Supply Chains

‘We know most global companies have modern slavery in their supply chains’
Katherine Steiner-Dicks, (Aug 6, 2019)

Katherine Steiner-Dicks reports on growing calls for major reforms to the UK’s Modern Slavery Act
Empower suppliers to help deliver new climate goals
Conference Recording, (Aug 5, 2019)
Traceability and Transparency - Improve your visibility across all Tiers
Conference Recording, (Jul 5, 2019)
Circular innovations across all areas of the business
Conference Recording, (Jul 5, 2019)
De-carbonising the supply chain through new technology and innovations
Conference Recording, (Jul 5, 2019)
Embedding sustainability data into procurement conversations
Conference Recording, (Jul 5, 2019)
Plastics Workshop - Reduce, Recycle and Replace
Conference Recording, (Jul 4, 2019)
The path to plastics circularity - the 3R Initiative (Reduce, Recover & Recycle)
Conference Recording, (Jul 4, 2019)
How AB InBev is using blockchain to improve the lives of smallholder farmers
Terry Slavin, (Jun 25, 2019)

Terry Slavin reports on BanQu, a blockchain platform based on widely accessible SMS technology that is bringing transparency to the ‘last mile’ of global supply chains
Why women workers in global garment supply chains are saying #MeToo
Bobbie Sta Marie, (Jun 21, 2019)

Bobbie Sta Maria of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, and JJ Rosenbaum of Global Labor Justice say the drafting of a convention to end gender-based violence against women workers at the ILO’s meeting in Geneva this week is long over-due
How China’s appetite for meat is putting forests at increasing risk
Morgan Gillespy, (Jun 3, 2019)

CDP's Morgan Gillespy argues that Chinese banks, which have otherwise made strong progress on green finance, have a blindspot over deforestation risk. Amid uncertainties over US-China trade war, the risks related to soy are set to deepen
New hope for solutions to deforestation in the Cerrado
Mark Hillsdon, (May 28, 2019)

Mark Hillsdon reports on how pre-competitive approaches such as the Soy Buyers Coalition are allowing retailers to share the costs of incentivising soy farmers to refrain from converting land
Five ingredients for success for partnerships in fragile economies like South Sudan
Myriam Sainz, (May 19, 2019)

Myriam Sainz of TechnoServe draws on her experience rebuilding coffee communities with Nespresso to identify how best to invest in countries hit by conflict or crisis
‘Open Apparel Registry is a powerful new tool shining a light on the garment industry’
Phil Bloomer, (May 10, 2019)

Phil Bloomer and Alysha Khambay of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre explain how the open-source map of garment facilities across the globe is helping human rights campaigners to respond quickly to abuse in supply chains
Why the UN Global Compact is a CSR commitment that works
Julia Moshkin, (May 1, 2019)

Julia Moshkin of EcoVadis points to research showing that companies that have signed up to the initiative’s 10 principles perform significantly better on driving responsibility in their supply chains
Beyond recycling: Putting the brakes on fast fashion
Angeli Mehta, (Apr 28, 2019)

With the jury still out on the most sustainable textiles, efforts to make the garment industry more sustainable are focusing on reducing consumption, reports Angeli Mehta

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