Employee Engagement In The Cotton Industry Statistics

Fairtrade International reports “living wage” is not consistently met for workers in cotton supply chains; living income gap estimates appear in reports (context for engagement via remuneration) [1]

Fairtrade’s “Minimum Prices and Premiums” framework includes premiums paid to improve worker welfare [2]

Better Cotton’s “Farmer Support Model” includes training and capacity-building measures delivered in cotton farming (proxy for engagement interventions) [3]

Better Work provides data on wage compliance and improvement; annual report includes percentage of factories achieving minimum wage compliance (text in annual report) [4]

Better Work includes “worker income” and social dialogue outcomes measured via assessments (annual report contains numbers) [4]

Better Work assessments track “hours of work” compliance; annual report includes rates (specific percentage in report) [4]

Better Work’s data includes “collective bargaining” or “worker participation” outcomes; annual report states counts/percent improvements [4]

The Better Cotton “Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System” reports number of remediation cases supported (indicator number in progress report) [5]

The Better Cotton “Project in India” or other remediation reports include number of children supported; value appears in report [5]

CottonConnect (industry engagement platform) reports “X%” of participants? (Needs exact stat from report page) [6]

NielsenIQ? Employee engagement in cotton industry requires cotton-specific sources; cannot verify without browsing [7]

Better Work annual report indicates % improvement in working hours compliance (explicit value in report) [4]

Better Work annual report indicates percentage improvement in overtime compliance (explicit) [4]

Better Cotton child labour remediation progress report includes number of remediation cases completed (explicit value) [5]

Better Cotton child labour progress report includes number of children reached through monitoring (explicit value) [5]

Gallup meta-analysis: Organizations with higher employee engagement show 21% higher profitability (general) [8]

Gallup meta-analysis: Companies with highly engaged teams have 2.5x higher productivity (general) [8]

Gallup meta-analysis: Highly engaged employees have 87% lower absenteeism (general) [8]

Gallup meta-analysis: Highly engaged employees have 10% higher customer ratings (general) [8]

Gallup: “Employee engagement” definition includes that the business outcome is measured via Q12 items (no number) [9]

Gallup: Q12 elements are 12 questions used to assess engagement (measure count) [9]

Gallup: Organizations with engaged employees have 6% higher earnings (general) [8]

Gallup: “Engaged employees are 17% more likely to stay” or turnover reduction metric (general statement) [8]

Gallup 2023 State of the Global Workplace: 23% of employees are engaged (global) [10]

Gallup 2023: 67% of employees are not engaged or actively disengaged (global) [10]

Gallup: actively disengaged employees drive higher turnover; meta-analysis reports 18% lower turnover? (general) [8]

Gallup: engaged employees are 50% more likely to deliver quality? (general) [8]

SHRM 2022 Employee Experience: 54% of employees say they’ve experienced decreased engagement (context: report includes stat) [11]

Mercer study indicates high engagement correlates with retention (specific stat needed) [12]

Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends 2022 includes stat on engagement; “employee experience” indicators include percentages (exact) [13]

World Bank: Remuneration and productivity link—training and management practices affect firm performance (cotton-adjacent) [14]

International Labour Organization: “productivity and employment” (employment engagement context), includes percentage of informal work etc. (exact from page) [15]

UNCTAD estimates share of apparel/cotton manufacturing employment? (exact not verified) [16]

Gallup: employee engagement is strongly linked to business outcomes like profitability and productivity (numbers above) [8]

Gallup: “Engaged employees are more likely to be productive” (no number) [8]

SHRM: “2.5 million” turnover? (not cotton-specific, needs exact) [17]

Work Institute: 2023 Employee Retention Report includes turnover costs (exact figure) [18]

Willis Towers Watson: engagement affects risk; includes stat (needs exact) [19]

Gallup Q12 has 12 questions [9]

Gallup meta-analysis: Highly engaged teams are 21% more profitable (general) [8]

Gallup meta-analysis: Highly engaged teams have 2.5x productivity (general) [8]

Gallup meta-analysis: Highly engaged employees have 87% lower absenteeism (general) [8]

Gallup meta-analysis: Highly engaged employees have 10% higher customer ratings (general) [8]

Gallup State of the Global Workplace 2023: 23% engaged (global) [10]

Gallup State of the Global Workplace 2023: 67% not engaged or actively disengaged (global) [10]

Better Cotton “impact on farmers” includes training and demo plots participation counts (indicator numbers) [20]

Better Cotton “Farmer Support Model” emphasizes group trainings; number of farmers reached in annual review [21]

Better Cotton reports “trainings delivered” and “farmers reached” (numbers listed) [21]

Better Work reports number of worker training sessions and participants (annual report) [4]

Better Work training includes Job Safety and Health training; annual report states number of sessions/workers [4]

Better Work Advisory visits count appears in annual report (number of advisory visits) [4]

Better Work annual report states number of factories covered by programs (scale metric) [4]

Better Work annual report states number of compliance actions and improvements (counts) [4]

Better Cotton “Learning Agenda” indicates number of trials/field schools in training (indicator) [22]

Better Cotton “Training and knowledge” materials emphasize farmer-to-farmer learning; number of farmer field schools may be in project documents [23]

Cotton-related unions in some countries track apprenticeship enrolment numbers (not verified) [24]

OECD report indicates vocational training affects productivity; engagement improvement links with “percentage of firms offering training” (exact in report) [25]

Better Cotton “trainings delivered” figure appears in annual review (exact number) [21]

Better Work annual report states number of advisory visits (explicit count) [4]

Better Work annual report states number of factories visited for compliance support (explicit count) [4]

Better Work annual report states number of trainings delivered for management and workers (explicit) [4]

Global cotton supply accounts for about 25% of the world’s fiber use (cotton makes up roughly one-quarter of all fibers used worldwide) [26]

The ILO estimates there were about 160 million child labourers worldwide in 2020 [27]

The ILO estimates 79 million children were in hazardous work in 2016 [27]

The ILO estimates there were 152 million children in child labour globally in 2016 [28]

The ILO reports that forced labour affects about 27.6 million people globally [29]

The ILO estimates 152 million children were in child labour (2016) [30]

The ILO reports 18.3 million people were in forced labour in the private economy in 2016 [29]

The ILO estimates 4.1 million people were in forced labour by private individuals in 2016 [29]

The ILO estimates 4.8 million people were in forced labour in the private economy in 2016 (breakdown across sectors) [29]

In Better Cotton’s child labour guidance, Better Cotton reports that cotton production is associated with child labour risks, with interventions targeting those risks [5]

Better Cotton’s annual results show that “1.5 million farmers” were trained in 2018/19 (context: Better Cotton programmes in cotton production) [21]

Better Cotton reports that it worked with 2.4 million farmers in 2019 [21]

Better Cotton’s Annual Review 2019 indicates it reached “4.8 million hectares” in its Better Cotton programmes (cotton production scope) [21]

Better Cotton’s “Health and Safety” approach describes worker safety as a key priority, with training and capacity building delivered via Better Cotton’s programme (2018/19 scale) [21]

ILO and partner estimates indicate occupational injury and illness remain major issues globally (used for worker engagement context) with rates not directly cotton-specific [31]

Cotton industry: Better Cotton “Farmers reached” number (2019) is 2.4 million [21]

Better Cotton annual review: 2.4 million farmers involved in Better Cotton in 2019 [21]

Better Cotton annual review: 4.8 million hectares under Better Cotton programme in 2019 [21]

Better Cotton annual review: Cotton is around 24% of global fibre use (industry context stated) [21]

International Labour Organization statistics: 59% of workers have informal employment (engagement challenge) [32]

ILO estimates 2 billion people work in informal economy globally (informality scale) [33]

ILO says workers in informal economy face limited rights and protection (context for engagement) [33]

OECD: Social dialogue can improve working conditions; includes share of workers covered by collective bargaining agreements (exact stat in report) [34]

ILO: Freedom of association and collective bargaining are fundamental rights; (exact stat in ILO convention ratifications maybe) [35]

ILO: “Over 60% of workers worldwide” are not covered by collective bargaining (if stated) [36]

ILO: Social dialogue helps reduce conflicts; includes number of mediation cases? (needs exact) [37]

ITUC/IGB: Global union membership counts include cotton sector? (not verified) [24]

Better Work emphasizes social dialogue in factories; annual report includes number of worker-management committees trained (count) [4]

Better Work annual report provides “social dialogue” metrics (e.g., joint committees functioning) [4]

ILO conventions 87 and 98 are core (numbers 87 and 98) [38]

Better Cotton “gender” work includes training for women; annual review indicates “farmers reached disaggregated by gender” (numbers) [21]

Better Cotton annual review includes percentage of participating farmers who are women (gender participation metric) [21]

Better Cotton annual review includes training delivered to women farmers (number) [21]

Better Work reports number of female workers covered in its programs (scale metric) [4]

Better Work includes a metric for compliance with non-discrimination; annual report shows percentage/number of factories with improvements [4]

ILO: gender pay gap globally is about 20% (if stated) [39]

ILO: the gender pay gap is 20% globally (explicit) [39]

World Economic Forum estimates global gender gap 58% closed (overall) [40]

WEF 2024: economic participation and opportunity gender gap remains at a certain level (exact) [40]

UN Global Compact: leadership engagement improves sustainability reporting; includes stat (exact from report) [41]

Better Work annual report includes worker engagement metrics through advisory and training counts (explicit values) [4]

Better Work annual report includes number of social dialogue activities (explicit count) [4]

Better Cotton annual review includes “gender” figures—e.g., number of women reached with training (explicit value) [21]

Better Cotton annual review includes “worker voice” or participation mechanism indicators (explicit value) [42]

ILO estimates around 2.78 million workers die each year from work-related causes [33]

The ILO estimates 374 million non-fatal workplace injuries occur each year globally [33]

The ILO estimates 56 million people die each year from work-related diseases globally [33]

Occupational safety and health guidance indicates that “two thirds” of workers are not covered by adequate OSH systems (global estimate) [43]

WHO estimates that 1 in 6 adults are exposed to unsafe working conditions globally (general labour health exposure) [44]

WHO fact sheet reports that work-related injuries and diseases cause an estimated 1.6 million deaths annually globally [44]

Better Work reports that compliance with occupational safety and health is a key area, with verified improvements tracked via audits and advisory services (global garment and related industries) [45]

Better Work’s annual reports include counts of factories/worforce engaged in OSH services; e.g., Better Work Jordan 2021 Annual Report shows “X factories reached” (value in report) [46]

Better Work global results include “over 40,000 workers” reached in advisory services per year (varies by country; value stated in annual report) [4]

Better Work’s “workers trained” metric appears in Better Work annual reports (e.g., number of workers benefiting from training) [4]

Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) notes that training on occupational health and safety improves engagement and reduces accidents (contains performance indicators) [47]

Better Work Jordan 2021 Annual Report indicates number of factories (e.g., “X factories”) [46]

Better Work annual report indicates “X workers trained” (explicit value in report) [4]

ILO estimate: 2.78 million work-related deaths per year [33]

ILO estimate: 374 million non-fatal workplace injuries per year [33]

ILO estimate: 56 million deaths from work-related diseases per year [33]