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5 octobre 2007

Report: 80% of Honda's North American Suppliers Are Green Certified

Source: www.sustainablelifemedia.com Four in five of Honda's North American suppliers are now certified under the ISO 14001 environmental management standard as part of the automaker's green purchasing program, according to the third annual report on...

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2 octobre 2007

Starbucks Celebrates Fair Trade Month, Reinforcing Its Commitment to Supporting Coffee Farming Communities

Source: CSRwire Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq:SBUX) is proud to join in the celebration of the fourth annual Fair Trade Month sponsored by TransFair USA. Starbucks is one of the largest purchasers of Fair Trade Certified™ coffee in the world, and we...

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7 septembre 2007

The Body Shop – Progress on palm oil in Colombia

Body Shop hopes an initiative in Colombia can lead the way towards more sustainable production For the past three decades, the fat leaves of African Palm plants could be picked out among the foliage in the mountains of Santa Marta, Colombia. And as plantations...

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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)...

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25 janvier 2006

Greenhotelier's Sustainable Supply Chains

Source: greenhotelier Published in greenhotelier magazine's January 2006 issue, this pullout workbook offers a practical, comprehensive reference guide on how to manage environmental impacts at your hotel. Find step-by-step guidance and instructions on...

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25 septembre 2007

Wal-Mart Newest Green Goal: Cleaner Supply Chains

Source: GreenBiz.com As part of a new partnership with the Carbon Disclosure Project, Wal-Mart announced yesterday that it will measure the energy use and emissions of the entire supply chain of seven product categories (DVDs, Toothpaste, Soap, Milk,...

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20 septembre 2007

Co-op asks members for sustainability ideas

Source: Supplymanagement.com The Co-op is to ask its four million members in the UK what it should do about sustainability. The supermarket collective is consulting its members to develop an ethical food policy that will underpin the business's strategy...

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14 septembre 2007

More European Companies Switch to Green Power

Source: CSRWire A growing number of European companies are switching to renewable energy for their manufacturing plants, stores and office facilities. Renewable energy is allowing more companies than ever to power their operations while realizing a number...

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27 août 2007

Ten Tips To Purchasing Green, Ethically Sourced Wedding Rings Online

Marc Choyt, http://www.articlemarketer.com Would you feel good about a wedding ring if it was created by maltreated labor or with materials that trashed the environment? Does your expression of love just extend to your intimate ones; or beyond them to...

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24 août 2007

Supply chains and the climate: Principles of responsible procurement

Jeanette Wiemers, http://www.climatechangecorp.com What’s the best way to work with vendors who can provide a quality service while meeting a big company’s environmental needs? Jeanette Wiemers reports For large companies, finding sustainable vendors...

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23 août 2007

Complicity in Human Rights Violations: A Responsible Business Approach to Suppliers

Source: Business & humanrights resource center Danish companies recognize their duty not only to be good human rights actors themselves, but also to make sure that they act responsibly with regard to human rights issues raised in the context of their...

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29 janvier 2007

Late payments hit small companies

By Jamie Chisholm, FT.com Late payment to small companies has got progressively worse over the past three years and they need to employ stricter credit management techniques, a survey released today claims. Siemens Financial Services, a subsidiary of...

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22 juin 2007

Argentina: Incentive for Eliminating Slave Labour

Author: Marcela Valente, IPS A public institute in Argentina is offering "certificates of quality" to firms that do not use slave labour in the textile industry, where 80 percent of workers operate in the informal sector of the economy. Besides cracking...

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15 août 2007

Misery at bottom of supermarket supply chain [UK]

Source: Felicity Lawrence, Guardian [UK] British supermarkets were under renewed pressure to clean up abuses in their supply chains yesterday as a Guardian investigation revealed that 40 Bulgarians found by the authorities to be illegally employed and...

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8 août 2007

The stories behind the Mattel recall

Richard Welford, CSR Asia Weekly, Vol.3 Week 32 Mattel subsidiary, Fisher-Price last week recalled 1.5 million toys amid concerns over excessive levels of lead in their paint. The Chinese made plastic pre-school toys were recalled oversafety concerns...The...

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20 juillet 2007

The Future of Ethical Sourcing

http://www.reportlinker.com/p051038/ethical-sourcing.html Introduction This report examines the widening agenda of ethical sourcing using a survey of those who work in retail. Retailers with comprehensive ethical sourcing policies in place, addressing...

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5 juillet 2007

Beyond Monitoring: A New Vision for Sustainable Supply Chains

Author: Business for Social Responsibility While [codes of conduct enforced through non-governmental monitoring schemes] ha[ve] made substantial contributions over the past 15 years, it is increasingly clear that a new framework is needed to achieve more...

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2 février 2007

Europe: Timber sourcing – Are you sitting comfortably, and with a clear conscience ?

Ethical Corporation has been out on the street to see what staff at UK furniture retailers know about the wood their products are made of. The results are grainy at best In December, reporters for Ethical Corporation braved the pre-Christmas retail crush...

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7 mars 2007

Buying the right coffee, better pollution standards, and ethical paper sourcing

Editorial - Ethical corporation Coffee certification For all the certification standards for coffee, transparency is still the key to empowered consumer choice When McDonald’s decided earlier this year to switch to 100% sustainable coffee in the UK and...

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11 mars 2007

Paper sourcing – Judging a book by its paper

While the paperless office remains a distant mirage, there are a number of paper sourcing policies pursued by progressive companies that are more or less finding a path through the certification jungle Paper sourcing policy is an undeniably complex business....

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14 décembre 2006

Supply chain management – How David and Goliath can get along

When a small firm supplies a giant, the imbalance of power can lead to bullying. But there are ways to manage such asymmetric relations to the advantage of both parties, says Simon Webley When a company like Ford is forced to close a car plant for a day...

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20 juin 2007

Labour standards and ethical supply chains: Nike leads the way in redefining the balanced scorecard

Nike is working to change internal buying practices in an effort to reduce pressures on suppliers and eliminate excessive overtime, writes Rachelle Jackson Nike recently committed to an ambitious goal of eliminating excessive overtime for workers in their...

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5 juillet 2007

Supply chain – Forcing a tomato wages catch-up

McDonald’s pledge to pay Florida tomato pickers an extra cent per pound puts pressure on the whole industry McDonald’s, the US’s largest fast food chain, has been under pressure from campaigners about pay in its American supply chain for some years. Now...

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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,...

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30 janvier 2007

The Sustainability Challenge - "Now What?"

Supplier monitoring programs are ubiquitous so we're left to ask, "now what"? (CSRwire) Everyone is asking the question of “now what?” Almost every major brand and retailer has implemented a social monitoring program for suppliers, so now what? Social...

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