We believe that the toy business should be a good business. So we are reassuringly serious about toys.

IETP Worker Helpline is already available to over 1.5 million workers at nearly 2,000 factory members, in China and over the last decade it has provided direct support to over 18,000 workers through free, confidential counseling and advice. In 2021, we're expanding its service to frontline worker in Vietnam

IETP wants to support more brands and retailers to help get this message across and meet their regulatory obligations to publish a slavery and human trafficking statement

IETP conducts regular Key Performance Indicators (KPI) reviews of all our accredited audit firms to monitor their performance and highlight areas that require improvement

COVID-19 has disrupted the day-to-day operations of many organizations whilst the necessity for labor standards oversight has never been higher, this new platform will ensure IETP always able to provide our buyers with trusted data and business-critical assurance.

Our worker well-being programs have become an integral part of our operations. We have made great progress in creating Family Friendly Factories, developing and implementing tailor-made programs in direct response to the identified needs of workers and management.

IETP will not conduct audits and PVs between Feb 1st and Feb 28th 2020 at factories located in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Building on the success of the new e-learning platform, IETP is launching the second module designed to raise factory members’ awareness of Modern Slavery and Involuntary Work

IETP Worker Helpline has been made available to over 792,110 workers and provided counseling and advice to 17,776 workers

Find out what we have been up to over the past two years as we celebrate significant growth and development at IETP

Purchasing and procurement best practices to help you manage risks, protect workers and secure mutually beneficial business partnerships with your manufacturers during these difficult times

Regular updates from ICTI Ethical Toy Program on the actions we are taking to respond to COVID-19 #toyindustry

In response to the government's call to strengthen the prevention and control of the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, ICTI Ethical Toy Program (IETP) understands that accredited audit firms and factories may need to implement special work arrangements and some businesses may resume operation later than planned, therefore, it may affect the progress of their certification.

The grace period ran for over a year and ended on 31 December 2019. All checkpoints are in the IETP Audit Checklist are now effective from 1 January 2020

Powerful testimonials from Family-Friendly Program sponsors and participants

IETP organized free training on lean manufacturing for factories in the program

Download the statement

IETP will not conduct audits and PVs between Jan 13th 2020 and Feb 16th 2020 at factories located in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Join us for our IETP Seminar at China Toy Expo. We are honored to welcome the President of China Toy & Juvenile Products Association, Ms. May Liang, for opening remarks. Followed by the CEO and President of IETP, Ms. Carmel Giblin, to share how IETP can help you overcome business challenges. We’ll also invite brands, retailers and factory representatives to share their experience with the Ethical Toy Program

In July, Ethical Toy Program was invited to present at a high-level UNICEF and UN Global Compact Summit in New York focussed on family-friendly policies in business operations and supply chains.

We are opening 31 spaces which will welcome over 1,200 children for the summer. This will mean over 1,500 parent workers will get to spend time with their children during the summer months.

Please familiarize yourself with these changes before Audit Checklist V2.1 replaces V2.0 on 1st September 2019

We are committed to further extending IETP Certification to cover new product categories and to reach more factories within China and beyond.

In May, the annual toy distributors show DISTOY took place in London, the Ethical Toy Program team spent the week meeting with toy brand and licensor exhibitors to highlight the benefits of ethical manufacturing

On 21st February 2019, a joint notice was issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Education and other ministries and groups in China to ban gender discrimination in the workplace.  

Building on four successful years of collaboration and partnership, Ethical Toy Program and Ethical Corporation are extending their partnership to further share ideas and promote solutions to responsible sourcing challenges in the toy industry and beyond.

Download now to learn about the service and the benefits the Worker Helpline delivers to workers, factories, brands and retailers.

Southeast Asia is a region of opportunity for toy manufacturing, countries such as Indonesia and Vietnam typically have a high volume of workers with the necessary skills to support toy manufacturing.

The ICTI Ethical Toy Program and Freedom Seal today announced an MoU at the World Economic Forum in Davos, making a commitment to work together to support the eradication of slavery in global supply chains.

IETP will not conduct audits and PVs between Jan 28th 2019 and Feb 24th 2019 at factories located in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

There is a new number for the IETP Worker Helpline in operation, factories in Mainland China need to make sure they are using the latest helpine cards and posters by the end of February 2019

The introduction of Progress Visits is an exciting step forward in the levels of guidance, training and support we offer to factories. Different from a traditional audit approach, Progress Visits are announced factory visits to review and discuss progress in maintaining IETP social compliance standards. 

The LEGO Group has become the latest leading toy company to join the Ethical Toy Program as a Buyer Member. LEGO will use our Connect platform to monitor and manage their suppliers in our program, as well as gaining access to insights and membership support from our expert team.

Ethical Toy Program will be at inaugural Toy & Game Design Conference to meet and inspire designers to create the next generation of toys, games and electronics which respect and benefit everyone.  

We are delighted to announce that this summer we are operating more FFS than ever before allowing hundreds more families to be reunited for the summer.

The worker voice platform will be used to distribute digital education directly to workers to increase workplace safety, knowledge of workers’ rights, and to provide opportunities for personal and professional growth through gamified learning. 

Worker Voice Program leverages mobile technology to enable direct feedback from toy factory workers in China

A Q&A to provide instructions to help use the new ICTI Ethical Toy Program branding in your communications.  

The Ethical Toy Program is introducing enhancements to the Worker Helpline.

In September 2017, the Ethical Toy Program ran a public consultation to gather views on two proposed changes to the Audit Checklist and Certification

ETP will not conduct audits between February 1st 2018 and March 4th 2018 at factories located in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

The ICTI Ethical Toy Program, formerly ICTI CARE, is excited to announce two proposed updates to the Ethical Toy Program.

Walmart has reaffirmed Ethical Toy Program as one of its approved 3rd party programs for monitoring social compliance. 

Our new online auditor assessment tool enables factories to share feedback on auditors’ performance and integrity issues

Assessment of child rights challenges in the supply chain in Vietnam

This new, online feedback tool enables toy factories to evaluate, and feedback on, the performance of on-site auditors.

We have started work on a major benchmarking study which will compare and contrast our program against other successful responsible sourcing codes and standards.

IETP was honored to be invited to participate in the event’s roundtable discussion with experts from different sectors to share views and insights regarding family-friendly workplaces

IETP Worker Helpline is already available to over 1.5 million workers at nearly 2,000 factory members, in China and over the last decade it has provided direct support to over 18,000 workers through free, confidential counseling and advice. In 2021, we're expanding its service to frontline worker in Vietnam

IETP wants to support more brands and retailers to help get this message across and meet their regulatory obligations to publish a slavery and human trafficking statement

IETP conducts regular Key Performance Indicators (KPI) reviews of all our accredited audit firms to monitor their performance and highlight areas that require improvement

COVID-19 has disrupted the day-to-day operations of many organizations whilst the necessity for labor standards oversight has never been higher, this new platform will ensure IETP always able to provide our buyers with trusted data and business-critical assurance.

Our worker well-being programs have become an integral part of our operations. We have made great progress in creating Family Friendly Factories, developing and implementing tailor-made programs in direct response to the identified needs of workers and management.

IETP will not conduct audits and PVs between Feb 1st and Feb 28th 2020 at factories located in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Building on the success of the new e-learning platform, IETP is launching the second module designed to raise factory members’ awareness of Modern Slavery and Involuntary Work

IETP Worker Helpline has been made available to over 792,110 workers and provided counseling and advice to 17,776 workers

Find out what we have been up to over the past two years as we celebrate significant growth and development at IETP

Purchasing and procurement best practices to help you manage risks, protect workers and secure mutually beneficial business partnerships with your manufacturers during these difficult times

Regular updates from ICTI Ethical Toy Program on the actions we are taking to respond to COVID-19 #toyindustry

In response to the government's call to strengthen the prevention and control of the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, ICTI Ethical Toy Program (IETP) understands that accredited audit firms and factories may need to implement special work arrangements and some businesses may resume operation later than planned, therefore, it may affect the progress of their certification.

The grace period ran for over a year and ended on 31 December 2019. All checkpoints are in the IETP Audit Checklist are now effective from 1 January 2020

Powerful testimonials from Family-Friendly Program sponsors and participants

IETP organized free training on lean manufacturing for factories in the program

Download the statement

IETP will not conduct audits and PVs between Jan 13th 2020 and Feb 16th 2020 at factories located in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Join us for our IETP Seminar at China Toy Expo. We are honored to welcome the President of China Toy & Juvenile Products Association, Ms. May Liang, for opening remarks. Followed by the CEO and President of IETP, Ms. Carmel Giblin, to share how IETP can help you overcome business challenges. We’ll also invite brands, retailers and factory representatives to share their experience with the Ethical Toy Program

In July, Ethical Toy Program was invited to present at a high-level UNICEF and UN Global Compact Summit in New York focussed on family-friendly policies in business operations and supply chains.

We are opening 31 spaces which will welcome over 1,200 children for the summer. This will mean over 1,500 parent workers will get to spend time with their children during the summer months.

Please familiarize yourself with these changes before Audit Checklist V2.1 replaces V2.0 on 1st September 2019

We are committed to further extending IETP Certification to cover new product categories and to reach more factories within China and beyond.

In May, the annual toy distributors show DISTOY took place in London, the Ethical Toy Program team spent the week meeting with toy brand and licensor exhibitors to highlight the benefits of ethical manufacturing

On 21st February 2019, a joint notice was issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Education and other ministries and groups in China to ban gender discrimination in the workplace.  

Building on four successful years of collaboration and partnership, Ethical Toy Program and Ethical Corporation are extending their partnership to further share ideas and promote solutions to responsible sourcing challenges in the toy industry and beyond.

Download now to learn about the service and the benefits the Worker Helpline delivers to workers, factories, brands and retailers.

Southeast Asia is a region of opportunity for toy manufacturing, countries such as Indonesia and Vietnam typically have a high volume of workers with the necessary skills to support toy manufacturing.

The ICTI Ethical Toy Program and Freedom Seal today announced an MoU at the World Economic Forum in Davos, making a commitment to work together to support the eradication of slavery in global supply chains.

IETP will not conduct audits and PVs between Jan 28th 2019 and Feb 24th 2019 at factories located in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

There is a new number for the IETP Worker Helpline in operation, factories in Mainland China need to make sure they are using the latest helpine cards and posters by the end of February 2019

The introduction of Progress Visits is an exciting step forward in the levels of guidance, training and support we offer to factories. Different from a traditional audit approach, Progress Visits are announced factory visits to review and discuss progress in maintaining IETP social compliance standards. 

The LEGO Group has become the latest leading toy company to join the Ethical Toy Program as a Buyer Member. LEGO will use our Connect platform to monitor and manage their suppliers in our program, as well as gaining access to insights and membership support from our expert team.

Ethical Toy Program will be at inaugural Toy & Game Design Conference to meet and inspire designers to create the next generation of toys, games and electronics which respect and benefit everyone.  

We are delighted to announce that this summer we are operating more FFS than ever before allowing hundreds more families to be reunited for the summer.

The worker voice platform will be used to distribute digital education directly to workers to increase workplace safety, knowledge of workers’ rights, and to provide opportunities for personal and professional growth through gamified learning. 

Worker Voice Program leverages mobile technology to enable direct feedback from toy factory workers in China

A Q&A to provide instructions to help use the new ICTI Ethical Toy Program branding in your communications.  

The Ethical Toy Program is introducing enhancements to the Worker Helpline.

In September 2017, the Ethical Toy Program ran a public consultation to gather views on two proposed changes to the Audit Checklist and Certification

ETP will not conduct audits between February 1st 2018 and March 4th 2018 at factories located in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

The ICTI Ethical Toy Program, formerly ICTI CARE, is excited to announce two proposed updates to the Ethical Toy Program.

Walmart has reaffirmed Ethical Toy Program as one of its approved 3rd party programs for monitoring social compliance. 

Our new online auditor assessment tool enables factories to share feedback on auditors’ performance and integrity issues

Assessment of child rights challenges in the supply chain in Vietnam

This new, online feedback tool enables toy factories to evaluate, and feedback on, the performance of on-site auditors.

We have started work on a major benchmarking study which will compare and contrast our program against other successful responsible sourcing codes and standards.