Better Work - Disney Workplace Improvement: Licensees and intermediaries

The aim of this project is to pilot a programme to build the capacity of licensees, sourcing agents, other intermediaries and even vendors to manage social compliance issues and to equip them with practical approaches and tools they can cascade into their network of factories to manage issues more effectively. This proposal recognizes that many Better Work buyer partners source product indirectly through intermediaries and many are grappling with how to encourage and support these intermediaries to engage effectively with Better Work country programmes and compliance more generally. Better Work would need to partner closely with Disney and other buyer partners to achieve the objectives of this project. The proposed project plan is to be implemented over a two year time period. Since licensees and intermediaries may be headquartered in the US, Europe or Asia, some workshops will be held in these locations to ensure top management participates. Work with the factories in their supply chain will be targeted to enterprises in Asia.

Project symbol

GLO/15/62/USC

Admin unit

BETTERWORK

Start date

01/01/2016

End date

30/06/2018

Total allocation

234300

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

234300

Development Partners

United States Council Foundation, Inc

Country/Countries

Global

Outcomes

Promoting workplace compliance through labour inspection