News
November 2018
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Responsible supply chains
ILO, EU and OECD join forces for responsible supply chains
20 November 2018
The ILO launches a new project on responsible supply chains in the Philippines with the EU and the OECD to promote corporate social responsibility and responsible business conduct with regard to decent work, international labour standards, environmental sustainability and respect for human rights.
October 2015
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Business and social protection
ILO launches Global Business Network for Social Protection Floors
28 October 2015
The new ILO network will look for ways companies can support the development of national social protection systems.
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Business and persons with disabilities
11 major companies to promote inclusion of persons with disabilities in the workplace
28 October 2015
The new Global Business and Disability Network Charter is a global tool for businesses to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the world of work
September 2015
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Partnerships
ILO and Japan Tobacco International step up joint work to promote fundamental labour rights in the tobacco supply chain
29 September 2015
Under the partnership, the ILO will conduct research into forced labour, discrimination, freedom of association and collective bargaining, as well as occupational safety and health in farming communities in countries where JTI purchases tobacco.
November 2014
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Governments and corporate social responsibility
Sustainable public procurement on the rise
19 November 2014
Many governments are introducing laws and policies to stimulate responsible business practices, says Emmanuel Julien, Deputy-Director of the ILO's Enterprises Department. The annual Inter-agency Roundtable on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) focuses on how governments are promoting responsible business conduct through sustainable public procurement (SPP).
December 2010
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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
July 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.