Apple vows to tackle child labour
Source : Procurement Leaders
The tech giant has responded to an internal audit that uncovered child labour in its supply chain.
Source : Procurement Leaders
The tech giant has responded to an internal audit that uncovered child labour in its supply chain.
Source : Triple Pundit
By : Leon Kaye
IKEA Group releases its 2012 sustainability report today. The 58-page document attempts to answer a question many ask themselves at the site of the ginormous blue and yellow temples of retail prowess: can a megastore selling cheap furniture and home furnishings in 300 stores around the world become a beacon of sustainability?
Source : Triple pundit
By : Leon Kaye
Unilever’s ambitious Sustainable Living Plan reached an important milestone yesterday when the Dutch/British multinational announced over half of its factories across the globe are now zero-waste.
Source : Procurement leaders
By : Peter Lückert
Greener and cheaper airlines are providing a viable lever against rising business travel costs. Integrating more low-cost flights into companies’ travel schedules for their managers and employees could clearly work in favour for many organisations.
Source : 2degrees
Mike Scott finds a UK logistics industry keen to do more to drive efficiency, cut costs - and find new solutions to old problems.
Freight transport accounts for around a third of all emissions from the transport sector in the UK and the sector has recognised that it needs to do its bit to become more environmentally-friendly.
Source : Programme des nations unies pour l'environnement (UNEP)
Simple actions by consumers and food retailers can dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tonnes of food lost or wasted each year and help shape a sustainable future, according to a new global campaign to cut food waste launched today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and partners.
Source : Valuestreaming
This is the final part of three-part series exploring “materiality” and the intersection of supply chain management, sustainability and corporate social responsibility.
Source : ISO
Par : Maria Lazarte
Les solutions qu'offre l'ISO en matière d'efficacité énergétique et d'énergies renouvelables font l'objet d'une nouvelle brochure – ISO & l'énergie – qui donne un aperçu dense et concis des Normes internationales à disposition pour avancer dans ce domaine.
Source : International Labour Organization
The first surveys of the labour force and child labour in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) were launched in Vientiane today by the Government of Lao PDR with the support of the International Labour Organization (ILO).