Impact and people
2022
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Social dialogue for safe workplaces
29 April 2022
Opinion written by Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team for South Asia and Country Office for India on World Safety and Health at Work Day, published in The Hindu
2020
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Moving towards 100% renewable power in Hawaii (with a little help from sheep)
12 May 2020
The US island state of Hawaii has committed to generating 100 per cent of its power using renewable energy by 2045, demonstrating to other US states and island communities across the world, that sustainable energy can be a reality. UN News and the ILO traveled to Hawaii to talk to a power company executive and a sheep farmer to find out how they are contributing to that goal.
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Preliminary analysis of a garment industry survey in Ethiopia on COVID-19 impact
16 April 2020
The ILO conducted 20 semi-structured interviews with managers from garment and textile factories in Ethiopia from 1-3 April 2020. Presented here are preliminary summary results from the conversations.
2018
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A training model that demonstrates the fundamental link between equality & productivity for SMEs
31 May 2018
The ILO’s Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Programme recently launched a revised model of its SME training package – MIG SCORE, with a renewed focus on gender equality in supply chains.
2015
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"Corporate Social Responsibility and Decent Work" by ILO Director-General
31 March 2015
Corporate Social Responsibility has the stated aim of encouraging the positive contribution of business to socio economic development and reducing the risk of possible negative impact, including along the complex systems of global supply chains, thus becoming an intrinsic part of the way business does its business.
2014
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"Money finds us!" - Enriching the vegetable harvest in Timor-Leste
28 February 2014
How an ILO supported project helped a local community to improve their farming practices, develop their market access, create jobs and support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.
2012
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Time for women to get on board
31 October 2012
The need to have more women in the world’s still male-dominated boardrooms has gained widespread recognition but there is also strong disagreement on how to go about it.
2010
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A policy framework for better managing business and human rights challenges
07 June 2010
One of the main goals of the UN Framework "Protect, Respect and Remedy" is to identify and clarify standards of corporate responsibility and accountability for business enterprises with regard to human rights. Professor John Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on business and human rights, shared insights on the current phase and further steps towards operationalizing and promoting this framework with participants of the 99th ILC. ILO Online spoke with Mr. Ruggie about design and development of the UN Policy Framework and its relationship to ILO’s work.
2009
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Business continuity planning: how the ILO prepares enterprises for a major Influenza A pandemic
29 October 2009
The ILO held a workshop on “Business continuity planning for Pandemics” with the participation of workers’ and employers’ representatives from key sectors, as well as representatives from related UN agencies. The meeting aimed to promote preparedness among diverse economic sectors for the spread of Influenza A (H1N1) and its potential impact on businesses worldwide. ILO Online spoke with Alfredo Lazarte-Hoyle, director of the ILO Programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction.
2007
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Promoting sustainable enterprises: safe work is also good business
21 June 2007
“Sustainable enterprises cannot afford to have injuries and diseases at work, which would not only interrupt operations but may have strong economic and reputational consequences”. Eleven enterprises from the Leningrad region in Russia’s North-West had a chance to check this statement from an ILO report to the International Labour Conference against daily practice. Olga Bogdanova reports from North-West Russia.