On this year’s Human Rights Day, we are celebrating nearly two decades of promoting human rights and improving labour conditions in global supply chains, and looking ahead to our 20th anniversary in 2017. In the past ten years alone, we have reached some 1.38m workers, and we aim to improve the lives of 6m workers by 2020. Our 50 strong team works across 17 countries, including the UK, China, ... Read more
Benefits for Business and Workers: proving the business case for social investment in the supply chain
Impactt’s award-winning Benefits for Business and Workers (BBW) programme now reaches some 280,000 garment workers in 188 factories across Bangladesh, India and Myanmar. It is supported by 17 major fashion brands and retailers, including Debenhams, Marks & Spencer, Ralph Lauren and Sainsbury’s. Focusing on HR and productivity training, the programme aims to prove that better pay and working ... Read more
Collaborating Towards a World-Class Toy Industry in India
Impactt and ICTI CARE partner to strengthen India’s toy industry by accelerating progress on labour standards Ethical trade consultancy Impactt has partnered with ICTI CARE, a not-for-profit labour rights and certification organisation, to raise labour standards in Indian toy factories and help create an internationally competitive toy industry in India. On 3rd October 2016, the two ... Read more
Best practice guide to improving transparency in global supply chains by addressing modern slavery
What is modern slavery? Modern slavery is a complex crime taking many different forms. At its worst, it could mean the intentional trafficking of people for commercial gain or forcing people to work in degrading circumstances with no pay. However, there are many grey areas. Within global supply chains, modern slavery could extend to withholding workers’ passports, fining workers for quality ... Read more
