Private sector

7-page .pdf version of the full CAFOD submission

For any child, going out to work brings both benefits and costs. This paper examines the issues involved, and makes recommendations
(May 2004)

CAFOD’s position on child labour is based on its experience in working with partners in 75 countries around the developing world and on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
(1997)

These papers are no longer available online, but copies may be sent out if you email policy@cafod.org.uk requesting the title as listed here

Codes of Conduct and the Ethical Trading Initiative
Ethical trading is about trading in ways that serve the interests of the producer, the retailer and the consumer equally. In the last few years, a new approach to ethical trading has been introduced – the introduction of codes of conduct covering wages and conditions in the manufacture and production of a company’s products
(January 2000)

CAFOD submission to the European Commission on the Corporate Social Responsibility Green Paper
European companies have a responsibility to empower and improve the conditions of poor workers who are involved in manufacturing their products. Corporate actions are most effective when taken with other stakeholders including government
(December 2001)

The Asian garment industry and globalisation
This report looks at the impact of globalisation on the lives of garment workers in Asia
(November 1998)

Labour standards and poverty reduction
Response to DFID consultation
(May 2003)

Child Labour in Latin America
The almost complete lack of hard facts or credible research on crucial areas such as how many children work, what they do, whether numbers are rising or falling and the impact of child labour on the wider economy is one of the most striking features of the whole debate

Export Credit Guarantee Department (ECGD)
Review of aims, objectives, role and status of the ECGD
(October 1999)

The Trade and Industry Select Committee Inquiry on Ethical Trading Initiatives
CAFOD welcomes the support by DFID, the DTI and others of the Ethical Trading Initiative
(October 1998)

CAFOD Submission on the Company Law Review
At first sight the Company Law Review (CLR) may not seem a subject central to the work of an aid agency like CAFOD, but in recent years, it has become increasingly clear to us that the private sector plays an important role, for both good and ill, in overseas development
(May 1999)