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Podcasts

PAS 2050 - Carbon Footprinting of Products Interview

20th Nov 2008 by Alex Briggs

PAS 2050 - the new carbon footprinting methodology for products (goods and/or services) sponsored by DEFRA and the Carbon Trust has now been published by BSI. The document is now available for implementation by organisations looking to determine and verify the carbon footprint of specific products.

In this video interview, Paul Smith, Project Leader for Carbon Labelling and Footprinting at Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), talks about how PAS 2050, the new Carbon Footprinting methodology for products can benefit organisations. He explains the verification and certification processes and the value to a brand’s image and reputation that independent assurance can offer. He also talks about how PAS 2050 relates to existing environmental standards, such as ISO 14001 and ISO 14064.

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Ethical Supply Chain Video Podcast Series Episode 2, Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Interview

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 via link.

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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.

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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.


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Supply Chain Video Podcast - Episode 5

10th Sep 2008

The final episode in this series features Professor Richard Wilding discussing case study examples. Dell, Zara, Victoria’s Secret and Dyson are the four companies which are discussed.

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Tesco’s Carbon Labelling Podcast

8th Sep 2008

In this episode, we hear from Katherine Symonds, Tesco’s Sustainability Manager, about Tesco’s carbon labelling pilot project.

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Supply Chain Video Podcast - Episode 4

28th Aug 2008

This episode features Professor Richard Wilding talking about the importance of time, transparency and trust in assuring your supply chain.

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Supply Chain Video Podcast - Episode 3

14th Aug 2008

This 3rd episode features Professor Richard Wilding talking about the key issues and risks facing today’s global supply chains

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TNT on gaining ISO 14001 and their Global Planet Me movement - Podcast

30th Jul 2008

This episode is an interview with Neil Griffiths, Director of Health, Safety and Environmental at TNT express. LRQA recently certified TNT’s environmental management system to the ISO 14001 standard.

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What Makes A Good Corporate Responsibility Report?

15th Jul 2008

In an enlightening session, VP of Corporate Responsibility for Cone LLC, Liz Gorman and Starbucks Communications Program Manager, Amy Anderson, (pictured) shared some of their best practices in preparing a winning CSR report.

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Climate Change

The Climate Change section is your one stop shop for news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and other climate change resources.

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Supply Chain

The Supply Chain Assurance section covers news, blogs, podcasts, standards, events and resources on supply chain issues.

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Food

The Food section focuses on issues of food safety and the food supply chain, and provides news, blog posts, podcasts, resources, standards and events.

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CSR

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) section focuses on current CSR issues which face all companies all over the world. This information is provided to you via six sections: news, blog posts, podcasts, resources, standards and events.

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Product Conformity

The Product Conformity section contains news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and resources covering Product Conformity and other European Union related issues.

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Business Continuity

The Carbon Labelling section was launched in sync with the Check-out Carbon report, June 2008. The section contains information on news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and other carbon labelling resources.

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