Assets About Extended Producer Responsibility
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NIKE's New Distribution Center to Make European Operations More Efficient, Agile, Sustainable
NIKE, Inc. has unveiled the latest expansion of its European Logistics Campus in Belgium, to accelerate its drive toward “the supply chain of the future.” The expansion will make Nike’s European operations more efficient, more responsive and mo... View More
BSCI, Sedex Launch New Tools, Join Forces in the Fight Against Human Trafficking
BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative) and Sedex have been competitors in the past, but this week, the business-driven initiative and non-profit organization signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to reduce duplication of effort while build... View More
McDonald’s, M&S, Birds Eye Sign Landmark Commitment to Protect Key Arctic Region from Cod Fishing
Leading seafood brands, major UK retail chains and some of the world’s largest fishing companies have struck a groundbreaking deal to protect a key Arctic region from industrial fishing for cod. ... View More
5 Reasons EPR Is the Answer for Plastics Recycling
The debates around extended producer responsibility for packaging — an approach whereby consumer goods companies pay some or all of the costs for managing packaging materials — have been raging in the U.S. for more than six years. ... View More
Smart Partnerships, IoT, Certifications Helping Brands Meet Consumer Demand for Better Products
Since the introduction of the first ecolabels and standards for organic products in the late 1980s and '90s, sustainability standards and certifications have proliferated across myriad industries. From food to manufactured goods, standards and certif... View More
Dannon, Chobani Bucking Business as Usual to Empower Farmers, Employees
Two of America’s most well-known yogurt brands are taking unconventional approaches create stronger ties with some of their stakeholders. Dannon is implementing a new supply system that allows the company to engage directly with its milk suppliers ... View More
Timberland Extends Rigorous Environmental Standard Across Entire Product Portfolio
Global outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland prides itself on its commitment to innovate and operate in an accountable and responsible manner — in terms of its products, the communities in which it operates, and the outdoors. As part of this commitmen... View More
How Increasing Transparency Can Help Prevent Further Devastation in Indonesia
Late last year, devastating fires engulfed 2 million hectares of land in Indonesia, impacting the health of 43 million people around Southeast Asia, and emitting as much greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as Brazil does in a year. They were driven ... View More
Industry Giant GAR to Fully Trace Its Palm Oil Supply Chain to the Plantation by 2020
One of the world’s largest palm oil companies, Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), has published a 4-year plan to trace its entire supply to the growers’ plantations. Earlier this year, GAR mapped its entire supply chain to 489 individual mills, and pla... View More
How Woolworths Is Building Resilience in Its Food Supply Chain
As with any multinational retailer, a high proportion of the environmental impacts resulting from Woolworths operations worldwide are linked to the farming and/or processing of products that we sell. As a result, we make it our business to work toget... View More
Unilever, Kellogg, Mars Drop Major Palm Oil Supplier After RSPO Revokes Its Certification
Six years after NGOs released a scathing report on Malaysian palm oil producer IOI Group, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) decided to suspend IOI last Monday. ... View More
Supply Chain Traceability Key to Fulfilling Sustainability Promises
Consumers these days want to know that when a business says that it is producing something ethically and sustainably, that it can back up such claims throughout its entire supply chain. After all, a business’s claims to operating sustainably are on... View More
New Tools Benchmark Corporate Efforts to Eliminate Modern Slavery
Modern slavery has been a popular topic in corporate responsibility lately, and with good reason: Forced labor affects roughly 21 million people around the globe, and 71 percent of companies believe there is a likelihood of modern slavery occurring a... View More
Companies Face 71% Likelihood of Finding Modern Slavery in Supply Chains
71 percent of companies believe there is a likelihood of modern slavery occurring at some point within their supply chains, according to research conducted by the Ashridge Centre for Business and Sustainability at Hult International Business School a... View More
Criticism Over Coffee Cup Waste Leads to Starbucks Discount, Call to Go Biodegradable
A successful campaign led by chef-turned-activist Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall drew attention to a big problem: coffee cup waste. Fearnley-Whittingstall claims that in the UK, less than 6 million takeaway hot beverage cups are recycled each year, whil... View More
The Modern Slavery Act: Why Inaction May Be Commercial Suicide
‘Forced labour affects roughly 21 million people around the globe, of whom 68% are exploited for private economic gain.’ These chastening figures, produced by the International Labour Organisation, are spurring governments around the world to bri... View More
Communication, Collaboration Key to Ending Deforestation
According to a report issued by the Congressional Budget Office, deforestation activity accounts for 12 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Companies such as Unilever have adopted zero-deforestation policies; while private sector initiatives ... View More
6 Chinese Rayon Producers Join Effort to End Use of Ancient Forest Fiber in Fabrics
Today, Canadian environmental NGO Canopy welcomes six large Chinese viscose producers to the growing roster of fashion and textile leaders committed to eliminating the world’s ancient and endangered forests from their fabrics. While to date 60 bran... View More
Trending: GAR, Astra International Fulfilling Palm Oil Supply Chain Promises
Two powerful palm oil companies are fulfilling promises related to accountability in their supply chains and bolstering their sustainability. ... View More
RSPO Introduces Voluntary Advanced Add-On Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has released new voluntary criteria that expand on its existing Principles & Criteria (P&C) for sustainable palm oil production. ... View More
