As
the assessment of the previous Global Report
underlined, the progress is still too slow and its
pace needs to pick up if the world community
is going to come anywhere near to meeting the
2016 goal which it aims to achieve"
Policy Director at Ergon Associates since 2005. Previously Research Director at PIRC London, working on corporate responsibility and governance analysis and advisory services for instititional investors.