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Helen Carter is a committee member working on a new ISO standard to help the world take an important step toward combatting modern slavery, forced labour, and human trafficking on a global scale. While challenges exist, the potential benefits for business, including enhanced credibility, improved transparency, and positive brand image, make the transition imperative for businesses committed to ethical practices. More importantly, the benefits for people trapped in human trafficking and forced labour conditions is priceless.
The upcoming disclosure standards from the International Sustainability Standards Board, coupled with regulations such as the SEC’s Climate-Related Disclosure regulation, will necessitate that companies report their scope 3 emissions. This requirement is a significant step towards enhancing transparency and accountability for the environmental impacts within their supply chains.
In today’s world, more and more people are becoming conscious of their environmental impact and seeking ways to live a greener lifestyle.
Shaun McCarthy reflects on sustainable procurement in the USA, following a visit to the Sustainable Procurement Leadership Council, in his letter from America
Procurement guide highlighting the modern slavery and labour exploitation risks and impacts in the solar photovoltaic (PV) supply chain. It offers insights into effective solar PV procurement due diligence, with practical tips and guidance for implementation.
This report from Action Sustainability in the UK brings together the collective knowledge gathered through 17 years of consultancy and training in this field. It delivers valuable insights into the state of sustainable procurement today.
This report captures the learning from a major project of the Supply Chain Sustainability School involving ten partners from its waste and resource use leadership group.
Shaun McCarthy OBE considers the role of product standards in a well-structured sustainable procurement strategy and the dangers of applying them as a blunt instrument.
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The diversity survey is the UK’s largest annual benchmarking exercise to collect and aggregate protected characteristics data for employees within the built environment.
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