Resources on supply chains

  1. EU and UN agencies join forces to address root causes of child labour

    27 September 2023

    A new EU-funded action will tackle the root causes of child labour in supply chains, focusing primarily on coffee and leveraging existing efforts on cobalt. Under the leadership of the ILO, the project will be jointly implemented with FAO and UNICEF, in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC).

  2. Supply Chains for a Sustainable Future of Work

    15 May 2023

    The project supports an inclusive and sustainable future of work in three supply chains of importance to the European Union to achieve full and productive employment and decent work.

  3. VII Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean concludes

    15 July 2022

    Over 2,000 governments’, employers’ and workers’ representatives from 54 countries gathered in Bogotá (Colombia) from 13-15 July to discuss Business and Human Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean.

  4. Género y Emprendimiento (GET Ahead) – Experiencias de Latinoamérica

  5. ILO sheds light upon the role of cooperatives in the elimination of child labour at the Academy on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

    29 October 2021

    The two sessions organized in the framework of the Academy provided insights of the ILO’s work with cooperatives toward the elimination of child labour and presented practical cases of cooperatives that take action to combat child labour.

  6. Trade agreements and decent work in Mexico: the case of the automotive and textile industries

    29 June 2021

    The study applies the framework of decent work indicators developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), in combination with input–output analysis, to explore selected links between international trade and certain indicators of decent work in two industries of Mexico’s manufacturing sector: automotive and textile.

  7. Sustainable supply chains to build forward better

    07 June 2021

    Advancing decent work in five global supply chains of key importance to the European Union for a fair, resilient, and sustainable COVID-19 crisis recovery

  8. SCORE E-Learning supports resilience of SMEs and safety of workers during COVID-19

    15 March 2021

    This video presents the main results of the SCORE impact evaluation and how SCORE supports SME’s resilience, business reactivation and safety of workers in the context of COVID-19, using virtual tools. Video shows testimonies of BRYSAC’s workers, company in Peru that implemented SCORE with the Lead Buyer model.

  9. ILO 'Better Work' guidelines for factories in the garment sector

    02 April 2020

  10. MIG SCORE : Gender Equality module explained

    30 November 2018

    To counteract power imbalance and create conditions for equality and inclusion at the factory level, new and specific tools are needed. We designed a new SCORE Training Gender Equality module for supply chain development. The Gender Equality module focuses on five key issues: voice equality, inclusive hiring, equal pay for work of equal value, work climate, and work-life harmony. Taking into account the managerial and financial realities of SME’s, the eight-month training and technical assistance is divided into four steps, including a baseline assessment, manager-worker training, development of an Enterprise Improvement Plan (EIP) and expert enterprise visits to provide support and advice.