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McDonald's has vowed to improve sustainability in its European fish supply chain with the announcement that customers will be able to buy Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified sustainable fish in its restaurants across the region from October...
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Mattel has vowed to develop a sustainable procurement policy for all of its product lines which will address the issue of deforestation.
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interesting viewpoints on the challegences faced by RNPO
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Retailers and manufacturers seeking to evaluate the potential applicability of The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act to their businesses sh...
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At its annual meeting on Friday, shareholders will vote on a proposal asking Wal-Mart to require vendors to publish annual reports on working conditions in their factories.
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According to a new report by the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), countries such as India are the worst offenders when it comes to exploiting child labor.
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What are some of the best reasons for looking at your supply chain through a sustainability lens? (hint: They may not be what you think)
Ask business leaders why their organizations are pursuing sustainability and you are likely to hear the same reasons over and over. It’s good for the environment. It’s good for our corporate image. It’s the responsible thing to do. These are important reasons, to be sure. But are they among the best reasons?
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Sean suggests "the supply chain disconnect from CSR will not last long" and that with a "renewed focus on CSR, supplier performance and risk management" organizations are preparing themselves to reorient their supplier management processes, putting data-driven approaches first. I agree with Sean that "the only way to achieve a strong supplier information management program is to directly align existing suppliers with the company's corporate goals" which can then be incorporated into specific monitoring programs and tools and measured through a set of KPIs.
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As we approach the mid-point in 2011, the tea leaves of the economic recovery have ‘sustainability’ in supply chain planning and management firming up as a key “rebuilding” block in company activities. Two recent studies from two different continents bear that notion out.
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Today, Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) announced new Terms of Engagement for its global supply chain that the company says will go beyond mere “do no harm” compliance to actually improve the lives of workers in factories around the world. Under the new approach, LS&Co. will require contract factories to support programs for their workers that align with UN Millennium Development goals.
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“Improving the sustainability of products that our customers love to buy” is the vision that Jeff Rice, Director of Sustainability for Walmart, has for his...
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Tesco has recommitted itself to reducing green house gas emissions from its supply chain.
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Using a new product scorecard, IKEA hopes to make its stock greener so that by 2015 the retail chain can classify 90 percent of the goods it sells as being "more sustainable.
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Hershey has been targeted by US protestors who accuse the confectionary company of failing to eliminate exploitative child labour from its cocoa production supply chain.
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One of the most striking things I first came across when looking through this research was how sustainable procurement has moved up the agenda of purchasing executives over the past few years. In 2003, 40% of respondents to a survey of procurement directors stated that sustainable procurement was an important/critical priority while in 2009 this had risen to an astonishing 90%.
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The company is in the midst of a rollout of a supply chain management project that's based on the one Procter & Gamble developed and released to the public.
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This issue is used to illustrate how lean production practices can affectconsumers, employees, and financial risk. Conclusions from the sweatshop labor issue are shown to apply to other sustainability issues as well.
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Energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2010 were the highest in history, according to the latest estimates by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
After a dip in 2009 caused by the global financial crisis, emissions are estimated to have climbed to a record 30.6 Gigatonnes (Gt), a 5% jump from the previous record year in 2008, when levels reached 29.3 Gt. In addition, the IEA has estimated that 80% of projected emissions from the power sector in 2020 are already locked in, as they will come from power plants that are currently in place or under construction today.
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Just yesterday the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, which provide recommendations for responsible business conduct in a global context, were updated for the fourth time since they were first adopted in 1976.
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In today's business environment, where supplier failure can pose an immediate risk, and where customers and other stakeholders demand greater transparency, such a proactive program for accurately and credibly assessing supplier viability and...
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Emerging research demonstrates that local, independently owned businesses generate more than three times the return to our local economy than do national chain stores. In fact, several studies have shown that when you buy from an independent, locally owned business, rather than nationally owned businesses, significantly more of your money is used to make purchases from other local businesses, service providers and farms -- continuing to strengthen the economic base of the community. As mentioned in our eco friendly consulting, consider:
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Chain of Custody certification is a mechanism for tracking certified material from the forest to the final product. This publication is intended to he...
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Sustainable Procurement is essential for any 21st century organisation. So says the latest issue of eg magazine published by Global to Local Foundation (18th April 2011) which provides practical advice and tools to help in:
* making the business case; * taking the first steps; and * changing and evaluating your procedures (more...)
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With growing public concern over environmental and social issues at international suppliers, a new research study sponsored by PMAC, Industry Canada and Suncor Energy confirms that many companies need to take a different approach to managing...
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Beauty company Avon Products, Inc. is the first in the industry to commit to 100% certified sustainable palm oil.
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