This section contains material on social standards that can be downloaded or ordered from us free of charge. We also operate a database containing further publications. Please contact us if you require further information.
Click on GTZ Materials for:

• Publications and working papers relating to our project
• Presentations on the subject of social standards

Click on Literature for an extensive collection of documents on social standards

• Position papers on social standards published by BMZ, the EU and international organisations
• Codes of Conduct and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Social standards

Click on Links for a list of web pages containing more detailed information.

• Institutions: web pages of international organisations working in the field of social standards
• Non-governmental organisations: web pages of selected NGOs that focus on social standards
• Trade unions
• Networks and initiatives: This section contains, among other things, a list of so-called multi-stakeholder initiatives that promote social standards
• Fair trade: Links relating to fair trade, the first initiative to demand fair trade conditions
• Research and education: Selected research institutions that focus on corporate social responsibility, multi-stakeholder initiatives, social standards and quality labels