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ILO publications 2025 London Book Fair fi ILO publications 2025Contents 2 Forthcoming titles 3 Flagship reports 5 Labour issues 29 Employment 47 Labour law and labour relations 70 Working conditions and occupational safety and health 95 Reference and textbooks 108 ILO history 116 I nternational Labour Conference, 112th Session 119 Backlist titles 136 Index 141 Ordering information2 Forthcoming titles World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2026 The state of social justice Flagship reports Forthcoming high-profile reports in 2025–263 Flagship reports ILO flagship reports Our flagship reports provide readers with in-depth analysis of the core world-of-work issues ILO Flagship Report Social Dialogue Report Peak-level social dialogue for economic development and social progress 2024 Global Wage Report 2024–25 Is wage inequality decreasing globally? ILO Flagship Report Global Wage report 2024 –25: Is wage inequality decreasing globally? The Global Wage Report 2024–25 examines the evolution of real wages around the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends globally and by region. For the current edition, see page 71. The Social Dialogue Report 2024 focuses on global developments in labour relations, for example collective bargaining. For the current edition, see page 47.4 Flagship reports ILO Flagship Report ▶ World Social Protection Report 2024–26 Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition The World Social Protection Report 2024–26 provides a global overview of progress made in extending social protection and building rights-based social protection systems around the world since 2015, with an especially sharp focus on the climate crisis and the exigency of a just transition. For the current edition, see page 8. The World Employment and Social Outlook thematic reports delve into key world-of-work topics. Recent reports

protection and building rights-based social protection systems around the world since 2015, with an especially sharp focus on the climate crisis and the exigency of a just transition. For the current edition, see page 8. The World Employment and Social Outlook thematic reports delve into key world-of-work topics. Recent reports cover key workers (see page 6) and digital labour platforms. (see page 7). World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2024 examines global and regional trends in employment, unemployment, labour force participation and productivity.5 Labour issues World Employment and Social Outlook Trends 2025 The WESO Trends 2025 report provides an in-depth analysis of global labour market trends, highlighting the impacts of slowing economic recovery, persistent youth unemployment, and gender disparities. It examines the structural challenges facing workers worldwide and offers insights into regional and global patterns shaping the future of work. 2025 Paperback • xvi + 66 pp. ISBN 9789220411575 (print) ISBN 9789220411582 (pdf) ISSN 2709-7080 (print)

X World Employment and Social Outlook Trends 2025 ILO Flagship Report USD 25 • GBP 20 Also available in French and Spanish Flagship report6 Labour issues World Employment and Social Outlook 2023 The value of essential work The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the extent to which economies and societies depend on key workers. It has also highlighted how undervalued most key jobs are. Despite carrying out activities that are indispensable to the functioning of societies – producing, distributing and selling food, cleaning, ensuring public security, transporting essential goods and workers, and caring for and healing ill people – many key workers lack decent working conditions. This ILO flagship report calls for a revaluation of key work and greater investment in key sectors, both to address longstanding deficits in social justice and to ensure the continuity

cleaning, ensuring public security, transporting essential goods and workers, and caring for and healing ill people – many key workers lack decent working conditions. This ILO flagship report calls for a revaluation of key work and greater investment in key sectors, both to address longstanding deficits in social justice and to ensure the continuity of essential economic activities during future shocks and crises.2023 Paperback • 279 pp. ISBN 9789220366509 (print) ISBN 9789220366516 (pdf) ISSN 2709-7439 (print) USD 40 • GBP 32 Also available in Chinese, French and Spanish Flagship report7 Labour issues World Employment and Social Outlook 2021 The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work This ILO flagship report explores how the contemporary platform economy is transforming the way work is organized, analyzing the impact of digital labour platforms on enterprises, workers and society as a whole. The report offers a comprehensive picture of the experience of workers and businesses on online web-based and locationbased platforms, drawing on surveys and interviews with some 12,000 workers and representatives of 85 businesses around the world, in multiple sectors. It also provides insights into the digital labour platform as a business model, examines regulatory responses across the globe, and presents a way forward to ensure all platform work is decent work.

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Also available in Chinese, French, Japanese and Spanish 2021 Paperback • 285 pp. ISBN 9789220319444 (print) ISBN 9789220319413 (pdf) ISSN 2709-7439 (print) Flagship report8 Labour issues World Social Protection Report 2024–26 Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition This ILO flagship report provides a global overview of progress made in extending social protection and building rights-based social protection systems around the world since 2015, with an especially sharp focus on the climate crisis and the exigency of a just transition.

Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition This ILO flagship report provides a global overview of progress made in extending social protection and building rights-based social protection systems around the world since 2015, with an especially sharp focus on the climate crisis and the exigency of a just transition. The report identifies protection gaps and sets out key policy recommendations, including those for achieving the targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Universal social protection systems have an important role to play as an enabler of climate action and a catalyst for a just transition and greater social justice. 2024 Paperback • xxv + 358 pp. ISBN 9789220404492 (print) ISBN 9789220404508 (pdf) ISBN 9789220412589 (html) ISSN 2789-2417 (print) ILO Flagship Report ▶ World Social Protection Report 2024–26 Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition USD 45 • GBP 36 Also available in French and Spanish Flagship report9 Labour issues Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024 Promoting decent work and social justice to manage ageing societies This report presents the most recent statistics on the state of the labour market and its impact on the 3.4 billion people living in the Asia-Pacific region. Beyond trends, the report examines the implications of population ageing for labour markets and society. With Asia and the Pacific being the fastest-ageing region in the world, labour force participation rates and economic dependency ratios are projected to change significantly by 2050. The ensuing economic, financial and social challenges are exacerbated by persistent decent work deficits such as insufficient social protection, a high incidence of low labour incomes, gender inequality and age discrimination. Addressing these deficits is fundamental to successfully managing ageing societies and requires concerted action by workers, employers and governments.

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2024 Paperback • 70 pp. ISBN 9789220407790 (print)

low labour incomes, gender inequality and age discrimination. Addressing these deficits is fundamental to successfully managing ageing societies and requires concerted action by workers, employers and governments.

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2024 Paperback • 70 pp. ISBN 9789220407790 (print) ISBN 9789220407806 (pdf)10 Labour issues Human-centred approach to increasing workplace productivity Evidence from Asia This book examines whether human-centred human resource management practices have increased workplace productivity in four major economies in Asia, namely China, India, Japan and the Republic of Korea. The book focuses on the key characteristics of productivity and the role that labour productivity played in contributing to the productivity of these countries. In particular, it examines the extent to which firms in these countries adopted humancentred human resource management practices to improve labour productivity. 2023 Paperback • v + 219 pp. ISBN 9789220391341 (print)

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Labour issues Integrating trade and decent work Volume 1 Has trade led to better jobs? Findings based on the ILO’s Decent Work Indicators International trade is widely viewed as an engine of growth and carries implications for the hundreds of millions of workers whose livelihoods rely on trade-oriented industries. It has generated job opportunities, including for young people and women, helping to lift millions out of poverty. At the same time, the benefits of trade have not been distributed evenly, across countries, sectors, firms or workers. This volume, the first of a two-volume set, develops and executes a comprehensive framework for assessing the impact of trade on the labour market, using decent work indicators applied to commonly used methodologies. It also highlights the role of labour market policies and programmes, including ILO interventions, to ensure that trade contributes to – rather than hampers – decent work.

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Volumes 1 and 2 also available as a set: USD 50 • GBP 35 2023

the role of labour market policies and programmes, including ILO interventions, to ensure that trade contributes to – rather than hampers – decent work.

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Volumes 1 and 2 also available as a set: USD 50 • GBP 35 2023 Paperback • xxiv + 345 pp. ISBN 9789220372791 (print) ISBN 9789220372807 (pdf) Volumes 1 & 2 ISBN 9789220407912 (print)12 Labour issues Integrating trade and decent work Volume 2 The potential of trade and investment policies to address labour market issues in supply chains This second volume in the set focuses on how labour issues are currently reflected in trade and investment agreements and explores their implementation in practice. The volume examines how structural labour market issues can be addressed through trade governance instruments at different levels. It deepens our understanding of how labour market considerations, particularly labour standards, have been incorporated into trade and investment policy. It evaluates the efficacy of these measures and extracts insights for future policymaking. The research expands beyond a strictly legal analysis by taking into account the larger role that trade and investment policies play as a tool for achieving sustainable development. 2023 Paperback • xxiv + 322 pp. ISBN 9789220374559 (print)

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Volumes 1 and 2 also available as a set: USD 50 • GBP 35 Volumes 1 & 2 ISBN 9789220407912 (print)13 Labour issues Promoting and enforcing compliance with labour provisions in trade agreements Comparative analysis of Canada, European Union and United States approaches and practices A fundamental question about labour provisions in trade agreements is how the provisions work in practice, particularly in the context of labour disputes. This study answers this question through an analysis of monitoring, cooperation areas and activities, and dispute settlement procedures, supported by research, data from the ILO’s

A fundamental question about labour provisions in trade agreements is how the provisions work in practice, particularly in the context of labour disputes. This study answers this question through an analysis of monitoring, cooperation areas and activities, and dispute settlement procedures, supported by research, data from the ILO’s Labour Provisions in Trade Agreements Hub and interviews with stakeholders. 2023 Paperback • 132 pp. ISBN 9789220386620 (print)

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Labour issues A new social contract: Achieving social justice in an era of accelerating change. International Journal of Labour Research Volume 12, Issues 1-2, 2023 This 2023 edition of the International Journal of Labour Research (IJLR), aims to stimulate reflection on what a new social contract might entail and more specifically the role of workers’ organizations in engaging in the design and establishment of a new social contract within the multilateral system and at national level. Thus, the focus of this issue is both on what such a new social contract may entail and on what to do in terms of its implementation. 2023 Paperback • xxvi + 108 pp. ISBN 9789220401828 (print) ISBN 9789220401835 (pdf) ISSN 2076-9806 (print) USD 25 • GBP 20 Also available in French and Spanish A new social contract: achieving social justice in an era of accelerating change A new social contract: achieving social justice in an era of accelerating change Volume 12, Issues 1-2 (2023) 8 Contact details International Labour Organization Route des Morillons 4 CH-1211 Geneva 22 Switzerland ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) www.ilo.org/actrav Facebook and Twitter: @ILOACTRAV Reflections on the new social contract Michelle Bachelet Why a new social contract is urgent? Luc Triangle

CH-1211 Geneva 22 Switzerland ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) www.ilo.org/actrav Facebook and Twitter: @ILOACTRAV Reflections on the new social contract Michelle Bachelet Why a new social contract is urgent? Luc Triangle The world of work and the new social contract Mohammed Mwamadzingo, Grayson Koyi, Michael Watt and Khalid Maman Waziri Social protection as a key component of the new social contract: a leading role for trade unions Elaine Fultz and Ursula Kulke Towards a European socio-ecological contract Béla Galgóczi A new social contract: achieving social justice in an era of accelerating change in the agricultural sector Leda Celis A new social contract for the social media platforms: prioritizing rights and working conditions for content creators and moderators Jacqueline Wambui Wamai, Maureen Chadi Kalume, Monicah Gachuki and Agnes Mukami International Journal of Labour Research A new social contract: achieving social justice in an era of accelerating change Volume 12, Issues 1-2 (2023)International Journal of Labour Research Cover open_Journal 2023_160x240.indd 1,3Cover open_Journal 2023_160x240.indd 1,3 13/12/2023 16:53:3513/12/2023 16:53:3515 Labour issues Working from home From invisibility to decent work With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, many in the world’s workforce have shifted to homeworking, thereby joining the hundreds of millions of workers who have already been working from home for decades. This report seeks to improve understanding of home work as well as to offer policy guidance that can pave the way to decent work for homeworkers both old and new. “A stunning achievement.” – Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara 2021 Paperback • 279 pp. ISBN 9789220337103 (print)

well as to offer policy guidance that can pave the way to decent work for homeworkers both old and new. “A stunning achievement.” – Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara 2021 Paperback • 279 pp. ISBN 9789220337103 (print)

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Also available in Arabic, French and Spanish16 Labour issues The future of diversity Edited by Christiane Kuptsch and Eric Charest This book offers new perspectives on the concept of diversity and the role diversity can play in the future world of work. In this collection, scholars and practitioners reflect on the most appropriate interventions to create a more inclusive labour market for all. They explore the economic case for diversity and diversity management strategies, finding that diversity and inclusion must go hand in hand. The book covers a range of issues including gender equality and mainstreaming, migration and ethnic diversity, racism, violence against LGBTI people and age discrimination. It is thus a rich source of inspiration for anyone wishing to move towards greater justice in the labour market. 2021 Paperback • 284 pp. ISBN 9789220319628 (print)

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Also available in French17 Labour issues ILO global estimates on international migrant workers Results and methodology. Third edition This report’s third edition presents the most recent estimates on the stock of international migrant workers, disaggregated by age, sex, country-income group and region, and the estimation methodology. The reference year is 2019. The report predates the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, which has affected the magnitude and characteristics of international labour migration. The estimates offer a benchmark against which the COVID-19 driven changes can be analysed in the future. The periodic publication of this report provides information on recent trends on labour migration and therefore contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as supporting policymaking at the country, regional and global levels. 2021 Paperback • 73 pp.

the COVID-19 driven changes can be analysed in the future. The periodic publication of this report provides information on recent trends on labour migration and therefore contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as supporting policymaking at the country, regional and global levels. 2021 Paperback • 73 pp. ISBN 9789220346563 (print)

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Labour issues Trade and decent work Indicator guide This guide provides analytical tools to support research on trade and decent work. It offers a broad set of labour market indicators for trade policy assessment for use in studies of the nexus between trade and employment, labour relations, and working terms and conditions, singling out and contextualizing the ILO decent work indicators suitable for analysing the impacts of trade policy on the labour market. It also facilitates the use of these indicators in macro, sectoral and micro assessments of the impact of trade on the labour market at the country level, by providing an overview of measurement approaches, relevant data sources, links to trade theory and empirical evidence. 2021 Paperback • 123 pp. ISBN 9789220347638 (print)

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Also available in Spanish19 Labour issues Trade and decent work Handbook of assessment methodologies This handbook traces the evolution of international trade theory and of the empirical methodologies used to study the effects of trade on employment, examining their strengths and weaknesses. It has been designed to help with the selection of methodological approaches for assessing the effects of trade on broader labour market outcomes. 2021 Paperback • 75 pp. ISBN 9789220347652 (print)

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Also available in Spanish20 Labour issues Trade union revitalization. Organizing new forms of work including platform workers International Journal of Labour Research, Volume 11, Issue 1–2/2022

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Also available in Spanish20 Labour issues Trade union revitalization. Organizing new forms of work including platform workers International Journal of Labour Research, Volume 11, Issue 1–2/2022 Confronted by multiple crises following the COVID-19 pandemic, trade unions have shown resilience and adaptability, enabling them to cope better with these crises and minimize the impacts on workers and society at large. In turn, this experience is helping trade unions to revitalize themselves. This edition of the International Journal of Labour Research presents noteworthy examples of unity and cooperation as well as of the challenges of organizing workers in new forms of work, for example platform work. 2022 Paperback • 72 pp. ISBN 9789220379493 (print) ISBN 9789220379486 (pdf) ISSN 2076-9806 (print) USD 25 • GBP 20 Also available in French and Spanish21 Labour issues Work for a brighter future The Global Commission on the Future of Work This landmark report by the ILO Global Commission on the Future of Work examines how to achieve a better future of work for all at a time of unprecedented change and exceptional challenges in the world of work. Among the key issues considered by the Commission are new forms of work, the institutional ramifications of the changing nature of work, lifelong learning, greater inclusivity and gender equality, the measurement of work and human well-being, and the role of universal social protection in a stable and just future of work. 2019 Paperback • 76 pp. ISBN 9789221327950 (print)

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Also available in Arabic, Chinese, Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish22 Labour issues A quantum leap for gender equality For a better future of work for all Laura Addati and Valeria Esquirel The culmination of the extensive and often ground breaking

Also available in Arabic, Chinese, Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish22 Labour issues A quantum leap for gender equality For a better future of work for all Laura Addati and Valeria Esquirel The culmination of the extensive and often ground breaking work of the ILO’s Women at Work Centenary Initiative, this report highlights key gender gaps and obstacles to decent work for women. It explores the structural barriers, including unpaid care work, that shape the nature and extent of women’s engagement in paid employment, and examines how laws, policies and practices in certain countries have addressed them. The report, which is closely aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, also outlines pathways to future gender equality.2019 Paperback • 146 pp. ISBN 9789221329978 (print)

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Also available in French and Spanish23 Labour issues Time to act for SDG 8 Integrating decent work, sustained growth and environmental integrity The report seeks to improve understanding of SDG 8 at the empirical, conceptual and policy levels by: • Charting empirical progress towards the 12 targets under SDG 8 and comparing related country performance; • Mapping inter-linkages between SDG 8 targets and other SDG targets and exploring regional patterns of achievement; • Presenting policy interventions and institutional support that can enable countries to achieve SDG 8 by 2030. The report shows that an urgent acceleration of efforts is required to support SDG 8 in its three dimensions of sustained, inclusive and sustainable growth. 2019 Paperback • 129 pp. ISBN 9789221336778 (print)

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Also available in French and Spanish24 Labour issues Labour provisions in G7 trade agreements A comparative perspective The report shows that in the past 25 years labour provisions have become a common feature of all G7 regional trade agreeISBN 9789221336785 (pdf) USD 20 • GBP 16 Also available in French and Spanish24 Labour issues Labour provisions in G7 trade agreements A comparative perspective The report shows that in the past 25 years labour provisions have become a common feature of all G7 regional trade agreements. While some G7 countries have consistently considered labour in their legislation and trade policy, others have more recently taken this approach. This reflects a concern with the uneven impacts of globalization and trade, and attempts by states to push for a level playing field based on minimum conditions of work and labour rights for all trading partners. Of the 85 regional trade agreements with labour provisions, more than half, or 45, include as a partner at least one G7 country. These 45 agreements represent 1.2 billion workers, almost 30 per cent of the world’s workers. The regulatory frameworks of these trade agreements have a deep connection to the governance of the world of work. 2019 Paperback • 67 pp. ISBN 9789221335955 (print)

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Labour issues Towards convergence in Europe Institutions, labour and industrial relations Edited by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead This book provides a unique and timely analysis of the socioeconomic indicators influencing convergence trends in the EU. Case studies help to identify the possible impacts of global movements (migration, foreign investment) and policies (social protection, social dialogue, employment) on cross-country convergence. The volume presents examples of where institutions and industrial relations can change convergence outcomes and proposes a range of useful policy options. Scholars and researchers will find it an invaluable reference for studies of European affairs and social policies. Co-published with Edward Elgar Publishing.2019 Paperback • 490 pp. ISBN 9789221330035 (print)

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Labour issues The impact of HIV and AIDS on the world of work Global estimates

Co-published with Edward Elgar Publishing.2019 Paperback • 490 pp. ISBN 9789221330035 (print)

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Labour issues The impact of HIV and AIDS on the world of work Global estimates This report examines how the evolution of the HIV epidemic and the scale-up of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) have impacted on the global labour force, and what its effects will be in the future. Bringing together health data, in particular HIV prevalence data, with labour force, economic and demographic data, estimates are provided for workers affected by HIV and AIDS. The report sets out social and economic impacts on workers and their households for 2005, 2010, 2015, and projections for 2020. 2018 Paperback • 210 pp. ISBN 9789221312369 (print)

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Labour issues Regulating for equitable and job-rich growth Edited by Colin Fenwick and Valérie Van Goethem This book offers a critical reflection on the operation and effects of labour regulation, in particular its potential to contribute to inclusive development and the limits of some areas of regulation and governance. Following analysis of how the global financial crisis has increased labour market segmentation, the book addresses the needs of key groups often at the periphery, including young women, workers in the informal economy, migrants and home-care workers. The book argues that effective and efficient labour market regulation can contribute to achieving key policy goals of employment formalization and inclusive labour markets, while also pursuing equitable distribution. Co-published with Edward Elgar Publishing. 2017 Paperback • 257 pp. ISBN 9789221296461 (print)

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Labour issues Labour markets, institutions and inequality Building just societies in the 21st century Edited by Janine Berg Labour market institutions, including collective bargaining, the

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Labour issues Labour markets, institutions and inequality Building just societies in the 21st century Edited by Janine Berg Labour market institutions, including collective bargaining, the regulation of employment contracts, and pension and other social protection policies, are instrumental for improving the well-being of workers and their families as well as societies. Yet these institutions have been eroded in many countries over the past few decades; in other countries, they do not exist. This edited volume examines the potential of these institutions for ensuring equitable income distribution. Using empirical examples from both developed and developing countries, it analyses the connections between macroeconomic policies and inequality as well as how specific groups are affected by labour market institutions. Co-published with Edward Elgar Publishing. 2015 Paperback • xiii + 415 pp. ISBN 9789221286578 (print)

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Also available in Turkish29 Employment Global Employment Policy Review 2023 Macroeconomic policies for recovery and structural transformation This publication examines trends in employment policies and presents new and innovative solutions to the challenges relating to employment policy design and implementation. The 2023 edition examines macroeconomic policies as a key tool for crisis response and recovery as well as a lever for structural transformation to foster decent work and social justice. It includes chapters on the effectiveness of policies used during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as on policies to address gender inequality, youth employment and the need for structural transformation in Africa.

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2023 Paperback • 186 pp. ISBN 9789220389393 (print) ISBN 9789220389409 (pdf)30 Employment Greening enterprises Transforming processes and workplaces This the first ILO research report focusing specifically on the transition of enterprises. It considers the enterprise not only

2023 Paperback • 186 pp. ISBN 9789220389393 (print) ISBN 9789220389409 (pdf)30 Employment Greening enterprises Transforming processes and workplaces This the first ILO research report focusing specifically on the transition of enterprises. It considers the enterprise not only in terms of its production processes but also as a workplace. Through this approach, it has identified a range of measures that enterprises may use to become more environmentally sustainable and that also give workers a role in the process. Sustainable transport, increased resource intensity, waste management, work organization and sustainable food at work are increasingly part of enterprises’ ef