"ILO and H&M Group expand partnership", 25 January 2019

H&M Group and the International Labour Organization (ILO)... announced a new, expanded partnership to jointly promote improved working conditions in the textile and garment industry supply chains.

The new agreement expands an existing partnership, and continues the longstanding, close collaboration between H&M Group and the ILO that aims to strengthen work in H&M Group’s supply chain on sustainability. The new partnership will include more H&M Group business functions than before, making it even broader...

The flagship Better Work  Programme of the ILO... will play a key role in implementing activities under the agreement. The Better Work Programme operates in seven countries ... working with about 1,600 factories that employ around 2,200,000 workers...

Both parties to the agreement acknowledge that systemic changes are needed in terms of labour relations by working with governments, trade unions and employers’ organizations...