Resources
Have a look at the resources below, download the Action Guide and drop us a line.
If you’re really passionate about putting an end to sweatshop labour then you might want to take on one of our volunteer roles, as a Buy Right Activist, a Buy Right Activism Coordinator, a Media and Communications Champion
Other resources
Running Your Campaign
* The Action Guide will help you run your campaign on campus. You can also order a paper copy by emailing Jim at the People & Planet office
- Our Guide to Sweatshops will inform you about the horrific conditions for sweatshop workers and help you inspire others.
* Use the 10 000 Voices for Human Rights Petition to show your university that students care about human rights in university supply chains.
- Bring a Buy Right Motion to your Student Union.
Take a look at our model Buy Right Policy for students’ unions.
Understanding the issues
The brilliant Poverty Aware Procurement on Campus project. Shows how university procurement can protect human rights and reduce poverty. Get the 14 Information Sheets that show how to do pro-poor procurement throughout many areas that universities buy from. Watch videos that show why it is important and download guidance showing how to implement pro-poor and pro-human rights procurement.
Download a full and in depth explanation of how the WRC works and why it is important, written by our friends at Labour Behind the Label.
Download the Guide to Buy Right for Sabbatical Officers.
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Download a shocking report by War on Want on conditions in the global garment industry, an industry that our universities buy from every day.
Make IT Fair have lots of good reports on electronics supply chains.
Briefing on situation in Guangdong (.odt), or as a .doc file.
Promoting Your Campaign
Here are some materials to help promote Buy Right on your campus. If you produce any posters, stickers or any other cool materials that other groups could use then send Jim or Beth a copy, and we’ll put them up.
Download posters, Buy Right Breaking Chains Are we really buying this?, and Buy Right or Buy Nothing
The “I’d Rather Go Naked…” Stencil (originally made for the Week of Naked Action)
Resources for Procurement Staff
Talk to the experts, at the Sustainable Procurement Centre of Excellence, a new project funded by the government, aimed at making demonstrable changes to the way HEIs embed sustainable procurement into their standard procedures, practices and policies.
The brilliant Poverty Aware Procurement on Campus project. Shows how university procurement can protect human rights and reduce poverty. Get the 14 Information Sheets that show how to do pro-poor procurement throughout many areas that universities buy from. Watch videos that show why it is important and download guidance showing how to implement pro-poor and pro-human rights procurement.
Traidcraft have recently produced a report showing how procurement professionals can help reduce poverty and promote development.
The Buy Fair Handbook gives clear and useful advice for public authorities that want to buy Fair Trade products.
DfID White Paper, 2009, Building Our Common Future which advocates using procurement to aid sustainable development and promotes more buying of Fairtrade products
