Carbon labels to arrive in China
2nd Jul 2008
Carbon Trust to open office in Beijing as UK government steps up plans to address supply chain emissions.
The management systems community
2nd Jul 2008
Carbon Trust to open office in Beijing as UK government steps up plans to address supply chain emissions.
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.
17th Mar 2008
A website looks at the issues of Corporate Social Responsibility and how they are being delivered in China.
17th Mar 2008 by razchaudary
How do Taiwanese companies support their CSR decision making?
5th Mar 2008
After a year of food scares, China tries to assure the world that food for Olympians will be safe. John Vause reports. See the video on CNN.
14th Jan 2008
Product recalls in the UK hit a new high as problems with goods from China increased, new research says.
27th Nov 2007
A quarter of all spirits brands claiming to be of European origin now sold in China are counterfeit, according to an EU liquor association.
12th Nov 2007
A recent article reports that China has agreed to phase out incandescent bulbs in favor energy-efficient ones.
30th Oct 2007 by Alex Briggs
Counterfeiting costs the food and drinks industry an estimated $75 million, not to mention the damage to brand reputation and consumer confidence. With an increase between 2003 and 2005 of 250% in the volume of counterfeited food and drink items, there is a clear need for collaboration between industries and governments to fight the problem.
18th Oct 2007 by Alex Briggs
China has agreed to phase out incandescent lightbulbs, according to this article.
The switch could mitigate 500 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, equal to about half the climate-warming emissions of Germany.
The European Union is scheduled to “choice edit” out inefficient lightbulbs within a decade.
China currently produce 70% of the world’s lightbulbs.
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