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LRQA Business Assurance “Trust and Transparency” Podcast Series

27th May 2009 by Alex Briggs

The What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn report was commissioned by AccountAbility, sponsored by the Co-operative, supported by LRQA, with the online research being conducted by YouGov. In early June, we will be launching a 10-part audio and video podcast series from interviews and presentations from the launch event. Sign up to our subscription updates or our iTunes podcast link at the top right hand corner of www.businessassurance.com .

New ‘What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn’ research highlights need for Independent Assurance

23rd Apr 2009

The report ‘What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn: Reviewing the agenda in the global economic crisis’ from the think-tank AccountAbility investigates what enables consumers to trust in a business’s integrity and fairness.

LRQA Management Systems Video Podcast Series, Episode 1

16th Feb 2009 by Alex Briggs

In this video interview, Joe Goasdoué, the CEO of the BQF, talked to www.businessassurance.com about helping organisations through these difficult economic times. We talked to him during the BQF Awards Ceremony, held at the Lloyd’s Register HQ in London.
He also talked about the importance of certification and of Business Continuity for organisations during the credit crunch.

CropLife Interview

19th Jan 2009 by Alex Briggs

Following on from the Climate deliberations at Poznan, Keith Jones of CropLife International talks about the contribution of agriculture to climate change mitigation and need to achieve better collaboration among all food chain participants to achieve ever more sustainable productivity.

Food Labelling Rules get more complex

17th Dec 2008 by Alex Briggs

Genetically modified? Organic? Country of Origin?

Those are some of the questions that US regulators and food producers are sorting through in their push to increase transparency in food product labelling.

This article highlights some of those issues, with an in-depth look at the organic debate, genetically modified products and the labelling of country of origin of food products.

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German Corporate Partnership sets out to answer, “What does sustainable production actually mean?”

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.

Ethical Supply Chain Video Podcast Series

24th Oct 2008 by Alex Briggs

Next week will see the first episode of the www.businessassurance.com Ethical Supply Chain Video podcast series. Interviews with supply chain experts from Hewlett Packard in Germany, Marshalls in the UK, The Global Social Compliance Programme and the Carbon Disclosure Project will be featured in a four part series.

The first episode will be launched next Monday, October 27th, with each of the interviews conducted at the recent Ethical Supply Chain Summit, held in Berlin.

Are Standards helping or hurting workers rights?

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.

Interview with the CEO of the CDP

20th Aug 2008 by Alex Briggs

Paul Dickinson, the CEO of the Carbon Disclosure Project, is the focus of this interview from the Low Carbon Innovation Bulletin.

Supply Chain Management front and centre in Korea

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.

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