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Suppliers news round-up: issue 90
Tesco investigates child labour claims in India after a Channel 4 undercover investigation; a report challenges UK retailers on domestic supply chain issues; and Wal-Mart reports factory bans after underage labour violations.
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Human rights: the story
so far
After the heated debate surrounding the UN norms on business and human rights, Briefing reveals what's coming next, and highlights some useful tools for managing what is often a controversial area.
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Starbucks, Unilever, HP
engage with suppliers
Starbucks, Unilever and HP are engaging with their suppliers to raise sustainability standards on farms and in factories. And as sportswear brands face flack from Oxfam over labour issues, budget clothing retailer Primark joins the Ethical Trading Initiative.
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Supply chain round-up:
issue 87
Greenpeace research links fast-food in Europe to destruction of rainforests in the Amazon. Meanwhile, more supermarkets pledge to source sustainable fish and Asda turns champion of better pay for dairy farmers.
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The customer is king
Consumers appear to be in the driving seat of the ethical trade bandwagon. Beware the supermarket that fails to act. Briefing comments on the recent trends.
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Fair Trade
Some multinational companies dismiss 'fair trade' as a narrow concept, whereas their own approaches to ethical trade are more broadly based. But fair trade as a brand is becoming larger and cannot be ignored.
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Working the supply chain
Supply chain responsibilities are becoming more complex. Not only are issues such as child labour and human rights important but other issues have arisen such as reducing "food miles" and holding large companies to account for the performance of their suppliers.
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News round-up (Mar/Apr)
Supply chain ethics are stepping up a gear with both Wal-Mart and Nike raising their game. In addition research reveals that buying local organic food could reduce the environmental impact of food on the UK economy ny over £4bn.
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News round-up (Aug/Sep)
Companies, trade associations and government departments are realising the benefits of using the supply chain to meet their social and environmental objectives.
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Corporate responsibility
and agriculture
Today’s agriculture industry has extensive influence and therefore a responsibility for wide ranging issues including human rights and the destruction of biodiversity.With the concentration of power lying with a small number of multi national corporations, David Logan and Oliver Balch examine the developments that have been made, and look further into the supply chains in the cocoa, tea and coffee industries.
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Wal-Mart is changing
Wal-Mart, sceptic of the CSR 'industry' is changing. If you are a supplier, do expect to be asked a lot more questions about your approach to CSR although they'll want high standards AND low prices of course.
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