WORKER WELL-BEING

Supporting Workers Globally

Our worker well-being programs support thousands of workers employed at factories around the world. We welcome businesses of all sizes and nature to get involved - together, we can create a better life for workers worldwide.

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Priortising the needs of your workforce

Our worker well-being programs are designed to create meaningful change for supply chain workers worldwide. By working closely with factories, we identify key challenges employees face—from access to childcare to equitable workplace policies—and develop targeted solutions that improve their quality of life. Through collaboration with businesses of all sizes, we help build safer, more supportive working environments that benefit both workers and employers.

A needs-based approach drives our initiatives, ensuring that programs directly address the realities of workers' lives. From employer-funded childcare to parental training and women’s empowerment initiatives, we implement practical solutions that make a lasting impact. Learn more about how we support workers and their families through our global well-being programs on this page.

Family-Friendly Spaces

Family-Friendly Spaces provide free childcare facilities both in factory and in community for the children of workers during the summer months. The safe, secure, and well-equipped childcare facilities provide a space for children to learn and play while their parents focus on work.

Since first launching Family-Friendly Spaces at two toy factories in 2016, thousands of workers and their children have now participated.
Over the years we have opened 74 Family-Friendly Spaces accommodated with nearly 10,000 children enrolled, supporting around 8,000 workers.

Impacts of Family Friendly Spaces
"Back in the countryside, we had very few toys, so I had never had any experience with LEGO bricks. The teacher guided us and I learned how to use them properly. It was so much fun, and I felt really happy. I’ve also made a lot of friends here, and whenever I have homework that I don’t understand, the teachers and classmates help me out.”

– A child participating in 2024 Family-Friendly Spaces program

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Chinese toy factories open summer camp for migrant workers' children

China factories use childcare offer to lure migrant workers

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ESCP speaks to Alice Yeung, Administration Director at Golden Cup Printing, about how the implementation of Family-Friendly Spaces and Gender Equality programs that have transformed the factory environment and improved staff retention.‍

Hear from program users

"There will inevitably be difficult times, and you can only tackle problems successfully when they arise if you've got a very good ongoing relationship with suppliers, which ESCP helps us to have."
Shaun Hodgkinson
Dorling Kindersley (DK)
Chief Operating Officer
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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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Latest Updates

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Blog
June 11, 2025
Celebrating International Day of Play: Empowering Workers and Their Families Through Our Family-Friendly Factory Program

Celebrate International Day of Play with ESCP. Anita Lo, General Manager of the Ethical Supply Chain Program (ESCP) shares how family-friendly factories are improving worker well-being and driving ethical supply chains.

Event
May 30, 2025
We're Speaking at Northern Sustainability Summit this July

Our President & CEO will speak at Northern Sustainability Summit 2025, sharing insights on social sustainability with impacts from our worker well-being programs such as Family-Friendly Factory and Gender Equality initiative.

Blog
May 29, 2025
What 5 Years Has Taught Me About Social Impact

Áine McCarthy, Senior Manager of the Social Impact Program at the Ethical Supply Chain Program shares with us what 5 years of working in social impact has taught her.

Hear from program users

"There will inevitably be difficult times, and you can only tackle problems successfully when they arise if you've got a very good ongoing relationship with suppliers, which ESCP helps us to have."
Shaun Hodgkinson
Dorling Kindersley (DK)
Chief Operating Officer
All Case Studies

Latest Updates

All News & Blogs
Blog
June 11, 2025
Celebrating International Day of Play: Empowering Workers and Their Families Through Our Family-Friendly Factory Program

Celebrate International Day of Play with ESCP. Anita Lo, General Manager of the Ethical Supply Chain Program (ESCP) shares how family-friendly factories are improving worker well-being and driving ethical supply chains.

Event
May 30, 2025
We're Speaking at Northern Sustainability Summit this July

Our President & CEO will speak at Northern Sustainability Summit 2025, sharing insights on social sustainability with impacts from our worker well-being programs such as Family-Friendly Factory and Gender Equality initiative.

Blog
May 29, 2025
What 5 Years Has Taught Me About Social Impact

Áine McCarthy, Senior Manager of the Social Impact Program at the Ethical Supply Chain Program shares with us what 5 years of working in social impact has taught her.