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With the introduction of the Government's Sustainability Development Strategy, sustainability will play a big part in decision-making, meaning factors such as fuel efficiency and benefits to the community will be considered.
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International news
round-up (Aug/Sep)
Two months on from the G8 Summit and the Live8 party, are businesses responding effectively to the challenge to Make Poverty History?
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News round-up (Jun/Jul)
Nike and other companies have joined forces with six leading anti-sweatshop groups to devise a single set of labour standards with a common factory inspection system. In addition, seven out of nine Chinese toy suppliers investigated in a recent report systematically cheat during social audits.
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Increasing poverty?
Traidcraft's Fiona Gooch calls on companies and governments to ensure the benefits of international trade are felt all the way through the supply chain.
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Ian Taylor:
responsibility in the supply chain
Supply chains and CSR share many of the same aims, argues the president of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
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Supply chain management
As the pace of globalisation picks up, managing supply chains in a responsible way is becoming increasingly complex. John Russell reviews the current trends.
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Comment: suppliers
The publication of the Common Code for the Coffee Community hardly sounds like an event to get excited about. But it is - because it provides a rare example of a whole industry approach involving representatives of all parts of the supply chain working with the voluntary sector and government.
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Suppliers: a growing risk
aversion?
While impressive steps are being made down the road of compliance, future debate about responsible supply chain management must begin to centre on good relationships, not risk.
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