Supply Chains

Human Rights is top supply chain issue for companies

Liam Dowd, (Sep 2, 2016)

Nearly 50% of 533 corporate respondents surveyed stated Human Rights was the number one issue in the coming 12 months.

Sustainable Rubber briefing: Patagonia takes the plunge

Angeli Mehta, (Aug 25, 2016)

Interest in guayule rubber for medical devices and products such as surgical gloves was kindled by a wave of allergies caused by proteins found in hevea rubber.

Sustainable Rubber briefing: Timberland makes strides on using recycled tyres

Angeli Mehta, (Aug 25, 2016)

Timberland Tires is a venture between the US outdoorwear brand, Timberland, and a Singaporean tyre maker and distributor, Omni United.

6 reasons to attend the Sustainable Supply Chain Summit

Liam Dowd, (Aug 24, 2016)

Drive supplier collaboration and create a bigger positive impact for stakeholders

Sustainable Rubber briefing: Michelin zero-deforestation pledge raises hopes for responsible sourcing

Angeli Mehta, (Aug 23, 2016)

Environmental groups and biodiversity researchers have hailed a move by Michelin to eliminate rubber from deforested areas from its supply chain as an industry breakthrough.

Sustainable Rubber briefing: Sustainable rubber search hits the road

Angeli Mehta, (Aug 23, 2016)

Amid rising concerns about the environmental and human threats posed by rubber, Bridgestone and Michelin lead the search for green alternatives

Sustainable supply chains: 3 top trends 2016

Liam Dowd, (Aug 22, 2016)

Exclusive insight from the Ethical Corporation State of Sustainable Supply Chains Report

Making garment industry supply chains measure up

Ellen Delisio, (Aug 18, 2016)

Companies and NGOs are finding new ways to assess and address conditions in the second tier and are striving to get suppliers to improve standards

Leadership Series: Dale Turner, Skanska

Liam Dowd, (Aug 10, 2016)

Improving transparency through collaboration

Big data: Blowing the cover on deforestation

April Streeter, (Jul 26, 2016)

New tools allowing access to real-time images and data are providing hope in the fight against forest destruction

SDG 12: Circular economy roundtables

Conference Recording, (Jul 25, 2016)

A great leap forward for the little frog

Terry Slavin, (Jun 23, 2016)

Nigel Sizer, new president of Rainforest Alliance, has big plans to improve transparency in agricultural supply chains

FMCG Briefing: Wake-up call for palm oil

April Streeter, (Jun 22, 2016)

The RSPO’s suspension of IOI in April has forced even laggard companies to take a closer look at the ‘carbon bombs’ in their supply chains

EthicsWatch: Asia - Indigenous mission to EU tells of palm oil horrors

Terry Slavin, (Jun 22, 2016)

Activists from Indonesia, Liberia, Colombia and Peru have given first-hand testimony that RSPO is failing to stop human rights abuses

Alarm grows over blood gold

Martin Wright, (Jun 21, 2016)

With a big chunk of the global gold trade now in the hands of criminal cartels, the jewellery industry is moving to clean up its supply chain

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