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20 juin 2007

A Lesson That Thomas Could Teach

A Lesson That Thomas Could Teach
NY Times By DAVID LEONHARDT A typical Thomas the Tank Engine story is a little morality play about hubris. The stories take place on the fictional Island of Sodor, where train cars with faces and personalities go about their work. The Red Skarloey Engine...
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18 juin 2007

AS MORE TOYS ARE RECALLED, TRAIL ENDS IN CHINA

New York Times China manufactured every one of the 24 kinds of toys recalled for safety reasons in the United States so far this year, including the enormously popular Thomas & Friends wooden train sets, a record that is causing alarm among consumer advocates,...
14 juin 2007

CLEAN CLOTHES CAMPAIGN SUMMONED TO INDIAN COURT IN ALLEGED DEFAMATION CASE

Following their efforts to draw attention to rights violations at an Indian garment factory, the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) and the India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN) have been summoned to appear in a Bangalore court on June 25, 2007. This is...
8 juin 2007

Case Studies in Sustainable Grocery Supply Chains

Source: GreenBiz Concerns about sustainability are permeating the entire business world as consumers begin to seek out environmentally friendly products and urge companies to do more to lessen their impact on the planet. This study (RSCM_case_studies)...
8 juin 2007

Rights Groups Release Report on Child Labor in Cotton Industry

ILRF Press Release CONTACT: Bama Athreya, 202 347 4100 x. 106, bama.athreya [at] ilrf.org Corporations not making sufficient interventions in eliminating child labor on farms producing cottonseeds in India The International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) along...
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6 juin 2007

How Cocoa fuelled the conflict in Côte d’Ivoire

Global Witness’s first report dedicated to the cocoa sector in Côte d’Ivoire – documents how revenues from the cocoa trade have contributed to funding armed conflict and how opportunities for enrichment from cocoa through corruption and misuse of revenues,...
5 juin 2007

Globalisation rules the modern procurement world

• 4 in 5 businesses source globally • Benefits of global sourcing are moving beyond pure cost cutting • 60% cite ethical and environmental concerns as having significant impact on global sourcing Research released by The Chartered Institute of Purchasing...
31 mai 2007

Nike vows crackdown on overtime

BBC Nike has pledged to crack down on the amount of overtime done at factories it uses worldwide as part of efforts to improve working conditions. The sportswear firm will seek to abolish "excessive" overtime at its 700 contract factories by 2011...The...
31 mai 2007

Nike to promote workers’ rights

Author: Jonathan Birchall, FT Nike...is to strengthen efforts to combat potential abuses of the 800,000 workers in its global supply chain with a push to promote labour rights, including the freedoms to form and join trades unions. The company says it...
25 mai 2007

Nike to resume football production in Pakistan

Author: Jonathan Birchall, Financial Times Nike, the official supplier of soccer balls to the English Premier Football League, is to resume making hand-stitched leather balls in Pakistan, six months after it stopped production there amid child-labour...
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