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Report: Sustainable Sourcing Driving Major Market Growth
Report: Sustainable Sourcing Driving Major Market Growth
Published on February 5, 2014
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Private sector sourcing commitments from companies such as Unilever, Coca Cola, Starbucks and Home Depot are driving major market growth for sustainable commodities, according to the State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI) Review 2014.Once thought ... View More

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Bacardi Aspires to 100% Sustainable Sugarcane Sourcing by 2022
Bacardi Aspires to 100% Sustainable Sugarcane Sourcing by 2022
Published on February 5, 2014
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Bacardi Limited, the world’s largest privately held spirits company, has pledged to obtain 40 percent of the sugarcane-derived products used to make its rums from certified, sustainable sources by 2017 and 100 percent by 2022 — an industry first ... View More

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With New Worker-Engagement Technologies, 18 Million Is Just the Beginning
With New Worker-Engagement Technologies, 18 Million Is Just the Beginning
Published on February 4, 2014
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It has the potential to benefit 173 million workers in global supply chains and provide livelihood benefits or savings of US $30 billion annually, according to Vodafone and Accenture.What is the ‘it’? It’s a series of six disruptive opportuniti... View More

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CFSI Identifies Conflict-Free Sources for All Four Conflict Minerals
CFSI Identifies Conflict-Free Sources for All Four Conflict Minerals
Published on February 2, 2014
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The Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI) reports that it has validated conflict-free smelters or refiners of all four conflict minerals for the first time in the initiative’s five-year history, and is calling on more smelters and refiners to jo... View More

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Creating Sustainable Apparel Value Chains, Part I: Transforming the Industry
Creating Sustainable Apparel Value Chains, Part I: Transforming the Industry
Published on January 31, 2014
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This post first appeared on CSRwire's TalkBack blog on December 17, 2013.The ubiquity of the apparel industry is staggering. Everyone wears clothes. The manufacturing of apparel triggers national development and industrialization, jobs and forms of c... View More

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Burberry Is Latest Apparel Brand to Commit to Eliminate Hazardous Chemicals
Burberry Is Latest Apparel Brand to Commit to Eliminate Hazardous Chemicals
Published on January 30, 2014
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… Or, as Greenpeace refers to its apparent victory: “How to Detox a fashion brand in 14 days, 6 cities and 10,000 tweets.”British luxury fashion brand Burberry has responded to recent allegations by Greenpeace that some of its clothing contains... View More

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BMW, HP, BT Top Inaugural CDP Index of Companies Demanding Top Climate Performance from Suppliers
BMW, HP, BT Top Inaugural CDP Index of Companies Demanding Top Climate Performance from Suppliers
Published on January 29, 2014
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CDP, with the help of FirstCarbon Solutions (FCS), a pioneer in environmental and sustainability business solutions, has announced the debut publication of the Supplier Climate Performance Leadership Index (SCPLI), a new evaluation and benchmarking t... View More

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Walmart Launching $10 Million Fund For US Manufacturing Innovation
Walmart Launching $10 Million Fund For US Manufacturing Innovation
Published on January 27, 2014
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On Thursday at the US Conference of Mayors Meeting in Washington, D.C., Walmart US President and CEO Bill Simon announced a new fund for innovation in US manufacturing.Walmart and the Walmart Foundation will fund the five-year program and launch it i... View More

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Stonyfield Shifts to Innovative Supply Chain Management with SupplyShift
Stonyfield Shifts to Innovative Supply Chain Management with SupplyShift
Published on January 24, 2014
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Organic dairy producer Stonyfield Farm, Inc. announced this week that it will utilize a new tool to manage its supply chain: SupplyShift™ — a new, cloud-based, supply chain management platform focused on sustainability, but flexible enough to ass... View More

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Electronics Industry Initiative Calls on More Companies to Become ‘Conflict-Free’
Electronics Industry Initiative Calls on More Companies to Become ‘Conflict-Free’
Published on January 24, 2014
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The Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI), a leading industry initiative on conflict minerals, is calling on more companies to join over 120 companies from seven different industries to already become conflict-free.The CFSI provides vital sourcing... View More

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The North Face Releases Global Responsible Down Standard
The North Face Releases Global Responsible Down Standard
Published on January 24, 2014
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On Wednesday, The North Face announced the completion of its Responsible Down Standard (RDS), a tool that will provide a global standard through which the outdoor-gear retailer says any organization can evaluate and certify its full down supply chain... View More

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L’Oréal Expands 'Sharing Beauty with All' Sustainability Pledge to Include Zero Deforestation
L’Oréal Expands 'Sharing Beauty with All' Sustainability Pledge to Include Zero Deforestation
Published on January 19, 2014
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To ensure that none of its products are linked to deforestation, L’Oréal has been implementing action plans with regards to the sustainable sourcing of palm oil, soya oil and wood fiber-based products since 2007. This week, as part of its ambitiou... View More

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WBCSD Threatens to Expel APRIL Unless It Proves It Has Ended Deforestation Practices
WBCSD Threatens to Expel APRIL Unless It Proves It Has Ended Deforestation Practices
Published on January 18, 2014
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APRIL, the second largest pulp and paper company in Indonesia, has today been threatened with expulsion from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a coalition of some 200 international companies committed to sustainability, ... View More

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Nomadista's Design-Cause-Effect Model Making Shopping More Meaningful
Nomadista's Design-Cause-Effect Model Making Shopping More Meaningful
Published on January 10, 2014
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What started as a conversation amongst three friends in 2012 soon evolved into a new online retail concept founded on a shared passion to make a difference.Nomadista, a term coined by co-founders Irina Bezsonoff, Marisol Gomez and Luisa Echeverry mea... View More

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New Partnership Streamlines Environmental Reporting in Sea Freight Supply Chain
New Partnership Streamlines Environmental Reporting in Sea Freight Supply Chain
Published on January 10, 2014
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Sustainable supply-chain management company EcoVadis and BSR’s Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG) have announced a partnership aimed at standardizing sustainability reporting requests for the sea freight supply chain.Under this partnership EcoVadis w... View More

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McDonald's Beginning Journey to 100% 'Verified Sustainable Beef' — But Is That an Oxymoron?
McDonald's Beginning Journey to 100% 'Verified Sustainable Beef' — But Is That an Oxymoron?
Published on January 9, 2014
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McDonald’s announced this week that, by 2016, it will begin sourcing “verified sustainable beef.” The pledge is an effort to reduce the environmental impact of the fast-food chain’s meat production, as well as to be kinder to the animals on w... View More

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Intel CEO Challenges Entire Electronics Industry to Become 'Conflict-Free'
Intel CEO Challenges Entire Electronics Industry to Become 'Conflict-Free'
Published on January 7, 2014
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In his pre-show keynote at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas yesterday, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich outlined a range of the company’s new products, initiatives and strategic relationships aimed at accelerating innovat... View More

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Disruptive Conservation: A New Thread to Connect Multi-Sector Values
Disruptive Conservation: A New Thread to Connect Multi-Sector Values
Published on January 3, 2014
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A Minnesota watershed project is using an ecocommerce framework, a fundamentally different approach to bringing shared value to natural resource management. ... View More

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Listen to Your Critics: They Could Be Your Biggest Allies
Listen to Your Critics: They Could Be Your Biggest Allies
Published on January 3, 2014
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It was every retailer’s worst nightmare: Days after the Rana Plaza factory collapsed in one of the worst industrial disasters in recorded history, activists began plastering the Internet with pictures of clothing labels uncovered amongst the rubble... View More

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Purchasing & Procurement
Purchasing & Procurement
Published on January 2, 2014
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Evolving government policies, technical possibilities, market conditions and stakeholder relationships are all constantly influencing – directly or indirectly – buyers and sellers alike. This channel zooms in on sustainable purchasing and procure... View More

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