Trust and Transparency – the new consumer buzzwords?
26th Apr 2010 by Alex Briggs
The 2010 Edelman Trust Barometer is out, and the results show that consumers want independent verification of corporate claims.
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Business Assurance Link of the Day, April 29, 2009 : Supply Chain
29th Apr 2009 by Alex Briggs
Today’s link of the day is from a leading supply chain blog. This post is titled, “Seven Habits of Effective Supply Chain Managers.”
Impact of Food Waste and possible uses
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 [...]
The YouTube! ISO14001 video
11th Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs
For those of you who haven’t seen it, ISO has put a promotional video on YouTube! The video is an overview of the environmental management standard, ISO 14001, and has over 5,400 downloads so far!
Further, there are supply chain videos on YouTube!, including this promotional video from Cisco and Ford, as well as Food Safety videos, including this one on Food Safety and China.
Being Green means more green?
7th Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs
A survey released this week by IPSOS focuses on the financial and image benefits of being the greenest (or percieved as the greenest) in your sector. US Online consumers were surveyed on their views towards the world’s largest tech companies. Over half (57%) said that the Energy Star label was an influencing factor in their purchase [...]
New credit cards put data at risk
23rd Oct 2006 by Tim Kitchin
Researchers at John Hopkins University have shown the feasibility of stealing credit card information remotely, without even needing to use touch the cards.
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