26 March 2018 
Emma Keenan, Procurement Specialist
Last year, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Ethical Trading Initiatives (ETI) of Denmark, Norway and the UK, supported by Sedex, surveyed nearly 1,500 suppliers in more than 80 countries. That poll told the ILO a lot about suppliers' views of brand purchasing practices and they blogged about here.
However, suppliers’ views can only ever make up part of the story and now with the support of BSCI-Amfori and Sedex, ETI and the ILO are aiming to complement their initial findings with the views and experience of buyers. They believe this is critical to understanding the whole picture of the relationship between purchasing practices and their potential and actual effects on working conditions.
If you are a Buying Director, a Buyer – either senior or junior – or hold a position where purchasing or sourcing is one of your key responsibilities they want to hear from you. The Survey can be accessed here. Once the data gathered has been analysed, they will send (and HEPA will then share with the HE sector) the series of graphs and final report that will be compiled.
