International legislation and global initiatives on Modern Day Slavery require toy brands and retailers to make efforts to ensure their supply chains are free from all forms of Modern Day Slavery, including forced labor, slavery, and human trafficking.

Program such as Ethical Toy Program Family Friendly Spaces (FFS) enable parents and caregivers to provide the best start in life for their children; they pay off in healthier, better-educated children, a better-equipped workforce and more sustainable growth.

To help suppliers learn more about IETP's latest updates and prepare audits in advance, we are going to host three free webinars targeting all IETP registered factories' management, please click the below links for more details.

Supporting APSCA’s development

The Ethical Toy Program’s new strategic collaboration with the U.S.-based Toy Association is the first in a series of new partnerships that will see the Ethical Toy Program work with other national toy associations around the world to further develop, scale, and promote responsible sourcing collaborations that will result in additional support for small- and medium-sized (SME) toy companies.

This year, marks the 6th year since the launch of the Family-Friendly Spaces (FFS) program. This program is a social initiative that has been tailor-made for the manufacturing industry with the goal of providing child care services to left-behind children and the children of migrant workers, as well as to strengthen the parent-child bond for migrant workers during the summer holidays.

The Environmental Assessment can be implemented globally and offers a new way for businesses in any industry to establish and advance their Environmental Strategy. Through clear, consistent, and consolidated information, businesses of any size can benchmark their supply chain partners and identify risks and opportunities. This assessment will enable companies to better understand the environmental performance of their global supply chain and to report on it. Businesses can leverage this information to develop action plans for their sustainability strategy and join forces with the rest of the world in combatting climate change.

Taking Progress Visits (PVs) as an example. Post-certification follow-up is an essential element of the IETP certification, at the same time, it is also important for brands, retailers, and licensors to know supplier factories are making efforts to improve labour conditions.

Contact bella.ma@ethicaltoyprogram.org if you wish to collect Ethical Toy Program's logos to display on your booth.

During the kick-off event, the President & CEO of the ICTI Ethical Toy Program, Ms. Carmel Giblin, shared the objectives of the pilot, encouraged participants to share feedback with us anytime during the pilot and to join us to evaluate the program once it is completed. Representatives from Micro Benefits introduced their company, the functions of the “Company IQ” platform as well as its implementation process with demonstration.

The conference will:

The platform collects and surfaces data on factory-level working conditions through evidentiary documentation, interactive conferencing and multi-stage verification. Both Workers and Managers will be involved in the data inputs, ensuring that we hear directly from Workers as part of our assurance process. Supporting the platform design process has been the IETP Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) which members include senior representatives from major brands and retailers, toy manufacturers and business associations. You can find out more about the TAC here.

Click here to download Version 2.2 of the checklist or view the change summary.

We are pleased to report that several DISTOY members have since joined our program as Buyer members. These members join others which have joined the Ethical Toy Program in 2019, recent new members include Schleich, Games Workshop, Wicked Cool Toys and Relevant Play.

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所有在 2016 年 4 月 1 日或之后获发 A 级证书的供应商，其证书有效期将划一改为 12 个月，并按照 12 个月的审核周期一样包含一个进度审核 (PA)。

As well as a new name, we will unveil the next generation of our Ethical Toy Program with an updated mission and strategy, a new membership model and a brand-new look and feel to deliver these exciting changes.

The IETP Audit Checklist was last updated in late 2018 with risk criticality gradings added to all non-compliances, making it easier for factories and buyers to understand the severity of issues.

Closing date for applications: Friday 06 August 2021

I recently had the privilege of speaking to the Toy Design class at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Led by Judy Ellis, a 2013 Toy Hall of Fame Inductee, this first-of-its-kind program teaches the next generation of toy makers, designers, and inventors, providing them with the skills they need to create safe, socially responsible toys that entertain, educate, and inspire kids of all ages.

In order to allow time for Chinese New Year 2019 celebrations, the Ethical Toy Program will instruct our accredited firms to not conduct audits or Progress Visit between January 28th 2019 through February 24th 2019 (1 week prior to and 2 weeks after Chinese New Year).

In order to allow time for Chinese New Year 2022 celebrations, the Ethical Toy Program will instruct our accredited firms to not conduct audits or Progress Visits between 17th Jan to 13th Feb 2022. (2 weeks prior to and 2 weeks after Chinese New Year).