Worker Well-being

Family-Friendly Spaces

2024 was our 9th summer implementing our Family-Friendly Spaces (FFS) program. We are proud to announce, this year 55 spaces opened their doors to over 2,000 children of workers in the supply chain.
Dedicated, secure environments, in both communities and factories, allowing children to safely engage in supervised activities while freeing workers of the financial burden of childcare.

What do Family-Friendly Spaces deliver?

Our Family-Friendly Spaces program provides secure and well-equipped spaces, at factories and in communities, for children to learn and play while their parents work. The program promotes child-friendly employment practices, supports the United Nations SDGs: 3, 4, 5, 10 & 17 and allows parents to work free from the expense and burden of childcare.

The Family-Friendly Spaces program not only benefits workers and their families, but is proven to produce measurable business benefits for factories including improved worker retention rates, reduced training costs and becoming the employer of choice in their communities.

“Employee satisfaction, productivity, efficiency and harmony have all increased, while our turnover rate is around a quarter of what it was"
Established in 2007 and certified by the Ethical Supply Chain Program in 2008, Best Top Toys supplies major brands like Target, McDonald's, Disney, MGA and Universal Studios.

Participating Factories 2024

Thank you to our 2024 sponsors

2024 Weekly Updates

Week 0
Planning & Preparation: Family-Friendly Spaces Program Factory
Leader & Teacher Training
Week 1
This week, factories participating in the Family-Friendly Spaces program have held opening ceremonies to mark the official beginning of the summer program. 
Week 2
Explore, Play, and Family Time

Planning & Preparation:

Family-Friendly Spaces Program Factory
Leader & Teacher Training
In preparation for the summer program, we hold planning and training sessions to ensure to program is as effective as possible and we implement safe and educational spaces.



This May & July, in Shanghai and Dongguan, we held Program Leader Training and Child Protection and teacher training for a total of 92 teachers and 24 program leaders.

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Special thanks this year to GDTEX & Futuretex!

We would like to extend thanks to GDTEX and Futuretex, for their generous sponsorship of the Family-Friendly Spaces t-shirts this year. They have provided over 2,000 t-shirts to the teachers, program leaders and children involved in the Family-Friendly Spaces program this year. Thank you!

About the Ethical Supply Chain Program

Our program focuses on social sustainability issues which impact well-being of workers involved in goods & products manufactured globally. Our requirements incorporate best practice and are reviewed on an ongoing basis to reflect the needs of all stakeholders in the supply chain.

We are a member of the United Nations Global Compact, see here how our program promotes the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

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Join us at Rethink HK 2025

The Ethical Supply Chain Program (ESCP) is proud to be announced as an NGO Partner for Rethink HK, this September 11th-12th 2025 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

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The partnership will help support companies looking to meet Social Fairness requirements