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28 avril 2007

Sainsbury's denies double standards in 'bag for life' row

Independent, Terri Judd, Sainsbury's was embroiled in an embarrassing row yesterday after claims that its "green" shopping bag was anything but ethical...But yesterday it emerged that the bag was made in China, a country known for appalling labour conditions....
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26 avril 2007

Child labourers toil in Thai seafood factories

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand (Reuters) - It is 7.30 in the evening and an excited chatter fills the room as 11-year-old Nampeung and her friends get their work checked before clearing their desks and heading home. But this is no scene from the end of a school...
23 avril 2007

6p a T-shirt. 30p an hour for shelling cashews. Supermarkets accused of exploiting women

The Guardian , Terry Macalister An independent watchdog should be set up to ensure supermarkets do not drive their profits higher on the back of vulnerable workers in developing countries while presenting themselves as socially responsible companies at...
22 avril 2007

The human cost of cheap high street clothes

The Observer , Dan McDougall in New Delhi and Jamie Doward The article below referred to Haryana as a lawless area of New Delhi, India's capital. It is actually a small state in northern India with a population of more than two million. Two of Britain's...
20 avril 2007

IT firms compromise on global injustice

Mark Ballard, Register [UK] The International Labour Organisation (ILO)…called a meeting of manufacturers, industry bodies, governments, and unions, who spent two days hammering out a compromise...The text, however, appears to commit them - voluntarily...
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4 avril 2007

The Dark side of Healthcare

The Dark side of Healthcare - a report about Swedish county councils’ procurement of goods from India and Pakistan Author: Kristina Bjurling (SwedWatch), with Fair Trade Center, Clean Clothes Campaign Sweden The Dark side of Healthcare (2007) is a report...
3 avril 2007

Corporate Codes of Labour Practice: Can the Most Vulnerable Workers Benefit?

Stephanie Barrientos, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex [UK] ...[A] large number of global buyers and retailers have introduced codes of labour practice to ensure their suppliers observe minimum international labour standards. But...
3 avril 2007

Sedex Announces Best Practice Guidance & Common Report Format

Sedex (The Supplier Ethical Data Exchange) is pleased to announce the official launch of SMETA, S edex M embers E thical T rade A udit. SMETA represents a further step forward in the Sedex vision of encouraging and enabling convergence in ethical trade...
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