Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 Cooperative contributions to SDG 12

20 June 2018

This brief is part of the Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 series produced by the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC). Through a series of 17 briefs, one for each Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), COPAC hopes to raise awareness about the significant contributions of cooperative enterprises towards achieving the 2030 Agenda in a sustainable, inclusive and responsible way, and encourage continued support for their efforts. This brief focuses on SDG 12 – ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Effective governance of labour migration and its skills dimensions - Final evaluation

24 October 2017

Guide: Promoting the integration of migration domestic workers in Europe (training modules)

08 August 2017

Linking jobs in global supply chains to demand

18 August 2016

This paper presents evidence on the number of jobs in global supply chains for 40 countries, and explores in detail whose demand these jobs depend on in terms of countries and sectors. The paper documents the rapidly increasing number of jobs supported by production linkages between emerging economies, and provides evidence on the so-called servicification of manufacturing. Wage shares drop when a sector increases its participation in global supply chains as a supplier.

Global voices from the cooperative movement at the International Labour Conference 2016

03 June 2016

Global Supply Chain Dynamics and Labour Governance: Implications for Social Upgrading

13 May 2016

This paper examines how the emergence and change of the fragmented cross-national production system affects social upgrading in developing countries, focusing on the impact of private governance on labour conditions and workers’ rights. It also discusses the role of private voluntary standards in governing labour relations in GSCs, and their limitations and tensions with buyers’ purchasing practices.