Through individual factory improvements, Better Work creates a ripple effect across national industries, impacting millions of lives. Partnering with national government bodies, who have the power to enact laws that protect and uphold rights, is the only way to achieve sustainable impact.
Better Work is a means by which Member States can demonstrate progress in implementing national laws and ratified ILO conventions, which are included in supplier requirements in some markets, and important trade regimes, such as GSP+. In some cases, for example Bangladesh and Egypt, such incentives have encouraged States to adopt ILO’s recommendations on labour law reform and align with ILO Core Conventions. Better Work supports governments in their commitments towards the sector under existing and new trade agreements, while providing an entry point for ILO and IFC policy advice.