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Consumers are becoming more and more interested in responsible and ethical purchasing. Research shows that as many as 88%[1] of consumers want the brands that they are buying from to help them to become more ethical in their daily lives.

Despite the challenges of COVID-19, 10 Chinese factories in the ICTI Ethical Toy Program (IETP) are implementing the Family-Friendly Spaces (FFS) program this summer. FFS aims to provide secure and well-equipped spaces at factories for children to learn and play while their parents work. By embracing this program during these challenging times, these factories are showing themselves to be supportive, caring, and family-friendly employers. New factories, IETP, and our implementation partner CCRCSR have gone through the steps below to build factories' knowledge on how to run the FFS program and transform spaces into safe, colorful, and fun activity areas for children.

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Blog, 23rd May 2023, Hong Kong & London

Building on the success of the new e-learning platform, IETP is launching the second module designed to raise factory members’ awareness of Modern Slavery. Investors, consumers, and governments are increasingly expecting businesses to perform due diligence to ensure their supply chains are modern-slavery-free, and new and stronger anti-slavery laws are approaching to enforce this. Therefore, businesses need to get a good understanding of the issue and its potential impact.

Bella Ma, Assistant, Corporate Communications, ICTI Ethical Toy Program

Audit quality is at the heart of the ICTI Ethical Toy Program (IETP), our team is dedicated to providing comprehensive, consistent, and reliable assessments to help businesses evaluate the effectiveness of their social management system in global supply chains. Our robust social certification empowers businesses to mitigate the risk of supply chain disruption and as a result, ensuring products arrive on shelf on time.

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.

As the specialist responsible program designed by the industry for the industry, the ICTI Ethical Toy Program (IETP) offers a trusted certification program to help brands and retailers improve supply chain transparency and strengthen supply chain stability, as a result, meeting both regulatory requirements and customers’ expectations that their products are ethically made and have continuity of supply.

As our members think about their objectives and priorities for 2022 it is timely that I share with you some of our plans for next year. IETP’s purpose is to support our member companies achieve their responsible sourcing objectives. We will continue to do this by evolving our organization to develop, and successfully deliver, new services.

Are you interested to learn about the updates of the Ethical Supply Chain Program (ESCP, formerly called IETP) and the ways to maximize your ESCP certification & membership values?

Aoife McCarthy, Executive, Digital Marketing & Membership, ICTI Ethical Toy Program

Áine McCarthy, Assistant Manager, Marketing and Communications, ICTI Ethical Toy Program