Founded in 2012, the Economic Rights Institute supports alliances to actualize development that respects the rights of all. We design methods & tools to strengthen multi-tiered discussions: between employees & management, NGOs & the business community, buyers & suppliers. We put the insights & momentum of these discussions in the pursuit of solutions to foster the conditions for better work.
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The ecology of sourcing
In our recent piece, the Economic Rights Institute observed three, interconnected trends: i. businesses’ self-reporting is skewed; ii. public scrutiny is felt more in some sectors of industry, less in others; and iii. suppliers’ conditions likely diverge depending on the composition of their clients.
We decided to test this and stumbled on surprising things. Fairphone exceeds other electronics firms for their openness to scrutiny and their desire to inspire others to do better to protect the environment and workers’ rights. Fairphone likewise sources from suppliers who exist on the other extreme, closed to scrutiny, to better hide infringements of workers’ rights.
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