Supply Chain
How organizations are working to address the myriad social, environmental and operational issues that can arise in complex supply chains
BMW, Nestlé, Rio Tinto Alcan Develop New Standard for Sustainable Aluminum Sourcing
BMW Group, Hydro, Nestlé Nespresso SA and Rio Tinto Alcan and other members of the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI) have generated a new Standard to help improve environmental and social standards for sourcing the material, as well as governmen... View More
Electronics Industry Will Conduct Shadow Audits to Root Out Forced Labor in Malaysia
The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), a nonprofit coalition of electronics companies dedicated to supply chain responsibility, has announced that it will conduct shadow audits and increase its industry and government engagement in Mal... View More
FDF Launches Sustainable Palm Oil Sourcing Guide for Food & Beverage Industry
A new guide has been launched to guide food and drink manufacturers on sustainable use of the world’s most contentious and widely used vegetable oil.The Food and Drink Federation (FDF), the voice of the food and drink manufacturing industry — the... View More
McDonald's Taps Local Partners to Pilot Sustainable Beef Program in New Zealand
McDonald's has initiated two sustainable beef integration programs with Beef + Lamb New Zealand, ANZCO Foods and Silver Fern Farms as part of its aspiration to source verified sustainable beef around the world.The program will highlight a range of be... View More
Diageo Sets New Responsible Drinking, Social and Environmental Goals for 2020
Global alcoholic beverage company Diageo—maker of such iconic brands as Guinness, Bailey's, Tanqueray and Johnnie Walker—has announced 20 new sustainability and responsibility targets in three core areas to be achieved by 2020: leadership in alco... View More
Sedex, NGOs Call for Global Response to Corruption
Sedex Global has partnered with anti-corruption NGO Transparency International UK, and training, consulting and research NGO, Verité, to publish a new briefing which explores the impact of corruption risks on global supply chains and highlights oppo... View More
VF Corporation Helping Fund Safety Improvements in Bangladeshi Factories
VF Corporation — parent company of The North Face, Timberland, Vans,Wrangler, Lee and Nautica — and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, this week announced they have provided loans to three Bangladeshi garment factories under a new program for... View More
COP20: SABMiller Makes Case for Tackling Effects of Water Scarcity, Climate Change in Latin America
There is an immediate need for more businesses to recognize the risks water scarcity poses to their company’s bottom line and the communities in which they operate in Latin America, according to SABMiller Peru Managing Director Fernando Zavala.Spea... View More
Sustainable Supply Chains: Can Retailers Be the Rising Tide That Lifts All Boats?
A whopping 97 percent of environmental impacts in the retail sector come from the product itself — from raw materials, transportation and product manufacturing. With impacts so heavily weighted in the supply chain, retailers are increasingly and cr... View More
New Greenpeace Report Calls Out Best Buy for Destroying Ancient Forest
On Wednesday, Greenpeace released a report exposing Best Buy for fuelling destruction in Canada’s Boreal Forest, one of the world’s last remaining ancient forests. The report reveals the electronics retail giant – which has been heralded for it... View More
The North Face Introduces Locally Grown, Designed, Sewn 'Backyard Hoodie'
Outdoor apparel, equipment and footwear maker The North Face today unveiled the Backyard Hoodie, the newest addition to its portfolio of environmentally conscious products. In collaboration with Fibershed (which supports the creation of local textile... View More
Tesco Developing Online Sustainability Community for 5,000 Suppliers
Tesco, the UK’s largest retailer, has appointed Anthesis Group to develop and manage a single online sustainability community spanning the retailer’s supply base. ... View More
Trending: This Week in Sustainable Palm Oil — Featuring PepsiCo, IKEA & Unilever
On Wednesday, PepsiCo’s newly launched Pepsi True was pulled from Amazon.com after being overwhelmed by negative reviews from rainforest activists calling out Pepsi for its failure to adopt more responsible palm oil policies that will help end defo... View More
Trending: This Week in Sustainable Textiles — Featuring Archroma, I:CO and Zero Waste Scotland
On Monday, Archroma, a global producer of textile dyes and specialty chemicals, launched a new range of products created from agricultural waste. In addition, the company is utilizing the latest in communications technology to enable transparency of ... View More
Bunge Jumps into Deforestation-Free Palm Oil with a Splash
On Monday, Bunge — an agribusiness and food ingredient company based out of White Plains, New York — indicated its intention to ensure the palm oil that it sources will be deforestation- and peat-free. Coming from one of the largest traders of pa... View More
New Patagonia Video Highlights Painful Truth Behind Conventional Down
Call it the veal-calf concern of this decade: The down in many winter coats and other apparel is obtained through oppressive animal-welfare practices, and Patagonia has taken the lead in trying to right that wrong with the introduction of its Traceab... View More
The North Face, H&M, Eddie Bauer Commit to More Responsible Down
The North Face, H&M, Eddie Bauer and several other leading international fashion, bedding and outdoor brands have adopted a third-party certification standard that can be applied to any waterfowl-based supply chain to help ensure humane treatment... View More
Marks & Spencer Uses Mobile Tech to Poll Over 60,000 Workers in Five Countries
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has scaled up its use of Labor Link mobile technology in the supply chain to poll 64,230 workers across 46 manufacturing locations in 5 countries (China, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the UK) — exceeding its target ... View More
Report: Sub-Saharan Africa Farm Yields 70-90% Below Potential
Sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s largest gap in farm yields — 70 to 90 percent below their potential — according to a new research tool unveiled Monday.The outcome of a 6-year international collaborative research effort led by the Daugherty W... View More
H&M CEO Calls for Annual Wage Reviews in Bangladesh
H&M CEO Karl-Johan Persson recently called for the need for annual wage revisions in Bangladesh in line with local price inflation.The comments came during an October 14 meeting with the country's Minister of Commerce, Tofail Ahmed."We see t... View More
