BW, 15 Oct 2020
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GENEVA — Better Factories Cambodia has published a new string of key findings on Thursday, drawing on the results from a broad independent impact assessment study conducted by Tufts University on behalf of the Better Work programme between 2015-2018.
Through two newly published briefs: “Harnessing Compliance to Improve Well-being and Productivity: The Impact of Better Factories Cambodia” and “Gender and Care Responsibilities: Examining the differences for garment workers in Better Factories Cambodia,” the programme is set to highlight survey results gathered from workers and managers about topics ranging from working conditions to factory operations and their life at home.
The data covers 57 Cambodian apparel factories, or 12 percent of the programme’s affiliated firms. All production plants were new entrants within their first three years of enrolling in Better Factories Cambodia, and that’s a key factor in the studies: they measure the efficacy of the programme in the first years of implementation.
The programme, which was established in 2001, currently counts 550 factories that employ over half of more than a million workers employed in the local garment sector. The industry, which has been severely hit by the rippling effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and recently underwent a partial withdrawal of its tariff-free exports to the EU market, still represents over half of the total export value of the country.
“Results show that factories receiving the full package of BFC services achieve improvements in compliance systematically above the industry average,” says Sara Park, Better Factories Cambodia Programme Manager. “This is a strong indication that commitment to improving working conditions, through an integrated approach of greater compliance enforcement, training, and advisory services, are key determinants of both business success and the well-being of workers.”
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