All publications: responsible business conduct

Flyer presenting the course "International Labour Standards and Corporate Social Responsibility: Understanding workers’ rights in the...

This five-day course seeks to foster a better understanding of the principles of the international labour standards as they relate to company operations and the implications for CSR policies and practices geared towards decent work and sustainable...

ILO Global Business Network on Social Protection Floors

Today nearly 73 per cent of the world’s population lack access to adequate social protection coverage. The establishment of social protection floors (SPFs) requires a strong political will from the government and social partners, and private sector...

Rebuilding Haiti: Debris Management, Reconstruction and Employment Promotion after the 2010 Earthquake

The devastating earthquake of 12 January 2010 in Haiti affected more than 3 million people. Up to 160,000 people lost their lives in the earthquake, which measured a disastrous 7.0 on the Richter scale, destroying parts of the Haitian capital...

Guidelines

ILO-IOE child labour guidance tool for business: How to do business with respect for children's right to be free from child labour

This Guidelines aims to improve global supply chain governance, due diligence and remediation processes to advance the progressive elimination of child labour

The Elimination of Child Labour and Promotion of Decent Work in the Stora Enso Value Chain, with a Focus on Pakistan (Project fact sheet)

In order to strengthen its global policy and efforts to promote decent work and progressively eliminate child labour in its value chain in Pakistan, Stora Enso (SE) entered a public-private partnership agreement with the ILO.

13th African Regional Meeting

ARM 2015 Media accreditation

French multinational enterprises, corporate social responsibility and Social Protection Floors (SPF): Public-Private Partnership

Social protection floors (SFP) are nationally defined sets of basic social security guarantees that should ensure that all in need have access to essential health care and to basic income security. They are a key area of work for the ILO. As part of...

Fact sheet

Improving working conditions and promoting competitiveness in global supply chains: The ILO/IFC Better Work Programme: Public-Private...

Better Work is an innovative partnership between the International Labour Organization, the International Finance Corporation, and as at December 2013, 22 buyer partners and 827 factories employing 966,762 women and men. The programme plays a...

Support to the Yemeni Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour in Labour Market Information and Employment Policy: Public-Private Partnership

In 2006, the ILO and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) helped Yemen formulate a Labour Market Information System and Human Resource Development Strategy. Based on this framework, a project was launched to enhance Yemen’s capacity in...

Governing labour standards in the Chinese electronics manufacturing industry - Labour market institutions and governance of global...

In the late 1990s and early 2000s various Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) campaigns emerged to fill the gap created by a weakness in relevant ‘hard laws’ and their implementation. Currently, a marked move towards more ‘traditional’ hard law...

Centre of excellence for Bangladeshi apparel workers - Certified training within the national skills development framework: Public-Private...

The Centre of Excellence for the Bangladesh Apparel Industries (CEBAI) is a replicable model of an industry-driven training and support service that aims to meet the sector’s labour force needs. The initiative seeks to increase both the...

Maastricht University Master's courses for Social and Public Policy, Financing, Design and Human Development: Public-Private Partnership

The global trend to overhaul and revise welfare and social protection systems further increases the need for well-qualified quantitative social protection analysts and managers. Many developing countries and transition-economies, but also some...

The Global Compact and Safety and Health - Improving Occupational Safety and Health in the Supply Chain: Public-Private Partnership

This public-private partnership between the International Labour Organization (ILO), Volkswagen (VW) and the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), covered Brazil, Mexico and South Africa, with the overall aim of establishing and...

HIV Prevention and Care in India: Public-Private Partnership

Partnerships are at the forefront of all ILO activities in the field of HIV and the world of work. The success of the ILO in reaching thousands of workers at risk of, or otherwise affected by HIV, can be attributed to its strong collaboration with a...

Improving productivity and competitiveness through labour law compliance in Pakistan's textile sector: Public-Private Partnership

Realising the economic and employment implications of non-compliance for Pakistan, the national Government has developed an International Labour Standard (ILS) Compliance and Reporting Programme to improve workplace practices in the textile industry...

Social dialogue and industrial relations in Morocco: Public-Private Partnership

The OCP Group (Office Chérifien des Phosphates) is the largest company in the country. In 2010, products of phosphates and their derivatives accounted for nearly a quarter of Moroccan exports by value, approximately 3.5 per cent of GDP. Morocco’s...

HIV prevention, care and treatment at work in Indonesia: Public-Private Partnership

The ILO has been working closely with its constituents to implement workplace programmes on HIV prevention, care and support, and to prevent HIV employment-related stigma and discrimination.

Enhancing Zambian SMEs' competitiveness and access to finance: Public-Private Partnership

The African Management Services Company (AMSCO) helps African companies to become globally competitive, profitable and sustainable – it provides selected private companies and commercially operated public enterprises with professional management and...

Employment promotion following the earthquake in Mianzhu, Sichuan Province of China: Public-Private Partnership

In May 2008, an earthquake registering 8.0 on the Richter scale struck the Sichuan province in China. Official statistics state that over 45 million people were affected, including 69,163 deaths. Approximately 6.5 million homes were destroyed and...

Microinsurance Innovation Facility: Catalyzing protection of the working poor: Public-Private Partnership

The ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility was launched in 2008. Generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Z Zurich Foundation, and Munich Re has made it possible to dramatically expand the outreach of insurance services to...