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How organizations are working to address the myriad social, environmental and operational issues that can arise in complex supply chains

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New Earth Launches Online Tool to Analyze Supply Chain Social Conditions
New Earth Launches Online Tool to Analyze Supply Chain Social Conditions
Published on March 29, 2013
About a 2 minute read

Non-profit New Earth has released a new online portal to help supply chain stakeholders to better manage social responsibility issues and create incentives to collaborate and drive progress. ... View More

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Rainforest Foundation Promotes Sustainable Palm Oil with UK Easter Chocolate Rankings
Rainforest Foundation Promotes Sustainable Palm Oil with UK Easter Chocolate Rankings
Published on March 28, 2013
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With Easter just around the corner, The Rainforest Foundation has teamed up with Ethical Consumer magazine to release a ranking of more than 70 UK chocolate brands to encourage companies to use more sustainably sourced palm oil. ... View More

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International Paper Joins WWF Global Forest & Trade Network
International Paper Joins WWF Global Forest & Trade Network
Published on March 27, 2013
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International Paper has become a member of the Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) in North America, a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) initiative focused on eliminating illegal logging and promoting environmentally and socially responsible forest mana... View More

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Eurostar, GlaxoSmithKline Join Ecodesk Campaign To Improve Supply Chain Efficiency
Eurostar, GlaxoSmithKline Join Ecodesk Campaign To Improve Supply Chain Efficiency
Published on March 26, 2013
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Ecodesk recently announced that 25 companies representing one million suppliers have joined its VIP Enterprise Innovator Program aimed at developing a clear and unambiguous business case for supply chain efficiency. ... View More

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Starbucks Expands Ethical Sourcing Efforts With New Global Agronomy Center
Starbucks Expands Ethical Sourcing Efforts With New Global Agronomy Center
Published on March 20, 2013
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In an effort to support long-term crop stability and help coffee-farming communities mitigate the effects of climate change, Starbucks this week announced the expansion of its $70 million comprehensive ethical sourcing program with a new farming rese... View More

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Nike Partners With Bluesign Technologies To Scale Access to Sustainable Textiles
Nike Partners With Bluesign Technologies To Scale Access to Sustainable Textiles
Published on March 19, 2013
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Nike today announced a partnership with Swiss company bluesign technologies to broaden the supply of sustainable materials and chemistries for use in Nike products. ... View More

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Co-op, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s Using New Research to Inform Reduction in Supply Chain Footprints
Co-op, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s Using New Research to Inform Reduction in Supply Chain Footprints
Published on March 14, 2013
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The Co-operative Group, Nestlé and Sainsbury’s say they will improve the sustainability performance of some of their products in response to research from the Product Sustainability Forum.The study, published by the Waste and Resources Action Prog... View More

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Dunkin’ Donuts To Source Sustainable Palm Oil
Dunkin’ Donuts To Source Sustainable Palm Oil
Published on March 12, 2013
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Dunkin’ Donuts will set a target date to source all of its palm oil from sustainable sources or purchase offset certificated covering its sourced palm oil, according to a recent announcement by New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. ... View More

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Sheba Cat Food To Source 100% Sustainable Seafood
Sheba Cat Food To Source 100% Sustainable Seafood
Published on March 5, 2013
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Sheba Entrées For Cats announced that by the end of 2013, all of the brand’s U.S. recipes will include only responsibly sourced fish — even adding sustainable salmon to the menu. ... View More

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Bucky Box: Taking Nature's Cues for Creating a Sustainable Food System
Bucky Box: Taking Nature's Cues for Creating a Sustainable Food System
Published on March 4, 2013
About a 5 minute read

The food system is not a machine, but this is how we have treated it in the last 50 years. With the growth of industrial food production, manufacturing and distribution, we have seen a vast range of short-term benefits and a swathe of longer-term cha... View More

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Only 38% of Palm Oil Production by RSPO Members Certified Sustainable
Only 38% of Palm Oil Production by RSPO Members Certified Sustainable
Published on March 4, 2013
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The World Wildlife Federation (WWF) released analysis of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) showing only a handful of member producers are making adequate progress towards t ... View More

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Starbucks Shifting to 100% Sustainable Palm Oil Sources by 2015
Starbucks Shifting to 100% Sustainable Palm Oil Sources by 2015
Published on February 26, 2013
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Starbucks will begin sourcing 100 percent of its palm oil from certified sustainable suppliers by 2015, according to a recent announcement.The coffee company made the change in response to a shareholder resolution filed by the Green Century Balanced ... View More

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Häagen-Dazs, General Mills Promote Sustainable Vanilla Farming in Madagascar
Häagen-Dazs, General Mills Promote Sustainable Vanilla Farming in Madagascar
Published on February 22, 2013
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Häagen-Dazs has partnered with General Mills to invest $125,000 dollars over two years in Madagascar’s Sava region to encourage sustainable agriculture in one of the world’s most important vanilla production centers. ... View More

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How Preserving Forests Can Profit Business – An eBook Review
How Preserving Forests Can Profit Business – An eBook Review
Published on February 21, 2013
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Last year’s United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro concluded under a cloud of ambiguity. Some organizations called it an outright failure while others deemed it a moderate success. ... View More

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Coke, Sainsbury’s Among First To Achieve Carbon Trust Water Standard
Coke, Sainsbury’s Among First To Achieve Carbon Trust Water Standard
Published on February 20, 2013
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Water scarcity has been recognized by the United Nations as one of the most pressing problems facing the 21st-century world. Although 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is water, nearly 1.2 billion people, or one-fifth of the human race, live in are... View More

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Truvia Cuts GHG Emissions 35% In Less Than Two Years
Truvia Cuts GHG Emissions 35% In Less Than Two Years
Published on February 11, 2013
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Truvia, a global producer of calorie-free sweeteners, won carbon footprint certification last month within two years of initiating its sustainability program in 2011. ... View More

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McDonalds, GE, BoA Embrace Mapping Tool To Manage Water Risk
McDonalds, GE, BoA Embrace Mapping Tool To Manage Water Risk
Published on February 7, 2013
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The World Resources Institute (WRI) launched an online tool last week that uses current, high-resolution data to map water risk worldwide. ... View More

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Food Ethics Council Proposes Tax To Counter Unsustainably Sourced Food
Food Ethics Council Proposes Tax To Counter Unsustainably Sourced Food
Published on February 5, 2013
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Government must lead the way to developing a food policy that moves beyond the current customer-focused, cheap food culture towards a more sustainable long-term system, according to a new publication released by the Food Ethics Council. ... View More

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Ocean Spray Slashes Costs, Emissions Through Logistics Collaboration
Ocean Spray Slashes Costs, Emissions Through Logistics Collaboration
Published on February 4, 2013
About a 3 minute read

Ocean Spray Cranberries gained a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gases on top of a 40 percent savings in transportation costs by making smart process changes to one of its primary transportation and distribution routes, according to a new case stu... View More

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Sustainable Food Trade Association Announces Organic Labor Code of Conduct
Sustainable Food Trade Association Announces Organic Labor Code of Conduct
Published on January 25, 2013
About a 2 minute read

Organic standards outline specific criteria for the growing and processing of organic agricultural products related to environmental safety. But at this time they do not include provisions guaranteeing strong labor safeguards. ... View More

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