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Back to basics – 5 reasons to invest in sustainability
We’re two months into 2016 and there’s no doubt that it’s tough out there in is this old complex and uncertain world of ours. The global economy is just about limping along, the global food system is close to meltdown, many businesses are struggling to find skilled employees and millions around the world are unemployed, […]
Read MoreIn Pursuit of Sustainable Tourism – Notes from a Small Island Nation
Several years ago my father in-law set the wheels in motion for a big family meet up in 2015. It would be the first time the New Zealand side of my family had all holidayed together in well over a decade. The question was where should this momentous occasion take place? We debated the relative […]
Read MoreTransparency In Supply Chains – Not A Solution But A Step In The Right Direction
Today is Election Day – and it’s also the close of a Government consultation on the transparency in supply chains (TISC) clause in the new Modern Slavery Act 2015. I’m sure we’ll see lots of U-turns in the coming days and months after the election. Happily the Government’s U-turn on the Modern Slavery Bill (MSB) […]
Read MoreOrganising A More Sustainable Wedding – Some Reflections On Consumer Behaviour And Sustainability
At a meeting last week about Tokyo 2020 we strayed away from our discussion about how they were progressing with their sustainability plans (or not as it turned out!) and touched briefly on consumer behaviour and sustainability. In particular whether companies should make it easy for consumers to buy sustainably – in effect to ‘choice […]
Read MoreComplaint and dispute resolution process to deal with breaches of the Sustainable Sourcing Code
Sustainability lessons learned from developing and implementing a process to deal with complaints and grievances related to the application of the LOCOG Sustainable Sourcing Code, particularly in relation to labour conditions at factories in the supply chain which supplied sponsors, licensees and suppliers. The process was informed by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and […]
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