International Labor Standards in the Private Sector Workplace.

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International Labor Standards in the Private
Sector Workplace.

• Ros Harvey, ILO Better Factories Cambodia

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Background

• 1999 US Cambodian Trade Agreement
• Incentive for compliance
• MFA expired in 2005
• Refocus to align with CSR
• Strong government, employers, buyer and union
  support - market niche
• ILO monitoring a condition of export
• Tripartite

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Continuum role of incentives

• Risk mitigation Integration

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Remediation cycle
Capacity Building
Suggestions
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IMS Features

• Use tablet PCs or desktops
• Granulated, time stamped and weighted data
• Generates multi-lingual on line reports
• Web-based access with different user profiles
• Increases transparency
• Flexible content management system
• Quantitative analysis showing outcomes over time
• Supports integration
• Information to create market-based incentives

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Training Info
Modular Training
Modular
Single Issues
Induction Training for New Workers
Worker Education on Rights and Responsibilities
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Challenges for firms

• Internal
• Achieving winwins
• Social dialogue
• Management culture and systems
• Integration into business model
• Resistance to change

• External
• Predictability and consistency of requirements
• Duplication
• Role of the customer
• Business environment

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Sustainability timeframes
transition
2004
2005
2007
2008
2006
2009
2010
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ILO and IFC/MPDF partnership for sustainability

• IFC/FIAS survey of buyers
• WB/IFC/FIAS helped ILO broker sustainability
  agreement
• Sustainability MOU on
• Systems (e.g. Business plan, admin, finance, HR)
• Governance structure
• Extending buyer engagement

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See www.betterfactories.org/ilo
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