Ethical Trading Initiative
- Ethical Trading Initiative
The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) is an alliance of companies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and trade union organisations promoting ethical consumerism.
In the late 1990s, companies selling food and clothing to UK consumers were coming under increasing pressure – from trade unions, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and consumers – to ensure decent working conditions for the people who produce the goods they sell. Such companies typically responded by adopting a code of practice setting out minimum labour standards that they expect their suppliers to comply with.
Many companies who adopted such codes soon found that they had neither the public credibility, nor the necessary experience and skills, to answer these questions alone. They realised they needed the backing of relevant civil society organisations, in particular of trade union organisations and NGOs with expertise in labour issues and overseas development.
ETI was set up in 1998 to bring the combined knowledge and influence of relevant NGOs and the international trade union movement to work alongside these companies in identifying and promoting good practice in code implementation.
External links
* [http://www.ethicaltrade.org/ Ethical Trading Initiative]
* Susanne Schaller: [http://inef.uni-due.de/page/documents/Report91.pdf "The Democratic Legitimacy of Private Governance. An Analysis of the Ethical Trading Initiative"] . INEF-Report 91, Duisburg 2007.
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