2013 review of the Better Cotton Initiative’s (BCI) activities to promote decent work in India, Mali and Pakistan. The study emphasises the considerable challenges in implementing improvements in working conditions among smallholder producers.

Published by the ILO Declaration department and launched at a seminar in South Africa in June 2011, the report identifies the ways in which strong independent worker and employer organisations contribute to the conditions that underpin economic progress.

Ergon have written a Good Practice Note on Non-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity for the International Finance Corporation, the Private Sector arm of the World Bank Group. The Good Practice Note is part of a new suite of guidance from IFC on labour issues to accompany the organisation's soon-to-be-implemented new policies on labour rights.

In 2008, Ergon produced a study for the Expert Panel on Social, Environmental and Economic Performance (SEEP) of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) on the Social Impacts of Global Cotton Production.

Ergon wrote a guide on good practice in retrenchment for the International Finance Corporation, the Private Sector arm of the World Bank Group. The Good Practice Note is part of a suite of guidance from IFC on labour issues to accompany the organisation's labour rights performance standard - PS2.

A good practice note on 'Family friendly working and work-life balance' produced for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The note sets out the case for family friendly working practices and includes examples of good practice, as well as a summary of the legislative framework covering maternity and paternity rights in countries of EBRD operation.