Features

2010

1. Article

   ILO launches new web-based information and assistance service for business: ILO Helpdesk for Business on International Labour Standards

   09 December 2010

   Building on the success of the ILO Helpdesk confidential assistance service established in March 2009 to help companies implement principles of international labour standards in business operations, the International Labour Office (ILO) has now launched a web-based information service component drawing on all sectors of the ILO. News item, 9 December 2010

2007

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   Article

   When global leaders discuss business and labour principles - Global Compact Leaders Summit 2007

   09 July 2007

   What are the benefits and challenges of implementing labour principles in supply chains? What support from the ILO or the Global Compact would be useful for implementing such principles? These and other questions were the gist of the discussion on labour during the Global Compact Leaders’ Summit here. ILO on-line reports.

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   Article

   International Day of Cooperatives 2007 - Seeds of change: cooperatives in Ethiopia

   05 July 2007

   Celebrated annually on the first Saturday of July, the International Day of Cooperatives highlights this year how cooperatives can promote corporate social responsibility by their very nature as enterprises that balance economic, environmental, and social imperatives. ILO Online reports from Ethiopia where the ILO helped to organize more than 100,000 coffee producers in 115 cooperatives.