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"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."

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."

Cocoa - only sustainable without child labour

"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'. "

Key developments in the field of labour standards, human rights and decent work that we think will move centre stage during the coming year.

New FLO (Fairtrade) Standard for Hired Labour.

Report on Nepalese migrant workers in Qatar. in wake of Amnesty International report on working conditions

"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"

"Over 100,000 girls and women in South Asia are set to benefit from a new initiative by the International Labour Organization and the UK Department for International Development, which aims to prevent trafficking within the region and to the Middle East. "

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Stuart Bell blogs on the need for smarter ways to assess risk

"The verification of supermarket policies with the case study in Morocco shows that there is a clear disconnect between labour standards that supermarkets uphold and the harsh reality for green beans workers. It is recommended that supermarkets exercise proper due diligence by investigating and addressing workplace related problems in FFV supply chains independently and more rigorously. "