The Ethical
Trading Initiative
The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) is a
ground-breaking alliance of companies, trade unions
and voluntary organisations. It works in partnership
to improve the lives of workers across the globe who
make or grow consumer goods - everything from tea to
T-shirts, from flowers to footballs.
The vision of the initiative is a world where all workers
are free from exploitation and discrimination, and work
in conditions of freedom, security and equity. This
year corporate members' ethical trade activities touched
the lives of over 9.4 million workers
What is ethical trade?
Ethical trade means that retailers, brands and their
suppliers take responsibility for improving the working
conditions of the people who make the products they
sell. Most of these workers are employed by supplier
companies around the world, many of them based in poor
countries where laws designed to protect workers' rights
are inadequate or not enforced.
Companies with a commitment to ethical trade adopt
a code of labour practice that they expect all their
suppliers to work towards. Such codes address issues
like wages, hours of work, health and safety and the
right to join free trade unions.
Why is ETI needed?
'Doing' ethical trade is much harder than it sounds.
Modern supply chains are vast, complex and span the
globe. Labour issues are themselves challenging. For
example, what exactly is ‘a living wage'? What
should a company do if it finds children working in
a supplier's worksite? Evicting children from the workplace
can, paradoxically, make their lives worse.
ETI brings corporate, trade union and voluntary sector
members together in a unique alliance that enables us
to collectively tackle many thorny issues that cannot
be addressed by individual companies working alone.
Foundation stage members
Beltrami
BBS Granite Concepts Ltd
Burberry Group Plc
ClearSprings (management) Ltd
DNS Stones Ltd (UK)
Foster Refrigerator
Giftpoint Ltd
Jack Wills Ltd
Kane Granite
Keltbray Ltd
Mears Group
N Brown
Natural Paving Products
RTG International
Tchibo GmbH
Unique Building Products Ltd
Sportswear International Ltd
Full ETI members
Adolfo Dominguez
Arco
Asda
ASOS.com
Boden
Brett Landscaping
BTC Group
Co-operative Retail
Debenhams Retail
Dewhirst Group
Differenti-8
Dimensions Clothing
Ethical Tea Partnership [Note 1]
Fat Face
Flamingo Holdings
Fyffes Group
Gap Inc
Grabal Alok UK
Greencell
Icon Live
Inditex
Jaeger / Aquascutum
Jenclare Brands
Kammac Plc
London Stone Paving Ltd
London Underground
Mackays
Madison Hosiery
Marks & Spencer
Marshalls
Monsoon Accessorize
Mothercare
New Look Retailers
Next Retail
Pacific Brands
Pavestone
Pentland Brands [Note 2]
Premier Foods
Primark (ABF Limited)
Ringtons
River Island
Rohan Designs
Ruia Group
Sainsbury's
Stone Masters Ltd
Supremia
Tesco
The Body Shop International
Typhoo Tea
Union Hand-Roasted
WH Smith
William Lamb Footwear
Winfresh (UK) Ltd
Ethical Trading Initiative
8 Coldbath Square
London EC1R 5HL
UK
Tel: +44(0) 20 7841 4350
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7833 1569
http://www.ethicaltrade.org
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