Body Shop's 3-Year Fight vs. Child Sex Trafficking: Awareness, Fundraising, Change, Summaries of Business

Download Body Shop's 3-Year Fight vs. Child Sex Trafficking: Awareness, Fundraising, Change and more Summaries Business in PDF only on Docsity! Stop Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People - Background  The Body Shop was created 30 years ago by Dame Anita Roddick who believed business could be a force for good and a force for change  Today, The Body Shop has over 2,600 stores in 65 countries across the world and seeks to continue fulfilling this vision  Our business decisions are driven by our 5 core values  Our work in fighting human trafficking is present in our campaigning activity and also the responsible management of our supply chain  Campaigns  Developed through an international campaign partnership with ECPAT International  The 3 phase campaign strategy was developed based The Body Shop’s campaign philosophy: to mobilise customers to demand governments to take action to inspire greater protection for those at risk and support for those affected by sex trafficking  Ethical Trade Programme  To deliver on ‘ Defend Human Rights’ ensuring fair working conditions for the people who make our products Our Ethical Trade Programme Ensures: • Everything our customers buy from our stores is sourced from a supplier who has been ethically checked under our Ethical Trade Programme. • We know the people who make our uniform and T-shirts are treated with respect and in accordance with our code of conduct. • That we are monitoring the suppliers of our shop fit to ensure they treat their staff according to our code of conduct. As a founding member of the ETI we ask our primary suppliers¹ to commit to comply with our code of conduct so that: • No-one should be forced to work • Workers should be able to join and form trade unions • Working conditions should be safe and healthy • Child labor should not be used • People do not work excessive hours • Workers should earn enough to live on • Workers should be treated equally, regardless of who they are and what they believe • Where possible, workers should be provided with regular employment • Workers should not be verbally, physically or sexually abused or disciplined