Supply Chains
Phil Bloomer, (May 10, 2019)
Phil Bloomer and Alysha Khambay of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre explain how the open-source map of garment facilities across the globe is helping human rights campaigners to respond quickly to abuse in supply chains
Julia Moshkin, (May 1, 2019)
Julia Moshkin of EcoVadis points to research showing that companies that have signed up to the initiative’s 10 principles perform significantly better on driving responsibility in their supply chains
Angeli Mehta, (Apr 28, 2019)
With the jury still out on the most sustainable textiles, efforts to make the garment industry more sustainable are focusing on reducing consumption, reports Angeli Mehta
Conference Recording, (Apr 17, 2019)
Conference Recording, (Apr 16, 2019)
Conference Recording, (Apr 16, 2019)
Eniko Horvath and Amanda Romero Medina, (Apr 9, 2019)
Eniko Horvath and Amanda Romero Medina of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre investigate how communities in Chile, Bolivia and Argentina are bearing the brunt of demand for the water-hungry precious metal, with only one of the top producers having a human rights policy
Liam Dowd, (Mar 7, 2019)
As part of the knowledge exchange in the build-up to the Responsible Business Summit New York, Liam Dowd, managing director at Ethical Corporation, speaks with Jamie Barsimantov, co-founder and chief operating officer at SupplyShift, about his involvement at the event and what he sees as the biggest opportunity for SupplyShift in the next 12-18 months
Martin Wright, (Feb 26, 2019)
Martin Wright talks to Carlsberg, BT, Mahindra Group and Landsec about how signing up to the Science Based Targets initiative has turned business as usual on its head
Terry Slavin, (Feb 7, 2019)
World’s biggest businesses cut CO2 equal to South Korea’s emissions from their supply chains last year, according to the disclosure platform, which also added AstraZeneca, Coca-Cola European Partners, Diageo and LG Innotek to its A list for action on water risk. Terry Slavin reports
Terry Slavin, (Feb 1, 2019)
Terry Slavin reports on the fallout from Brazil's latest deadly mining accident and investor calls for an global independent body to monitor mines from a group led by the Church of England Pensions Board
Phil Bloomer, (Jan 25, 2019)
Phil Bloomer of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and Nick Grono of the Freedom Fund say this week's independent review confirms the deep concerns of activists about the government's light-touch approach
Barbra Anderson, (Jan 22, 2019)
Barbra Anderson of Destination Better says that by having robust programmes in place, hotels will be better placed to address the risks of participating in modern slavery
Amy Brown, (Jan 20, 2019)
Amy Brown looks at how big hotel chains are working to align themselves with the Global Goals and the Paris Agreement, setting goals to tackle water scarcity, carbon emissions, human rights and youth employment
John Morrison, (Dec 18, 2018)
John Morrison of the Institute for Human Rights and Business says 2018 saw business find common cause with civil society on fundamentals such as rule of law and freedom of expression
Caroline Rees, (Dec 18, 2018)
Caroline Rees of Shift says says CSR commitments are no longer enough. Companies must make deep structural changes to attack the root causes of inequality
John Elkington, (Dec 16, 2018)
John Elkington of Volans says the misstep that preceded the departure of Unilever’s leader shouldn’t cloud the 10 years he spent pushing the boundaries of sustainable business at the consumer goods giant
Joky Francois, (Dec 16, 2018)
Joky François of Rainforest Alliance explains how attention to diversity and inclusion is rising up the corporate agenda
Conference Recording, (Nov 20, 2018)
Conference Recording, (Nov 20, 2018)