CIPS joins slavery fight
Source : Supply Management
Par : Gurjit Degun
CIPS has teamed up with Walk Free and Traidcraft to produce a guide for buyers who want to avoid unknowingly sourcing from companies that operate illegally or unethically.
Source : Supply Management
Par : Gurjit Degun
CIPS has teamed up with Walk Free and Traidcraft to produce a guide for buyers who want to avoid unknowingly sourcing from companies that operate illegally or unethically.
Source : City News Toronto
Queen’s Park wants to ensure that clothing and other items worn by civil servants is not made in sweatshops. The Toronto Star reports that the Ontario government will be introducing an ethical sourcing policy for companies that bid on those contracts.
Source : AgroBoreal
Source : Sustainable Brands
Par : Jennifer Elks
Wilmar International, the world's largest palm oil trader, today announced a No Deforestation Policy in response to pressure from Greenpeace, NGOs and consumers around the world.
Source : Procurement Leaders
Par : Liz Maffei
Source : Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme (HCDH)
La Journée des droits de l’homme 2013 revêt une importance spéciale en cette vingtième année anniversaire de la création du mandat du Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme. La Journée des droits de l’homme poursuit la célébration de l’anniversaire sur le thème « 20 ANS AU TRAVAIL POUR VOS DROITS » mais en insistant sur l’avenir et en repérant les obstacles à surmonter.
Source : Supply Management
Par : Gurjit Degun
The home secretary has called on the private sector to “play its part” in tackling modern slavery in their supply chains.
Source : Triple pundit
Par : Jan Lee
Marks & Spencer’s support for sustainable programs and humanitarian needs often go together. Take its popular Shwopping initiative for example, which started last year and is still going strong in the UK.
Source : Supply management
Par : Gurjit Degun
A revised version of an agreement among governments around the world to encourage transparency in public sector procurement will come into force by the end of March 2014.