Our Snapshop Session on Stakeholder Engagement at the 2024 United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights
The ECLT Foundation is delighted to co-organise the "Combatting Child Labour in Agriculture through multi-stakeholder collaboration" snapshot session with Better Cotton.
This session will feature the experiences of Better Cotton and ECLT as multi-stakeholder initiatives working to implement a smart mix of measures to address child labour in agriculture. Together, we will discuss the vital roles that companies, governments and civil society play in tackling the root causes of child labour and assess the opportunities for multi-stakeholder initiatives to advance human rights due diligence in agriculture.
Read our background documents
To provide a solid foundation for our discussion, we'll be referring to a set of background documents that examine the role of multi-stakeholder initiatives in protecting human rights in agriculture.
ECLT Board Members’ Pledge of Commitment, an agreement to uphold robust policy on child labour, conduct due diligence and provide for remediation consistent with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Baseline and follow up reports on status and progress of Pledge signatories with respect to child rights due diligence in their supply chains.
Agriculture Labour Practices Code from Zimbabwe, which defines minimum standards and requirements for all companies, contractors, auction floors and growers, regardless of crop type.
Strengthening legal, policy and institutional frameworks for addressing child labour in Zimbabwe - Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare 2022 report
About Better Cotton
Better Cotton is a global not-for-profit organisation supporting the production of more equitable and sustainable cotton at farm level. We exist to catalyse the cotton farming community with partners, governments and others to continuously drive positive impact by setting standards and facilitating the supply and demand of more sustainable cotton from farm to brand. In just 15 years we have aligned more than a fifth of the world’s cotton with our standard and helped farmers and farming communities thrive.
Read about Better Cotton’s approach to Decent Work here: How Better Cotton promotes decent working conditions around the world