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SCORE Training catalogue
SCORE Training helps SMEs to achieve better working conditions and productivity through its wide variety of modules and stands as an aid to compliance.
SCORE Programme Brochure
Introduction to the ILO SCORE Programme: Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises to grow and create better jobs.
Child Labour
Rapid assessment of child labour in automobile repair workshops in Pakistan
Child labour in automobile repair workshops is widespread across Pakistan. The study explored the current situation of child labour in automobile repair workshops, elaborated the major push and pull factors, working conditions, effects on children's...
Statistical Brief
Overview of workers in the cargo handling subsector
This brief provides an overview of workers in the cargo handling subsector.
Statistical Brief
Overview of workers in the subsector of vehicle repairs & services (auto-repair)
This brief provides an overview of workers in the autorepair subsector.
Decent work challenges and opportunities in Malaysia’s rubber glove supply chain
The report aims to strengthen the evidence base on the decent work challenges and opportunities across the four strategic objectives of the Decent Work Agenda: employment creation, rights at work, social protection and social dialogue.
Challenges and opportunities to advance decent work in five countries and supply chains: A synthesis report
This report summarizes the findings from rapid assessments and deep-dive research into decent work challenges and opportunities in five sectors and countries: coffee in Colombia, electronics in Viet Nam, fisheries in Namibia, rubber gloves in...
Research Paper No.15
The automotive sector in Mexico: The impact of automation and digitalization on employment
This paper discusses the implementation of automation and digitalization processes in two automotive manufacturing plants in Mexico and analyses their effects on employment, including gender dimensions, and labour processes. A qualitative...
Sustainable supply chains to build forward better
Viet Nam’s electronics supply chain: Decent work challenges and opportunities
The report assesses the electronics industry in Viet Nam, the largest export sector and one of the largest employers in Viet Nam, with the aim of understanding opportunities and challenges for advancing decent work during the post-COVID-19 recovery...
Supply chains
Knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) gaps in environmental management in the textile and garment sector: Project highlights:...
The Decent Work in the Garment Supply Chains in Asia (DWGSCA) project funded by the Swedish International Development Corporation Agency (SIDA) aims to support decent work and sustainability in the garment sector.
Supply chains
A Just Transition in the textile and garment sector in Asia: Decent Work in Garment Sector Supply Chains project
A Just Transition for the garment industry in Asia is critical as the sector seeks to recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and transforms as part of a critical decade of action for achieving the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals....
Supply chains
Knowledge Intensive Business Services - gaps in environmental management in the textile and garment sector: Synthesis report
A critical weakness in the environmental management systems in the textile and garment sector is the lack of business services to provide high level, technical expertise, and services in environmental management. These types of knowledge activities...
Working conditions in BWJ participating non-garment factories
Trade union organizing in Bangladesh's ready-made garment sector amidst COVID pandemic: status, challenges, and scope.
The specific objectives of the study are drawn from interpreting trade union organizing, fundamentally, workers have the right to form and join organizations of their own choosing, i.e. organize as trade unions. Such organizing for the formation of...
MRC and ILO joint publication
Addressing, preventing and eliminating forced labour in the rubber industry in Malaysia: A practical guide for Malaysian employers
This Guide is a joint initiative of the MRC and the ILO project: “Sustainable Supply Chains to Build Forward Better” (SSCBFB) and through the support of the European Union. It aims to provide practical guidance to employers in the rubber industry in...
Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia
Employment, wages and productivity in the Asian garment sector: Taking stock of recent trends
The report takes stock of employment, wages and productivity in the Asian garment sector by exploring data and policy insights to highlight trends, patterns and ways forward for a better future of work. By utilising updated data insights, the report...
Charging ahead: The future of work in the Portuguese automotive sector
The report Charging ahead – the future of work in the Portuguese automotive sector analyses the structure of the Portuguese automotive sector as part of the broader European automotive industry.
Responsible supply chains
Driving change: A market systems analysis of responsible business practices in Thailand’s automotive parts sector
The study was conducted to generate in depth knowledge and map the automotive sector in Thailand.
Background paper
Global value chain analysis of the automotive and garment sectors: A study of Germany, Spain, Romania, Indonesia and Mexico for 2000-2014
Since the end of the last century, there has been an increasing trend of production fragmentation. Although all manufacturing sectors have become globalised to some degree, the case of automotive and garment sectors stand out. This report analyses...
Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia
Promising practices, experiences and lessons learned in eliminating gender inequality in the garment sector in Asia
The report highlights policies, programmes and initiatives that have been successful in closing critical gender gaps in the garment industry.