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Name of Resource | A Guide to Traceability: A Practical Approach to Advance Sustainability in Global Supply Chains |
Type | Report |
Country / jurisdiction | Global |
Organization | Business for Social Responsibility |
Date of publishing | 9 April 2014 |
Description | This guide provides an overview of the importance of traceability for sustainability purposes, outlines the global opportunities and challenges it represents, and summarizes practical steps for implementing traceability programme within companies. Research for this guide revealed that traceability is a tremendously impactful tool for advancing sustainability objectives, but it still has a long way to go before it is an integral part of sustainable supply chain management and used widely by companies. At present, only a very small percentage of commodities are traceable on sustainability attributes. |
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Name of Resource | Beyond SB 657: How Businesses Can Meet and Exceed California’s Requirements to Prevent Forced Labor in Supply Chains |
Type | Report/analysis |
Country / jurisdiction | Global |
Organization | The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking |
Date of publishing | January 2013 |
Description | The report provides guiding principles for companies required to comply with California’s anti-trafficking law and for any company working to eliminate forced labour from their supply chains. Key elements of the report include details on: tracing and verification of product supply chains; quality supplier audits; approaches to prevention; internal accountability standards; mapping high risk areas; empowerment of workers and vulnerable communities; employee and management training, and; public posting of a company’s engagement towards eliminating human trafficking and slavery within supply chains. |
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Name of Resource | Clean Clothes Campaign |
Type | Platform for co-operation, Knowledge/information hub |
Country / jurisdiction | Global |
Organization | Clean Clothes Campaign |
Date of publishing | 1989 |
Description | Clean Clothes Campaign is an international alliance dedicated to improving working conditions and empowering workers in the global garment and sportswear industries. It brings together trade unions and NGOs covering a broad spectrum of perspectives and interests, such as women’s rights, consumer advocacy and poverty reduction. As a grass-roots network of hundreds of organizations, both in garment-producing and in consumer markets, the Campaign can identify local problems and objectives and transform them into global actions. Clean Clothes Campaign develops campaign strategies to support workers in achieving their goals. |
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