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About us
As a partnership between the UN’s International Labour Organization and the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, Better Work brings diverse groups together – governments, global brands, factory owners, and unions and workers – to improve working conditions in the garment industry and make the sector more competitive.
Our work
Our approach creates lasting, positive change through assessments, training, advocacy and research that changes policies, attitudes, as well as behaviour. By sharing our approach and the results of our on-the-ground work, we seek to influence policy makers and decision makers to promote decent work and better business in the garment industry.
Our partners

Our leading brands and retailers are key partners in realizing workers’ rights and gaining a competitive edge for clothing firms

We collaborate with national government bodies to help create effective labour regulation for a sustainable impact

Enterprises are a key partner in our efforts to create better conditions for workers in ways that also support business

We help workers realize their rights and enhance their ability to engage in productive dialogue with employers
Our impact
To further understand the impact of its work, Better Work commissioned Tufts University to conduct an independent impact assessment. Tufts’ interdisciplinary research team has gathered and analysed nearly 15,000 survey responses from responses from garment workers and 2,000 responses from garment factory managers in Haiti, Indonesia, Jordan, Nicaragua and Vietnam. Learn more about the results checking the publications below.
Countries, Data and Evidence, Featured, Featured Publication, Gender and Inclusion, Impact Assessment, Indonesia, Industrial Relations, Occupational Safety and Health, Reports, Resources for Indonesia, Social Dialogue, Social Protection, Wages
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Countries, Gender and Inclusion, Impact Assessment, Industrial Relations, Jordan, Occupational Safety and Health, Reports, Resources for Jordan, Social Dialogue, Theme, Wages
Countries, Impact Assessment, Jordan, Occupational Safety and Health, Reports, Resources for Jordan
Business-related, Countries, Featured, Global, Global Resources, Impact Assessment, Occupational Safety and Health, Research Briefs, Resources, Theme, Type of publication
Countries, Data and Evidence, Featured, Global, Global Resources, Impact Assessment, Research Briefs, Resources, Type of publication
Business-related, Countries, Data and Evidence, Featured, Global, Global Resources, Impact Assessment, Research Briefs, Resources, Theme, Type of publication
Countries, Data and Evidence, Impact Assessment, Jordan, Research Briefs, Resources, Resources for Jordan, Theme, Type of publication
Strategic Priorities
Better Work's new Strategic
Phase: Sustaining our impact
in 2022-27 and beyond
Data and Evidence
Environmental Sustainability
Gender and inclusion
Occupational Safety and Health
Productivity and business performance
Social Dialogue
Social Protection
Wages
Learn more