- Jeans: the new stitch up
- New Internationalist, 1998
- Articles on the impact of jeans production on the environment and the working conditions of textile workers
- ILO Declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work
- International Labour Organization, 1998
- ILO declaration of members' committments to : freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour; the effective abolition of child la...
- The Cocoa Chain
- New Internationalist, 1997
- Fair trade and production methods in the cocoa to chocolate chain
- Labelling Child Labour Products: a preliminary study
- J. Hilowitz / International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 1997
- Study aims to describe labelling programmes and to review their possible effects on child labour, industry and consumer behaviour in the industrialized and developing countries. Part One contains a general discussion of what la...
- Principles for Trade and Sustainable Development
- Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 1994
- Series of principles, intended to guide trade and trade-related environment and development policies, practices and agreements, to help ensure that they work to achieve sustainable development. Drafted over the course of a year by a n...
- Beyond Regulation: Exporters and Voluntary Environmental Measures
- R. Kerr; A. Cosbey; R. Yachnin / Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 1998
- Until recently legislation and regulation have been the main policy tools used to achieve environmental objectives. Now, however, many organisations have begun to develop other policy tools, including voluntary and non-regulatory init...
- Trade and Sustainable Development: the road ahead
- Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 1997
- Analyses issues in context of the Rio agreements, arguing that achievements of these type of agreements has been poor (and characterized by asymmetrical fulfillment of commitments). Argues that these must be complemented by pri...
- HIV/AIDS and business in Africa: A socio-medical response to the economic impact? The case of Côte d’Ivoire
- L. Aventin; P. Huard / Management of Social Transformations Clearing House, 1997
- Using the findings of research carried out in 1995-1996 on the economic impact of HIV/AIDS on three firms in Abidjan, we look into companies’ reactions to the dysfunctions caused by the epidemic. The dysfunctions result in two ma...
- Environmental Principles and Concepts [environment and trade]
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1995
- Presents a discussion of environmental principles and concepts . In addition to defining and explaining the main environmental principles and concepts, this paper makes preliminary observations as to their relevance in the trade and e...
- Processes and Production Methods (PPMs): Conceptual Framework and Considerations on Use of PPM-based Trade Measures
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1997
- Consumers in many countries are increasingly seeking information on how the PPMs of the products they buy affect the environment. Negative impacts of PPMs can be of two sorts. A process or production method can affect the characterist...
- Small-scale and informal mining: a big problem for Latin American states
- J. Kuramoto / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
- Latin America has experienced substantial growth and transformation in small-scale mining, meaning it is often no longer small or artisanal, instead it is characterised by high informality and an increasing potential to generate confl...
- Comprehensive report detailing multi-sector trade opportunities and enabling conditions in the transition to a green economy
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2013
- Prepared by the Trade, Policy and Planning Unit of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), this report is a key component of the Green Economy and Trade Opportunities Project (GE-TOP). The aim of GE-TOP is to identify opportu...
- Understanding Wage Issues in the Tea Industry
- Oxfam, 2013
- Wage levels are an issue of concern across the globe as individuals, companies and governments wrestle with how wages paid to workers relate to costs of living, corporate and national competitiveness, profitability and broader macroec...
- Fatal fashion: Analysis of recent factory fires in Pakistan and Bangladesh: a call to protect and respect garment workers’ lives
- Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2013
- The garment industry in both Bangladesh and Pakistan is recognised for paying low wages, demanding and unsafe working conditions, and the repression of unions. Workers are not organised and therefore not in the position to monitor or ...
- Transparency and good governance in extractive industries in the Caspian Sea region
- S. Ospanova; I. Ahmadov; E. Wilson / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013
- The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is sparking renewed interest and debate on issues such as transparency of government – company contracts, reporting on revenues from natural resources by company and by pr...
- Labour rights in Unilever’s supply chain: from compliance to good practice. An Oxfam study of labour issues in Unilever’s Viet Nam operations and supply chain
- R. Wilshaw 2013
- This Oxfam report, based on a case study on Vietnam, assesses the labour standards in Unilever’s operations and wider supply chain and compares the findings with the company's high-level policy commitments. The company co-operate...
- Poor governance, good business: how land investors target countries with weak governance
- R. Fuentes-Nieva 2013
- Investors are buying up vast tracks of land across the developing world in a modern day ‘land rush’. This analysis by Oxfam explores where land is changing hands and why. It finds that investors appear to be targeting countr...
- Applying the concept of human security to research on the consequences of mining-induced displacement and resettlement
- B. Terminski (ed) / Human Security Gateway, 2012
- The development of international mining projects is one of the most visible consequences of globalisation. But developments in the mining industry are the cause of about 10.3 percent of all displacements in the world. This means that ...
- Ethical cultures in large business organizations in Brazil, Russia, India, and China
- 2011
- This study focuses on comparison of perceptions of ethical business cultures in large business organisations from four largest emerging economies, referred to as the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), and from the US. The study...
- Protecting East African investigative journalists through international exposure and recognition
- A. Bohnstedt / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2012
- Investigative journalism distinguishes itself from regular journalism by its depth and subject matter, often involving crime, political corruption or corporate wrongdoing. This brief analyses the obstacles to investigative journalism ...
- IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)
- IDH accelerates and upscales sustainable trade by building impact oriented coalitions of front running multinationals, civil society organisations, governments and other stakeholders. Through convening public and private interests, strengths and knowledge, IDH programs help make sustainability the new norm and deliver impact on Millennium Development Goals 1, 7 and 8.
- Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)
- The Verified Carbon Standard is a greenhouse gas accounting programme used by projects around the world to verify and issue carbon credits in voluntary markets.
- ephemera
- ephemera is an independent journal, supported by the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London.
- Ministry of Energy, Kenya
- The Ministry of Energy was formed in 1979 upon Kenya Government’s realization that energy was a major component in the country’s development process. The new Ministry is assigned the following functions: Energy policy development Electric power development Oil and other fossil fuels exploration and development Explor...
- Judge Business School
- Previously known as Judge Institute of Management, Cambridge Judge Business School offers a variety of teaching programmes including the Cambridge MBA, the Cambridge Master of Finance, PhD, MPhil and undergraduate degrees together with a suite of Executive Education courses.
- Baker and McKenzie
- International law firm. See website for individual country office contact details.
- Network for Business Sustainability (NBS)
- The Network for Business Sustainability enables business sustainability by fostering collaboration between industry and academia. The Network is comprised of over 300 researchers and reaches over 1000 practitioners from different sectors in English- and French-speaking Canada and beyond. Objectives: Build community: Build relationships between researchers, ma...
- Boston University International Law Journal
- The Boston University International Law Journal publishes articles on international law written by professional authors and practitioners, and note and case comments written by student authors. As one of the US's leading international law journals, ILJ seeks to maintain the highest editorial standards and to produce a professional quality publication worthy of international recognition. Published...
- 3BL Media (3BL)
- At 3BL Media, we are committed to the Triple Bottom Line: people, planet, profit. Our mission is to advance and promote Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability through effective communications. We offer our clients the largest distribution for their multi-media communications to focused professionals, journalists, and consumers.
- Centre for Sustainable Tourism and Transport, NHV University for Applied Sciences (CSTT)
- The NHTV Centre for Sustainable Tourism and Transport is an international centre of knowledge and education for the benefit of the sustainable development of tourism and recreation industries. The CSTT constitutes a critical think tank on the interfaces of a healthy economic, ecological and social development of tourism. It provides education and training programmes worldwide, contribut...
