Better Work would like to thank all of the speakers and participants who took part in our conference "Workers, Businesses and Government: Understanding Labour Compliance in Global Supply Chains" and helped to make the event such a success!

Conference proceedings are now available. Please click here to view the document.

26–28 October 2011
International Finance Corporation, Washington DC

The last decades have witnessed a growing concern over labour rights and working conditions in developing countries supplying for the global market. The Better Work conference Workers, Businesses and Government: Understanding Labour Compliance in Global Supply Chains aims to analyze the impact of labour standards compliance in global supply chains on businesses and workers, looking at the “business case” as well as at the “development case” for compliance.

The conference seeks to draw on analysis and experience from around the world, including lessons learned through the first years of operations of the Better Factories Cambodia and Better Work programmes, as well as explore the impact of improving labour standards compliance on supplier competitiveness, worker wellbeing and broader development goals.

Workers, Businesses and Government: Understanding Labour Compliance in Global Supply Chains will:

- bring together rigorous evaluation results and analysis of labour standards compliance in global supply chains in order to draw lessons on key success criteria;

- disseminate and discuss analysis of the impact of Better Factories Cambodia, Better Work and related initiatives aimed at improving working conditions, and share information about data collected and indicators used in measuring labour compliance;

- engage in debate concerning labour standards compliance and broader social, human and economic development objectives.