The health and safety of children throughout the world is the driving force behind ICTI, which promotes international toy safety standards and a responsible attitude to advertising and marketing to children.
The International Council of Toy Industries consists of toy trade associations from Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
ICF Holds its Annual General Meeting and Governance Board meeting in Munich
The ICTI CARE Foundation held its Annual General Meeting and its semi-annual Governance Board meeting in Munich, Germany, on 4-5 June. At the Annual General Meeting, the eight original Directors were elected to a second, three-year term. These include Maria Livanos Cattaui, Amir Dossal, Peter Eio, Alan Hassenfeld, Gary Hutchens, Alan Munn, Jane Nelson and T.S. Wong. This maintains the total number of directors at 15. Mme. Cattaui and Mr. Hassenfeld were re-elected as Co-Chairs of the Board. Representatives from the Technical Advisory Board of the ICTI CARE Process also were present at the Governance Board meeting. Read more...
Giochi Preziosi S.p.A. Signs Date Certain Pledge and Becomes an ICP Supporter
Giochi Preziosi S.p.A., is Italy�s largest toy company, and the fourth largest toy operator in the world,
with subsidiaries in the key European markets and in the USA. On April 24th, it signed the ICTI CARE Process Pledge
at its headquarters in Cogliate, Italy. Read more...
VEDES AG First German Trade Association to Join ICTI CARE Process
VEDES AG, a leading trade organization for toys and games based in Nuremberg, Germany, signed the ICTI CARE Process
(ICP) Date Certain pledge mid-April becoming the first German toy purchasing and retail association to do so.
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Hong Kong Toy Council Holds ICTI CARE Process Training Workshops
The Hong Kong Toy Council organized three ICTI CARE Process training workshops during April and May to
familiarize its members with the new requirements of the ICTI CARE Process �Code of Business Practices� and to
launch their new guidance book formulated with ICTI CARE support. Over 150 industry members participated at the workshops.
The book is now available from the Hong Kong Toy Council (hktc@fhki.org.hk)
and the Federation of Hong Kong Industries (fhki@fhki.org.hk) at a cost of HK$150 (US$19.35). It is accompanied by a wall chart (poster) and a second booklet entitled, �ICTI CARE Process guideline.� We recommend this book as required reading for all who take their corporate compliance seriously and want to understand correct implementation of the ICTI CARE Process.
New Fee Structure for Audits
The ICTI CARE Foundation announced its new fee structure to take effect for all audits from June 1st 2009. The new structure will create a single man day rate for all members of the program thereby removing an anomaly that existed between old and new participants. The new rate of US$575 per man day will be charged by all eight of the ICTI CARE Process accredited service providers whose continuing support is greatly appreciated.
The CARE (Caring, Awareness, Responsible, Ethical) Process is the International
Council of Toy Industries’ (ICTI) program to promote ethical manufacturing,
in the form of fair labor treatment, as well as employee health and safety,
in the toy industry supply chain worldwide. Its initial focus is in China, where
70 percent of the world’s toy volume is manufactured. Its intent is to provide
a single, fair, thorough and consistent program to monitor toy factories’ compliance
with ICTI’s Code of Business Practices (the “Code”).
