#82 Kate Lewis & Francesca Mangano: How Supply Chain Due Diligence Can Work For All

Last year, the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), a leading alliance of trade unions, NGOS and businesses working to bring about the end of corporate human rights abuse, released its Corporate Transparency Framework detailing the reporting requirements for their company members. With the results of ETI’s member transparency assessment now out, how have companies performed against the standards?

This week on the Frankly Speaking podcast, Richard Howitt was joined by Kate Lewis, ETI’s Head of Membership and Francesca Mangano, Head of CSR and Sustainability at TFG London, a leading South African fashion retailer with a network of 570 stories across 13 countries.

Together they discussed TFG London’s experience in meeting the ETI Corporate Transparency Framework requirements, as well as the barriers they faced and lessons they learnt on the way. You’ll also hear more about:

• Why ETI champions meaningful stakeholder engagement in their fight against corporate human rights abuses, and why top-down approaches don’t work

• Practical examples of how TFG London’s work with ETI has led to improved welfare for workers across their supply chain  

• How commercially beneficial implementing supply chain due diligence has been to TFG London

• Kate and Francesca’s perspective on the European Commission’s Omnibus 1 proposals on the CSRD and CSDDD, including TFG London’s disappointment in not being in scope of the legislation

• TFG London’s work with Anti-Slavery International on the Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region

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