Ethical Corporation

Certification a growing trend for food retailers and their suppliers

– 28th Oct 2008 by Alex Briggs

Chris Anstey, the Outreach Director for the Global Social Compliance Program, talked to www.businessassurance.com at the Ethical Supply Chain Summit in Berlin. Chris has experience in all aspects of the supply chain and was most recently with the CIES.
In this clip, part of the upcoming episode 4 of our Ethical Supply Chain Video Podcast Series, Chris talks about the growing trend towards certification for global food retailers and their suppliers.

Read more

Ethical Supply Chain Video Podcast Series Episode 1

– 27th Oct 2008 by Alex Briggs

Chris Harrop, Group Marketing Director for Marshalls in the UK is on the cutting edge of CSR, ethical supply chain initiatives, carbon labelling, workers rights and stakeholder engagement. Chris talked to us during the recent Ethical Supply Chain Summit in Berlin.
Chris shares his thoughts on some of the key topics that are facing global brands today, with the conversation ranging from competitive advantage for businesses embedding CSR as part of their business practice to Marshalls work with the Carbon Trust in becoming the first brand to carbon label their entire product range.

Watch Marshalls Stakeholder Engagement Interview in News Online  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

1 Comment Read more

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.

Read more

www.BusinessAssurance.com to interview experts at Ethical Corp Supply Chain Event

– 13th Oct 2008 by Alex Briggs

Our editor will be on hand at this week’s gathering of some of the world’s leading supply chain experts and directors .

We will be blogging from the event, as well as providing our audience with some insight from some of the key topics discussed at the event.

We will be interviewing some of the supply chain world’s most influential thought leaders.

Starting with Monday, October 20th, we will be posting each day next week with either a blog post or an interview.

Read more

ISO sends Social Responsibility Standard Draft to Committee

– 28th Sep 2008 by Alex Briggs

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) released its Social Responsibility Standard to the committee stage, moving it one step closer to being an official ISO standard.
Nearly 400 experts and observers from around the world met at the ISO Social Responsibility Working Group, held September 1-5 in Santiago, Chile. There they agreed that sufficient progress had been made in developing the draft international standard on social responsibility for the “working draft” to be taken to “committee draft” level.

Read more

Clarity and Transparency Needed for Green Claims

– 18th Sep 2008 by Alex Briggs

Brands making green claims about their products need clarity on what they can and cannot say. This Ethical Corp. article highlights the difficulty for corporations in proving their green claims. The use of language, including sustainability and “low-carbon” were highlighted as terms that are difficult to prove and could potentially leave global brands open to criticism.

Read more

The Ethical Supply Chain Summit 2008

Event: 16th Oct 2008 – 17th Oct 2008

The Ethical Supply Chain Summit 2008 is the largest in a long line of ethical procurement and sourcing conferences run by Ethical Corporation. Last years event, held in Amsterdam attracted 173 high level attendees from 21 different countries and this event looks to be even bigger!

Read more

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.

Read more