Dan Rees
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Dan Rees, Director ETI (Ethical Trading Initiative)
Dan Rees joined ETI in 1999 and has spearheaded its development into a field leader with a respected international reputation for expertise in ethical trade. During this time ETI’s unique tri-partite membership has grown to include over 50 leading brands and suppliers as well as the global trade union federations and 16 non-government organisations.
Dan Rees is considered to be a leading expert on this aspect of corporate responsibility and has led numerous ‘multi-stakeholder’ projects around the world that have resulted in improved conditions for workers that make the products sold by supermarkets and global brands.
Dan chaired the Temporary Labour Working Group, a broad alliance of business and labour organisations spanning the entire UK Food Industry, which developed innovative measures to tackle the growing exploitation of migrant farm and factory workers from forced labour and other labour rights abuses. He was at the forefront of the successful campaign to introduce the Gangmasters Licencing Act. He advises the UK government, the International Labour Organisation and leading companies on best practice in the implementation of corporate codes of labour practice.