Results for Supply Chain
Comment: suppliers Issue 72
November 30, 2005 The recent findings from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply make salutary reading.. Read more >
Kingfisher: from charity towards social responsibility
November 03, 2005 An assessment of Kingfisher, one of Britain's leading retailers and the company behind such famous names as Woolworths, B&Q, Comet and Superdrug. Read more >
Supply chain management
September 01, 2005 As the pace of globalisation picks up, managing supply chains in a responsible way is becoming increasingly complex. John Russell reviews the current trends. Read more >
Ian Taylor: responsibility in the supply chain
September 01, 2005 Supply chains and CSR share many of the same aims, argues the president of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply. Read more >
Increasing poverty?
September 01, 2005 Traidcraft's Fiona Gooch calls on companies and governments to ensure the benefits of international trade are felt all the way through the supply chain. Read more >
International news round-up (Aug/Sep)
September 01, 2005 Two months on from the G8 Summit and the Live8 party, are businesses responding effectively to the challenge to Make Poverty History? Read more >
Working the supply chain
September 01, 2005 Supply chain responsibilities are becoming more complex. Not only are issues such as child labour and human rights important but other issues have arisen such as reducing "food miles" and holding large companies to account for the performance of their suppliers. Read more >
Fair Trade
September 01, 2005 Some multinational companies dismiss 'fair trade' as a narrow concept, whereas their own approaches to ethical trade are more broadly based. But fair trade as a brand is becoming larger and cannot be ignored. Read more >
News round-up (Jun/Jul)
July 01, 2005 Nike and other companies have joined forces with six leading anti-sweatshop groups to devise a single set of labour standards with a common factory inspection system. In addition, seven out of nine Chinese toy suppliers investigated in a recent report systematically cheat during social audits. Read more >