4. Case study: Top Toy, Brio and Coop in China - Swedwatch

Contents
Foreword...............................................................................................................................4
Summary...............................................................................................................................5
Method..................................................................................................................................8
Demands and recommendations of Fair Trade Center.....................................................10
Fair Trade Center’s comments on the ICTI CARE Process.............................................12
1. Background.....................................................................................................................14
Guangdong - the manufacturing workshop of the world........................................................14
Guest workers from northern China......................................................................................15
Human rights in China..........................................................................................................16
Chinese labour legislation.....................................................................................................16
Working conditions and human rights in the export industry within China............................18
The situation of the trade unions...........................................................................................19
2. The Swedish toy market .................................................................................................21
The toy market and the manufacturing..................................................................................21
Manufacture and purchase conditions ...................................................................................22
The working conditions within the toy industry ....................................................................23
Working hours and wages.....................................................................................................24
3. Ethical and environmental demands .............................................................................26
An international toy campaign..............................................................................................26
Trade union demands in China .............................................................................................27
The ethical demands of the Nordic toy industry ....................................................................28
4. Case study: Top Toy, Brio and Coop in China .............................................................31
Introduction..........................................................................................................................31
Brio ......................................................................................................................................31
Top Toy ...............................................................................................................................32
Coop.....................................................................................................................................34
Suppliers in China to Swedish companies (Supplier A – I) ...................................................36
The companies' reactions to HKCIC reports .........................................................................55
5. Conclusion.......................................................................................................................57
Footnotes……………………………………………………………………………………..61
List of references…………………………………………………………………………….65
Annexes: Comment from Top Toy……………………………………………………...69
List of Toy campaigns………………………………………………………...71
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