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– 13th Jul 2010 by Alex Briggs
Waitrose, the UK supermarket retailer, is set to audit all of the suppliers for the new Heston Blumenthal range.
According to this FoodManufacture.co.uk article, “The products will be sourced from “existing Waitrose suppliers who are known and trusted”, a Waitrose spokeswoman said.
– 19th Apr 2010
ISO have released some helpful information about how ISO 9001 relates to your supply chain:
As someone who is involved in the selection of suppliers and. Possibly, responsible for purchasing decisions, you may have seen or used goods and services that are promoted using reference to ISO 9001:2000, ISO 9001:2008, or, more simply, “ISO 9000”. What [...]
– 14th Apr 2010 by Alex Briggs
Saffron Rouge, the first retailer in the beauty industry to focus exclusively on organics, has conducted a customer survey on the value of 3rd party certification of a company’s organic and sustainability claims. Saffron Rouge’s study found that 77% of their customers have trust and confidence in third party certification, whereas 72% did not trust natural and organic claims made by brand owners.
– 13th Apr 2010
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said the number of such breaches rose to 219 last year, an increase of 24 per cent from 2007.
– 16th Mar 2010 by Alex Briggs
China has vowed to clampdown on food safety issues across the supply chain. In this Food Quality News article, China’s Vice Minister of Agriculture Wei Chao’an said,
Our agricultural products overall are safe and of high quality, but we must also recognize that while we transition from traditional to modern farming, many of our operations remain scattered, production methods are still backward and our supervision lags behind.
– 26th Feb 2010 by Alex Briggs
On the final day of February, LRQA’s Food Month, we bring you an interview with Catherine Francois, Director Food Safety Programmes, Consumer Goods Forum. Catherine is one of the most influential figures in the world of food safety. This podcast features her thoughts on certification, the GFSI’s role in harmonising global food safety standards and the Global Food Safety Conference.
– 18th Feb 2010
ISO 22000, PAS 220 and FSSC 22000 are changing the world of Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) assessments.
– 18th Feb 2010
The 60 minute webinar delivered by a leading Food safety expert, featured over 175 delegates. Find out more and view the recorded webinar.
– 12th Feb 2010
“A deliberate typo in relation to last week’s Global Food Safety Conference. Yet a relevant typo, as the issue is ‘who do you trust?’ I will explain later.”
Day Ten’s blogger is Ronald de Kok, LRQA.
– 15th Jan 2010 by Sarah Whitworth
Wal-Mart Stores plans to squeeze billions of dollars out of its supply chain this year by purchasing more goods direct from manufacturers, cutting out third-party suppliers.
– 13th Jan 2010
Barry Elliott and Chris Catto-Smith CMC of the Institute of Management Consultants Thailand comment on Chris Verstraete’s SCM blog and propose a collection of Supply Chain Predictions for 2010. Five are business-related and another five are related to technology.
– 12th Jan 2010
Read the latest Blog By Bob Ferrari on Supply Chain Business Process and Technology.
– 11th Jan 2010
Hilary Benn is the Environment Secretary and Leeds Central MP. This is an edited extract of a speech that he delivered last week at the Oxford Farming Conference.
– 9th Jan 2010
Fresh questions have been raised about China’s food safety policy after it emerged that officials waited almost a year before going public with its latest probe into alleged melamine contamination in milk.
– 8th Jan 2010
The food industry has been criticised for being ‘too secretive’ by an influential committee in the House of Lords.
– 18th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
Dr Anne-Marie Warris’ blog today is also an audio blog as she called us from outside of the Bella Centre last night to update us on the latest COP 15 happenings. The audio file is just above, and below is the transcript of her phone in. Just before this was uploaded, Anne-Marie called back to say,
The mood has definitely changed over the course of today, with optimism on both funding and the possibility of a deal being done creeping back into people’s thoughts.
– 17th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
Today’s blog was phoned in by Sean Cuthbert, the Lloyd’s Register Energy’s leading climate change expert. The blog post is available as an audio file or as the transcript below.
– 16th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
Today’s Lloyd’s Register Copenhagen COP 15 blog post is from Sean Cuthbert, one of our leading climate change experts. Sean attended an oil industry meeting at the COP 15 conference and here are his thoughts.
Skeptics, Standards, and Peak “Everything”
– 15th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
Episode 10 in the Lloyd’s Register Copenhagen Podcast Series is an interview with Paul Genoa, Policy Director for the Washington D.C. based Nuclear Energy Institute. The interview was conducted at the Bella Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark during the COP 15 Global Climate Change Conference. Lloyd’s Register Energy’s leading climate change expert, Sean Cuthbert, is the interviewer.
– 2nd Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
Episode 2 in the LRQA Food Safety Video Podcast Series also features Cor Groenveld. Cor is one of the world’s leading experts on Food Safety. He is currently the chairman for the FSSC Foundation and was instrumental in the development of ISO 22000 and PAS 220. In this episode, Cor talks about PAS 220, the FSSC Foundation and the unique issues facing today’s global, complex food supply chains.
– 27th Nov 2009 by Alex Briggs
In this FoodNavigator.com article, Dr Lea Borkenhagen, head of Oxfam’s Sustainable Livelihoods Strategy, said, “The food and beverage industry is at the forefront of change due to their reliance on agricultural goods at the top of the supply chain.”
– 17th Nov 2009 by Alex Briggs
Episode 1 in the LRQA Food Safety Video Podcast Series is an interview with Cor Groenveld, one of the world’s leading food safety experts. Cor is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Food Safety Certification. The foundation are the owners of FSSC 22000, which combines ISO 22000 and PAS 220 to offer a comprehensive food safety solution for food organisations and their suppliers. In episode 1, Cor about his role as with the FSSC, as well as the importance of food safety to organisations and their stakeholders.
– 18th Aug 2009 by Alex Briggs
Last year the world had a wake-up call with the sudden oil and food price rises. While we know the price of our food, the full environmental costs and the costs to our health are significant and hidden. We need a radical rethink of how we produce and consume our food.
UK Environment minister, Hilary Benn
– 14th Aug 2009 by Alex Briggs
LRQA has certified the DP World Doraleh port to ISO 28000:2007, the global supply chain security standard.
DP World has also announced their goal of having all of their global ports certified to ISO 28000:2007 by the end of 2012.
DP World was the first organisation to be ISO 28000 certified, with their Dijibouti port being certified by LRQA in 2006.
– 6th Aug 2009
Professor Alan Waller and Professor Richard Wilding of Cranfield School of Management have launched a research survey on “Supply Chain Strategy in the Boardroom/ Executive Committee”
– 5th Aug 2009
Supporting suppliers has become a critical supply chain issue for many global companies, according to a new study by consultants PRTM
– 4th Aug 2009
The Awards, organised by Supply Chain Standard in partnership with PRTM, has attracted a bumper crop of entries from all over Europe.
– 17th Jul 2009
The event succeeded in showing how important it is to follow appropriate supply chain security standards and how it can minimize the risk of potential losses. Download the presentations from the event.
– 13th Jul 2009 by Alex Briggs
The recent LRQA Food Safety Webinar is now available in smaller segments, starting with the opening session, “Food Safety Issue and Standards” being broken down into 8 individual video files. This post contains 5-8. Click on any of the images below to view that section of the webinar. Here is also the link to sections 1-4 .
– 9th Jul 2009 by Alex Briggs
The recent LRQA Food Safety Webinar is now available in smaller segments, starting with the opening session, “Food Safety Issue and Standards” being broken down into 8 individual video files. This post contains 1-4. Click on any
– 8th Jul 2009 by Alex Briggs
The July 1st Food Safety Webinar from LRQA is now available for listening, viewing and downloading.
The entire session is available as a recorded Webex here.
You can also view the webinar in parts with each of the sections being uploaded individually. The first sections will be uploaded tomorrow, covering all of the opening session, “Food Safety Issues and Standards.”
– 3rd Jul 2009
The second LRQA Food Safety Webinar, “FSSC 22000 Certification” brought some of the world’s largest global brands and LRQA together, with LRQA’s Global Food Expert, Cor Groenveld, delivering two interactive 90 minute web-based seminars.
– 2nd Jul 2009 by Alex Briggs
In Episode 3 of the 10-part LRQA Business Assurance Trust and Transparency Podcast Series, Solitaire Townsend, co-founder and Chief Executive of Futerra Communications, offers insight into what businesses need to do to rebuild consumer trust, as well as the role that 3rd parties have in consumer decision making. Solitaire is one of the UK’s leading experts on environmental communications. In recognition of her work on environmental and sustainability issues, Solitaire was named as one of the original 15 “London Leaders” by then Mayor Ken Livingstone.
– 26th Jun 2009 by Alex Briggs
According to this FoodNavigator.com article, Danisco’s new sustainability chief, Jeffrey Hogue, will look to build more value from company policies and seeing results on the bottom line – as well as for the environment and local communities.
– 19th Jun 2009 by Alex Briggs
Episode 2 of the 10 part LRQA Business Assurance “Trust and Transparency” Podcast Series. This episode focuses on the “Accountability Gap” that was highlighted in the What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn Report. The research for the report was conducted in the UK by YouGov, commissioned by AccountAbility , sponsored by the Co-operative and supported by LRQA. The “AccountAbility Gap” refers to the difference between what consumers think an organisation’s responsibility is and how well they are at living up to that responsibility.
– 16th Jun 2009 by Alex Briggs
Here is a collection of notes and thoughts from Guardian Climate Change Summit 2009 in London yesterday, most of which were posted yesterday on our www.twitter.com/lrqa page.
First session thoughts and notes
Quote from Gavin Neath, Senior VP Unilever “Organisations need to learn humility.For the past 30 years, environmental groups were right, businesses were wrong.”
Mars looking to work with PAS 2050 the carbon Footprinting for products, according to Fiona Dawson, Managing Director, Mars, UK
– 9th Jun 2009 by Alex Briggs
The 10 part “Trust and Transparency” podcast series is here! Harriet Lamb of The Fairtrade Foundation starts the series with her insight on what it takes for organisations to rebuild consumer trust. She also talks about Fairtrade and how they have done during the current economic downturn. She also shares her thoughts on the What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn report, the latest in a series from AccountAbility, sponsored by the Co-operative and supported by LRQA.
– 5th Jun 2009
A recent article on supplychainstandard.com reports on the results from a new survey PRTM conducted following the collapse of the credit markets. The new survey results and analysis reflect the views of more than 75 global manufacturing and service companies.
– 26th May 2009 by Sarah Whitworth
This free eMagazine, Supply Chain Standard is a new section within Logistics Manager and it focuses on global strategic supply chain issues
– 12th May 2009
Many Chinese food companies lag behind foreign firms in ensuring food safety, partly because consumers do not trust safety certification, said experts yesterday.
– 5th May 2009 by Alex Briggs
We now have 9 sections in total, with the Asia specific section joining Climate Change, Food, Supply Chain, CSR, Product Conformity, Risk, Management Systems and Business Continuity.
– 20th Apr 2009 by Alex Briggs
Chocolatiers are set to look beyond the Easter period in their efforts to meet the demands of their stakeholders to reduce waste.
In devising new industry measures for retail chains and manufacturers, Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP), a UK government backed programme, says it has begun to look at wider issues of food and material waste across the supply chain.
– 17th Apr 2009 by Alex Briggs
With Food Safety at the top of the agenda for governments, organisations and individuals, the risk to brands that get it wrong has never been greater. The costs of assuring the food supply chain have been seen by some as “too high” or “not necessary.” The example of the Plainview Peanut Company’s $14.6 million fine highlights once again the true costs of “getting it wrong.”
– 15th Apr 2009 by Alex Briggs
Supply chain managers in North America, Europe and Asia by a wide margin worry that increasing trade protectionism could push the global recession into a global depression, according to a survey released today.
– 14th Apr 2009 by Alex Briggs
Kraft, one of the world’s largest food brands, has spoken out on the importance of an effective, customised food safety management system. A company spokesman said,
To be effective, food safety plans must be tailored to each particular product and manufacturing condition.
He also added that Kraft was committed to continious improvement, stating
There is no [...]
– 31st Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs
Todays thought and link of the day both refer to a new report, Keeping America’s Food Safe.
Only one percent of imported foods are currently inspected, even though approximately 60 percent of fresh fruits and vegetables and 75 percent of seafood Americans consume is imported.
– 12th Mar 2009 by Madlen King
The Carbon Disclosure Project has just released two new reports, available at
www.cdproject.net/reports.asp
The CDP Public Procurement Report, which reveals the power of the public sector to use procurement to transform the UK to a low carbon economy. For the first time, local and central government are collaborating to maintain a resilient and sustainable supply chain by [...]
– 11th Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs
This Cargo News Asia article states that The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has raised the alarm bells on theft across global supply chains. Linking the rise in crimes to the current economic climate, the TAPA report highlights the need for increased transparency across global supply chains, as well as the need for a robust supply chain security management system.
– 6th Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs
If the general public wants an example that makes ISO 28000 relevant, they need look no further than NASA. In this Houston Chronicle article, the acting administrator of NASA told the US Congress yesterday that some of the cost overruns from the space agency stem from counterfeit parts inadvertently installed on space craft.
– 2nd Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs
Consumer confidence in the safety of the US food supply has dropped sharply in the wake of the current salmonella outbreak, with fewer than one in five now saying that they feel the supply is safer now than a year ago.
With only 22.5 percent saying that the nation’s food supply has become safer, confidence in American food is the lowest it has been.
– 10th Feb 2009 by Raz Chaudary
Outside the financial sector, supply chain risk management has become one of the biggest areas of concern in the downturn…
– 9th Feb 2009
Breaking news at the event was the submission of the ISO 22000 / PAS 220 certification scheme for GFSI (retailer) approval.
– 11th Jan 2009 by Alex Briggs
For 2009, Bill Marler, food safety advocate and managing partner of law firm Marler Clark, asked the food safety community to weigh in on the most pressing food safety challenges.
Top of the list was globalization, including the possibility of “economic or chemical terrorism”, which may not directly intend to scare people but is the intentional adulteration of the food supply motivated by profit, as in the case of the recent melamine scare in China.
– 18th Dec 2008 by Alex Briggs
i2 Technologies has published their economic downturn supply chain predictions:
1. SaaS and other engagement models will dominate in 2009
Software as a service (SaaS) and other engagement models will dominate the market in 2009 as companies seek to focus technology budgets on gaining a competitive advantage quickly without additional infrastructure. Outcome-based service engagements will be encoded into contracts in 2009 utilizing a managed business process services approach.
2. Risk becomes real and so does risk management
– 8th Dec 2008 by Alex Briggs
This Food and Drink Europe article talks about the new set of criteria and standards for sustainable fruit and veg production that BASF Corporation is developing for German supermarket chain Rewe. Named Crop Protection, the new standards aim to give sustainability assurances throughout the food chain, right through to consumers.
– 5th Dec 2008 by Raz Chaudary
This UK Cabinet Office guidance document written by the department of Energy and Climate Change is intended to assist organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors in planning for and managing the consequences of a disruption to fuel supplies.
– 3rd Dec 2008
A recent article on Manufacturing & Logistics IT website talks about the rapidly rising energy costs and environmental concerns have driven ‘green’ issues ever higher on the business agenda.
– 28th Nov 2008 by Alex Briggs
Asda, J Sainsbury and Wm Morrison, three of the big four UK supermarkets, were forced to find alternative supply deals - either through other third parties or direct from music makers and publishers - as supply dried from Woolworths’ distribution business, which was put into administration on Thursday night alongside the 800-strong store chain.
This article highlights the delicate state of supermarket supply chains in the crucial run up to Christmas.
– 25th Nov 2008 by Raz Chaudary
According to a report by the Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP), a scenario is outlined where a pandemic disrupts the supply chain for coal, providing electricity and a critical element to support public health and organizational continuity.
The report suggests the next pandemic is likely to impact the global just-in time economy and will seriously compromise the public health response. The unavailability of skilled manpower will be unable to meet the surge of demand and ultimately restrict international and domestic travel/trade agreements.
– 15th Nov 2008 by Raz Chaudary
To successfully communicate with relevant parties during critical events, organizations need a system that can enhance their preparedness and contribute to the overall security of human, physical, and information assets.
This special report by the Varolii Corporation provides an overview of common steps organizations are taking in order to connect, protect, and account for their people, while enabling response teams and decision makers to coordinate a successful recovery and help protect assets and infrastructure—even such things as supply chain and key customer relationships.
– 11th Nov 2008 by Alex Briggs
Frances Way, Supply Chain Project Director for the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), talked to us about the CDP’s Supply Chain Project. This is the second episode in a four part series. The interviews for this video podcast series were conducted at the Ethical Supply Chain Summit in Berlin.
Frances shared some of the key supplier insights that the CDP have gathered in their work with the world’s leading global brands, as well as the role that verification plays in the data that the CDP collect on global supply chains.
The video can also be found here .
– 6th Nov 2008
A new 3PL Logistics study says ‘green’ supply chains are essential for future business success yet the majority of logistics executives are unwilling to spend the money to make it happen.
– 14th Oct 2008 by Alex Briggs
This New York Times Media Group article raises the question “Is there more tainted food out there?”
The melamine scandal has heightened fears that the food business is racing ahead of the ability of governments to detect health-threatening contamination, whether accidental or deliberate.
– 3rd Oct 2008
As the contamination of Chinese milk sends ripples through the global food industry, Eversheds lawyers Richard Matthews and Elizabeth Hyde lay out the due diligence procedures that food companies must go through when sourcing from outside the EU
– 22nd Sep 2008 by Alex Briggs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a proposed rule to reduce the practice called “port shopping,” or trying to gain entry at different ports when a potential import has already been rejected. The F.D.A. requires such foods must be exported or destroyed.
The rule would require denied imports to bear a label that would read, “United States: Refused Entry.” The rule would also implement a provision of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002.
– 17th Sep 2008 by Alex Briggs
Two workers rights experts have held an insightful debate into Supply Chain standards and human rights for workers. Jeff Ballinger, academic, former union and NGO activist is clearly against standards as the end all solution for factory abuses, while Doug Cahn, consultant and formerly of Reebok, is in favour of standards and audits in bringing about change in supply chain factories around the globe.
This Ethical Corporation article features the full debate.
– 16th Sep 2008 by Alex Briggs
This link is to a flash movie on the key issues surrounding food safety and supply chain security.
The presentation is from O. Keith Helferich, Ph.D. -Professor, Supply Chain Management at Central Michigan University and
Instructor, Supply Chain Management, Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University, and John Spink, MS., Director
Packaging for Food and Product Protection Initiative.
– 15th Sep 2008 by Alex Briggs
The Gallagher Review, commissioned by the UK government and released in July, concluded the EU’s biofuels target of 10% of all fuels by 2020 could not be met sustainably and advised that targets be scaled back.
The report concluded that, while the current targets are not realistic under the existing regulations,
if robust, comprehensive and mandatory sustainability standards are implemented now, a genuinely sustainable industry could evolve.
This ClimateChangeCorp.com article goes on to discuss existing standards, as well as introducing the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels “Version Zero” proposed standard.
– 2nd Sep 2008
A survey just released by eyefortransport tells us what for most green-minded professionals seems obvious: High fuel prices are causing the country’s manufacturers, retailers and logistics providers to rethink their transportation strategies.
– 20th Aug 2008
Carnegie Mellon University researchers are urging companies to embrace new methods for following the trail of dangerous carbon emissions that are responsible for much of the world’s global warming threats.
– 15th Aug 2008
A McKinsey Quarterly survey finds that supply chain risk is rising sharply. However, supply chain management isn’t keeping pace: most respondents say that their companies aren’t meeting strategic goals for it, and relatively few have acted on the global trends with the most influence over supply chains.
– 14th Aug 2008 by Alex Briggs
managing-global-supply-chains.pdfmanaging-global-supply-chains.pdf This is the PDF of the McKinsey survey on the growing importance of Supply Chain Risk.
– 8th Aug 2008 by Alex Briggs
This Food Navigator article highlights the continued problems in global food supply chains.
– 4th Aug 2008 by Alex Briggs
LG Electronics has recognised their supply chain as both one of their biggest risks as well as one of their biggest opportunities. In this Korea Times article, Didier Chenneveau Chief supply chain officer,LG Electronics, talks about their global supply chain strategy.
– 29th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs
The attached report is the result of Eye For Transport’s recent survey of Supply Chain experts, with both current and future trends being evaluated.
– 23rd Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs
The high price of energy and oil are driving brands to “green” their supply chains. This Climatechangecorp.com article highlights some of the ways that logistics providers are taking steps to improve fuel efficiency, increase payload and better manage their environmental and economic performance.
– 11th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs
UK’s Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) have invited food manufacturers to take part in a project aimed at waste reduction through innovation in food packaging technology.
– 8th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs
This Retail Bulletin article discusses the results of a recently published survey on supply chain issues. According to the 100 UK supply chain professionals surveyed, supply chain managers spend up to 52 days a year keeping abreast of, and complying with regulation and legislation relating to the supply chain.
The research found 84 per cent spend up to 52 days a year on compliance while 16 per cent claim even more time. More than half (58 per cent) claim to be either concerned or very concerned about operating in an increasingly regulated environment.
– 3rd Jul 2008
A report this week from Danisco on its waste and energy saving initiatives and a US dairy industry-wide action plan on carbon emissions.
– 2nd Jul 2008
Carbon Trust to open office in Beijing as UK government steps up plans to address supply chain emissions.
– 2nd Jul 2008
BT meets security control requirements - and shows a high level of security governance, especially in the area of risk management
– 3rd Jun 2008
Vectron International, a leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of Frequency Control, Sensor, and Hybrid Product solutions, today announced that it has been named as a certified Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT)
– 2nd Jun 2008
The 9/11 incidents has created an increased awareness of security that has considerable potential for progressive ports and companies to exploit to their commercial advantage by being able to market their compliance with the ISO 28000:2007 Standard that has been developed because of 9/11.
– 9th May 2008
Unilever has pledged to use only palm oil certified as sustainable by 2015, while also supporting calls for a moratorium on further deforestation for palm oil in Indonesia.
– 8th May 2008
This Supply Chain podcast is episode one of a three part series. The series is made up of interviews with Professor Richard Wilding from Cranfield University, one of Europe’s top supply chain management experts.
– 6th May 2008
Scientists also warned that there will be other effects of global warming that could also have a serious impact on tropical regions, particularly on food crops.
– 8th Apr 2008
The Minister will discuss how the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), the new mandatory carbon cap-and-trade scheme, will impact businesses operating in the UK.
– 1st Apr 2008
Just the sheer complexity of today’s long and global supply chains might be enough to daunt any thought of where to start to implement green strategies and technologies. But there is a lot of help available out there to make the journey an easier one.
– 1st Apr 2008
Supplychainstandard.com looks at the term ”Global Trade Management” (GTM) and delves into what it actually represents.
– 1st Apr 2008
A recent article by Supplychainstandard.com talks about how the adoption of a sound strategy at the port-to-destination leg of the supply chain can have a direct impact on the amount and position of inventory, accuracy of forecasting, availability of product at DC, store or manufacturing line, and ultimately the level of sales of the receiving organisation.
Event: 14th Apr 2008 – 16th Apr 2008
Country: USA
City: Pittsburgh
Event website: The Accel 2008 Conference - Voice in the supply chain
Join your industry peers at Vocollect’s premier global industry conference on voice in the supply chain, being held at the Sheraton Hotel, Station Square in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
You won’t want to miss the Vocollect Live! Interactive Pavilion opening April 14 in the [...]
– 1st Apr 2008
A recent Quality Digest article looks at the recent quality problems in China and how the U.S. media have become quick to blame the Chinese as “cost-cutting, get-rich-quick cheaters. Two parties make up a transaction, and we forget the responsibilities of the purchasers, the U.S. companies.
– 20th Mar 2008
Some of the hottest new electronic devices are being found to contain factory pre-installed viruses that steal passwords, send spam and perform other nefarious tasks that make the systems easy targets for hackers.
– 20th Mar 2008
According to a study by Indian Forensic Consulting, a Pune-based consultancy engaged in fraud examination and forensic accounting in India, 80 per cent of the time, corporates lose more money to ‘shenanigans of their own employees rather than frauds committed by an external party.
– 17th Mar 2008
DHL announced recently that DHL Express has been validated for C-TPAT
– 17th Mar 2008 by Raz Chaudary
How do Taiwanese companies support their CSR decision making?
– 10th Mar 2008
Millions more of the world’s most vulnerable people are facing starvation as food shortages loom and crop prices spiral ever upwards.
Event: 12th Mar 2008 – 13th Mar 2008
LRQA will be present at the event with a stand and Cor Groenveld will deliver a presentation on the subject “Food Standards: current situation and future developments”. This presentation will not only cover food safety and quality, but also sustainability, security and supply chain assurance.
– 27th Feb 2008
Rogers is opening the two-day summit which focuses on how manufacturers can reduce their climate impact at every stage of the production process – from product design through to waste.
Event: 25th Mar 2008 –
This one day Seminar aims at creating awareness and gives organizations the requirements for establishing, implementing, maintain and improving a management system for the security of the supply chain.
Event: 24th Jun 2008 – 25th Jun 2008
Taking you from step one to step ten to achieve a green supply chain
– 6th Feb 2008 by Alex Briggs
Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, said GFSI standards provide real-time details on where suppliers fall short in food safety on a plant-by-plant basis, and go beyond the current audit process required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or U.S. Department of Agriculture.
– 4th Feb 2008 by Alex Briggs
Lee Scott, CEO and President of CEO commented,
“The drive will see the retailer favour - and in some cases even pay more - for suppliers that meet our standards and share our commitment to quality and sustainability”.
“Paying more in the short term for quality will mean paying less in the long term as a company. Higher quality products will mean better value, fewer problems, fewer returns and greater trust with our customers,”
Event: 5th Feb 2008 – 6th Feb 2008
Whatever industry sector you work in Logistics Link South 2008 is your best opportunity to help you cut costs and waste in your supply chain and to start 2008 ahead of the game!
Event: 3rd Mar 2008 – 4th Mar 2008
ESC2008 is a marvellous opportunity to meet and learn from like-minded professionals and listen to industry experts.
– 21st Jan 2008 by Sarah Whitworth
Hewlett Packard, L’Oreal, PepsiCo, and Reckitt Benckiser have joined the Carbon Disclosure Project’s Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration, which wants to create a single standardized approach to measuring the carbon footprint of supply chains.
– 21st Jan 2008 by Alex Briggs
A new report to be released is creating a lot of debate in the shipping industry. The report, conducted on behalf of the International Association of Tanker Owners (Intertanko), estimates that emissions from the shipping industry might be as much as double as previously assumed.
– 18th Jan 2008 by Alex Briggs
Alcoa is the latest organisation to sign up for the California Climate Registry (CCR), making their carbon emissions available to the public.
The CCR is awarding founding reporter status to companies that sign up to the scheme before May 2008, as an incentive for early membership.
Companies that sign up commit to voluntarily measure, independently verify and publicly report their industrial gas emissions.
The CCR’s Gary Gero is interviewed in this Voluntary Carbon Standard podcast.
– 16th Jan 2008
In Hong Kong, U-Freight () has achieved TAPA security accreditation for its recently opened full-service logistics hub at Yuen Long, which is situated close to the 4th border crossing between the Special Administrative Region and the People’s Republic of China.
– 14th Jan 2008
Product recalls in the UK hit a new high as problems with goods from China increased, new research says.
– 21st Dec 2007
Significant lessons have been learned from recent food scares like foot and mouth this year, but more works needs to be done on communication, says the British Frozen Foods Federation (BFFF).
– 17th Dec 2007
Last autumn, Sainsbury’s announced it was trying something new with the way it sourced its milk.
– 14th Dec 2007 by Sarah Whitworth
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has awarded its highest supply chain security rating to Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.
– 6th Dec 2007
The Independant reports from the UN Conference in Bali today about the delegations from some 190 countries began talks on the Indonesian island of Bali yesterday, aimed at agreeing a “road map” for a successor to the Kyoto protocol.
– 4th Dec 2007
The country’s two busiest shipping ports are taking steps to also become more environmentally friendly.
– 3rd Dec 2007
East Anglian grain co-op Camgrain has signed a multi-million pound deal with Sainsbury’s to become the sole supplier of wheat used in the supermarket group’s bread.
– 3rd Dec 2007
In an appearance at a meeting of the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications, representatives of the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) cautioned that land transportation security programs, particularly at the Canada-US border, continue to result in duplication, overlap and ever-increasing costs.
– 3rd Dec 2007
Cardinal Health receives DEA order to temporarily cease distribution of controlled Substances from Auburn, Wash. Facility, a recent Reuters article reports.
– 3rd Dec 2007 by Sarah Whitworth
The ISO 28000 series of standards on supply chain security management systems, which have just been upgraded from their status of Publicly Available Specifications to that of fully fledged International Standards, will help to reduce risks to people and cargo within the supply chain.
– 29th Nov 2007 by Sarah Whitworth
The cost of recovering from a single data breach now averages $6.3 million-that’s up 31 percent since 2006 and nearly 90 percent since 2005, according to the Ponemon Institute, which studies privacy and information management.
– 28th Nov 2007 by Sarah Whitworth
Mainstream corporations are really Going Green. And if you need more proof, it has just been announced that Kodak Eastman has won the highly coveted Green Supply Chains award 2007.
– 19th Nov 2007 by Sarah Whitworth
The former head of United States customs says his government’s plans to implement scanning of all air and sea cargo destined for the US is a “simpleton’s approach” to supply chain security, a recent article reports.
– 15th Nov 2007 by Sarah Whitworth
An article reports that Gap Inc. is pulling 50 percent of its orders placed with a vendor whose subcontracting led to children sewing some of the retailer’s clothes in squalid conditions in India.
– 12th Nov 2007
Wal-Mart measures the energy use and emissions of the entire supply chain of seven product categories, and look into finding ways to increase their energy efficiency.
– 12th Nov 2007
The AEO guide which explains the benefits that an AEO Certificate can bring you, who can apply for one, criteria you have to meet to be eligible, and how to apply.
– 30th Oct 2007 by Alex Briggs
Anheuser Busch has denied serious allegations by Greenpeace that their Budweiser beer contains traces of a genetically engineered strain of rice known as “Liberty Link”.
Liberty Link is a series of strains of GM rice from Bayer CropScience. Some of the strains are banned in a number of markets around the world for human consumption, but not in the US.
Due to Anheuser Busch’s position as the largest single purchaser of American rice, Greenpeace claims that the group had a responsibility to ensure it was fully aware of how it is sourcing ingredients.
– 2nd Oct 2007 by Cor Groenveld
An article in the Sydney Morning Herald addresses the food safety concerns in China. The Chinese Government revoked the production licenses of hundreds of companies. It is known that food safety is very high on the agenda of China’s government. Reasons for that are the coming Olympics and the negative publicity from several food scandals. [...]
– 2nd Oct 2007
A CNN article has taken a holistic look at the causes and effects of global food waste:
According to the UN Food Programme, US food waste could:
satisfy “every empty stomach” in Africa
Some other key facts from the article:
The US and Japan waste up to 50% of all their food
the entire food supply chain in the [...]
– 25th Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs
When big brands started to manufacture their products in “cheap labour” markets, it was believed that the brands had all the power, with governments doing everything they could to create favourable economic incentives to those brands.
The latest in the Mattel “lead paint” story seems to have indicated that the situation has drastically changed.
– 20th Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs
Successful consumer led campaigns against companies using cheap labour may be the blueprint for upcoming campaigns aimed at brands not paying enough attention to the “greenness” of their global supply chain.
This Supply Chain Digest article once again shows that brands cannot afford to get their supply chain wrong.
It is no longer enough for a brand [...]
– 14th Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs
The Arizona Republic ran a story on a recent Associated Press study indicating that the anticipated wave of government and industry regulation following last year’s E Coli outbreak has not materialised.
AP’s review of data obtained through the Freedom of Information Act found that federal officials inspect companies growing and processing salad greens an average of just once [...]
– 11th Sep 2007
A Food-Navigator.com article explains the results of a US government panel that was set up by President Bush to evaluate the current US food import policy.
– 7th Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs
Dow and Union Pacific have joined together with emergency responders across California to improve and test their safety and security skills in chemical rail transportation.The exercises are taking place all over California, as part of a road show.”We take very seriously our obligation to responsibly manufacture and move our oducts,” said Henry Ward, director of transportation safety [...]
– 3rd Sep 2007
According to an article from Associated Press 90 brands were caught up in the recent recall of canned chili, stew, spinach, petfood and frozen meat.
– 1st Sep 2007
New global research sponsored by Lloyd’s Register, M&S and the Co-op shows that consumers want better independent, impartial assurance of corporations’ environmental claims.
– 24th Aug 2007
According to an article in the New York Times, Mattel the world’s largest toy company, announced its second major recall in a month of Chinese-made toys contaminated with lead paint, .
Mattel issued a statement, saying that it was recalling a total of 436,000 Chinese-made toys, that had “impermissible levels of lead.”
– 30th Jul 2007
Authors of a new study in an NewScientist Environment article have said, switching to organic farming would not reduce the world’s food supply and could also increase food security in developing countries.
– 12th Jul 2007
Ethical Corporation seems to think so. In the editorial for the July issue, Tobias Webb argues that the combination of cost savings and product differentiation will benefit Walkers considerably.
– 28th Jun 2007
According to an article in Ethical Corporation, Nike plans to return to making footballs in Pakistan.
From what I understand of the Pakistan soccer ball industry, it’s a tough place to work. Not just for workers, many of whom, for cultural reasons, must work at home in pretty poor economic conditions.
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