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Mark Jolly, (Dec 13, 2017)
Companies replace IT equipment every four to five years, a waste of critical raw materials with huge environmental and social costs, argues Cranfield University professor Mark Jolley. With refurbished computers now nearly as high-performing as new, there needs to be an end to the make-use-dispose culture
April Streeter, (Jul 26, 2017)
Many CEOs are forging ahead with due diligence despite the new president’s determination to roll back key legislation
EC Newsdesk, (May 4, 2017)
IOI tackles deforestation, De Beers to store CO2, Kensington recycles Nespresso pods, global standard for sustainable procurement, Apple aims circular, new #Squaremilechallenge target, Heathrow climate projections dismissed
Mike Scott, (Apr 27, 2017)
Technologies such as blockchain, GPS, and mobile phones are helping companies root out human rights risk in their supply chains
Terry Slavin, (Mar 30, 2017)
Here are just some of the highlights from the second day of high-octane discussion at Ethical Corporation’s annual New York conference.
Ellen R Delisio, (Mar 24, 2017)
The US company doesn’t charge a premium for products made with recycled gold and third-party certified diamonds
EC Newsdesk, (Mar 24, 2017)
As the world’s largest diamond producer, De Beers is working to raise ethical standards for the entire industry through its Best Practices Principles Assurance programme
Rebecca Ley, (Mar 15, 2017)
Unreported palm oil land, Mars and Nestle tackle human rights in pet food, US firms press Trump on carbon, EU conflict minerals rule, poor SDG progress, Dyson most reputable company, Blackrock's green bond, Electrolux goes green
Stephen Gardner, (Sep 19, 2016)
Tracking conflict minerals, action on microbeads, Cuba's drive for renewables and Thai trafficker's 35-year sentence
Stephen Gardner, (May 23, 2016)
Cobalt human rights abuses ‘ignored’, Indonesia certifies timber and the Call for ethical label on clothes
Mike Scott, (Apr 22, 2016)
As sustainability infiltrates the top echelons of companies it is acquiring a new hard-headed language of business risk
Ellen R Delisio, (Mar 21, 2016)
Under fire as never before for the social and environmental destruction it causes, the world’s dirtiest industry is trying to come clean
Lizzie Parsons, (Oct 29, 2015)
Guest post for Ethical Corporation magazine by Lizzie Parsons, China Programme Leader, Global Witness
Nadine Hawa, (Oct 13, 2015)
Conflict-free mining, Indian child trafficking, FSC termination and marine population decline
Stephen Gardner, (Jun 9, 2015)
Big game trophies flight ban, Canadian emissions targets, tax dodging and EU conflict mineral reporting
Nadine Hawa, (Jun 5, 2015)
Conflict mineral disclosure, birth certificates for street kids, India NGO crackdown and oceans valued