This week KnowTheChain.org marks one year since the site launched. In just twelve months, KnowTheChain has received more than sixty thousand page views. We’ve heard interest from investors, consumers, and journalists, in addition to direct engagement with companies leading to improved transparency statements. Meanwhile, policy...
With today marking the deadline for conflict minerals disclosures to be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), NGOs and sustainable and responsible investors are celebrating a significant milestone in the effort to bring transparency and due-diligence to the trade in conflict minerals from...
This post is the second in a series by Amy D. Augustine, Director of Corporate Programs at Ceres, describing key findings on the human rights and supply chain performance of 613 of the largest U.S. companies evaluated in Gaining Ground, along with recommendations for corporate...
The C&A Foundation and HiiL are seeking innovative ideas that foster fair living wages and enable more fair and stable conditions within the garment industry. Private companies, NGOs, government agencies and individuals are encouraged to apply. Innovations can address topics such as: Collective bargaining and dialogue mechanisms Mechanisms...
Companies are more than their products; they are the stories and feelings that are associated with their brands. International sporting events represent a unique opportunity for corporations to showcase their international status while connecting their brand to a shared sense of unity and achievement. Now that...
When I was working in Congress on what became the Trafficking Victims Protection Act back in 1999, we congressional staff paid little attention to the role of companies and their global supply chains in forced labor and human trafficking. We tended to focus more on...
Last week, the Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN) released a new report, Cotton Sourcing Snapshot: A Survey of Corporate Practices to End Forced Labor and an accompanying webinar, as part of our effort to better understand what companies are doing to find and eliminate cotton picked...
I live in Los Angeles, a city of self-proclaimed foodies who frequent farmers markets for locally grown organic produce. For the good of the environment and for their own health, my friends will happily spend a Saturday afternoon picking out pesticide-free kale grown within a...