The global non-profit is recognized as a leading expert in social compliance and labor standards, widely known for its robust Supplier Certification Program, alongside its Social Impact Assessment, Environmental Assessment, supplier capability building and worker wellbeing initiatives.

Hong Kong SAR, December 20, 2023: Today, the ICTI Ethical Toy Program releases the first impact report for the Gender Equality program. The Gender Equality program was developed in response to the needs of manufacturing workers. Initial program development was funded by program member, Mattel. In 2022, the program was piloted at 12 factories in mainland China.

Hong Kong SAR, October 31, 2023: Today, the ICTI Ethical Toy Program releases the impact report for its 2023 Family-Friendly Spaces Program, the multi-beneficial social initiative designed to improve the lives of manufacturing workers while producing measurable business benefits for manufacturing businesses and their partners. The report outlines the impacts and achievements created by the program, in its eighth year of operation.

October 2023

In order to allow time for Chinese New Year 2024 celebrations, the Ethical Toy Program will instruct our accredited firms to not conduct audits and Progress Visits from 29th Jan to 25th Feb 2024. (2 weeks prior to and 2 weeks after Chinese New Year).

25 September 2023, London

Ethical Supply Chain Program 高兴宣布，我们现已启用微信公众号，以加强与中国工厂的沟通及其参与度。微信是中国最受欢迎的社交媒体，于全球拥有超过 9.38 亿活跃用户。

This article is taken from a larger piece written by the Responsible Investor, read the full article here.

Blog, 23rd May 2023, Hong Kong & London

We are delighted to announce that this summer we are operating more FFS than ever before at 18 factories which will accommodate 691 children, allowing 788 parents to be reunited with their children for the summer.

This paper shares the findings of a joint worker survey conducted from October 2021 – March 2023 in labor-intensive manufacturing facilities in exporting countries. The project was a collaboration of six nonprofit social compliance organizations. Workers surveyed worked primarily in Bangladesh, Vietnam, India, Italy, and Turkey. The industries represented include electronics, apparel, toys, textiles, and food & beverages

On Friday the 24th of February, UNICEF Representative to China Ms. Amakobe Sande visited IETP Certified factory, Golden Cup Printing Company in Dongguan, China.We thank Ms. Sande and UNICEF for their support and for their work on Family-Friendly Policy, which has enabled us to develop this ground-breaking IETP Family-Friendly Factory Program.

We are proud to have Schleich as a member of the ICTI Ethical Toy Program (IETP) and will highlight their achievements and sustainability goals in this article.  The iconic brand has been a member of our program since 2019, and include “The Human being in focus” as one of its core sustainability pillars.

ESCP will host two online workshops for our Factory Certification Program members on Manger and Employee Relations. The workshops aim to give factories the tools to ease the labor shortage and manage the high turnover rates factories are currently facing. FREE tickets are limited, register now!

Ongoing training, guidance and support are key to helping factories remain in compliance with Ethical Supply Chain Program (ESCP) standards once auditors have left.

To help factories respond to these challenges, IETP organized a free seminar in November 2019 which introduced the idea of lean manufacturing to over 100 participants. Lean manufacturing is a systematic approach to minimizing waste in the production process. Through using tools to plan and execute production, factories can minimize defects and eliminate waste which will increase the productivity and efficiency of a production line, leading to increased profit and competitiveness of a factory.

We are working with these companies and, the companies who will exit our panel, to ensure a smooth transition, with no disruption to any of our members. We expect this transition process to take six months. It will involve on-boarding 3 new firms to the panel and the exiting of 2 firms.

Ethical Toy Program audits can only be conducted by either accredited auditors from our approved panel of audit firms or authorized Ethical Toy Program staff members. Our panel of approved audit firms includes ELEVATE, SCSA, SGS and UL.

IETP is co-hosting a seminar with Shenzhen Toy Industry Association for toy, children & baby products and souvenir manufacturers who are interested in expanding to Vietnam, detail of the seminar please refer to the Chinese page.

“Inequality abounds in schools, workplaces, in government and beyond…if we do not capture the energy and creativity of women we cannot achieve the full potential of our economies and societies,” said Michelle Yeoh, award-winning actress and UN Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador during the Responsible Business Forum in Singapore in 2016.