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Have Hong Kong garment companies improved their reporting on labour standards?
CSR Asia, 2009This report examines transparency in Hong Kong garment sector supply chain operations to provide an update of their overall performance, and any key developments facing Hong Kong companies.The research covers five categories: governance and risk management code of conduct stakeholder engagementDocumentCashing in: giant retailers, purchasing practices, and working conditions in the garment industry
Clean Clothes Campaign, 2009This report examines the business practices of giant retailers such as Walmart, Tesco, Carrefour, Lidl, and Aldi.DocumentGuide to responsible sourcing: integrating social and environmental considerations into the supply chain
International Chamber of Commerce, 2008Many companies have literally thousands of suppliers across the globe. While a company cannot be held accountable for the actions of all its suppliers, its purchasing activities may create leverage to influence and monitor its suppliers’ conduct in areas such as working conditions, respect for labour rights and environmental protection.DocumentThe sour taste of pineapple: how an expanding export industry undermines workers and their communities
International Labor Rights Forum, 2008Since the 1960’s, pineapple production has quadrupled and export has tripled worldwide. While profits for some have tremendously expanded under such development, this report demonstrates how pineapple workers, their families and communities, and the environment in the largest pineapple producing nations have not enjoyed the benefits of such growth.DocumentSustainable procurement from developing countries: practices and challenges for businesses and support agencies
Royal Tropical Institute, 2008This paper examines how Western firms sourcing products from developing countries can achieve sustainable procurement. It argues that sustainable procurement has a role to play in poverty reduction. The paper considers the history and trends that underlie sustainable procurement, and looks at the links between corporate social responsibility and sustainable procurement practices.DocumentProducing computer hardware - an investigative report on labour conditions in the supply chain of the ICT sector in the Philippines
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2007This study focuses on labour conditions in the supply chain of information and communication technology (ICT) sector in the Philippines.DocumentWho reaps the fruit? - critical issues in the fresh fruit & vegetable chain
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2006This study of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetables (FFV) sector investigates the influence of trade and distribution on production and production conditions of fresh fruit and vegetables. It focuses on the corporate structures and corporate relations throughout the sector and in the production, supply and value chains.DocumentOrganised labour and the social regulation of global value chains
Danish Institute for International Studies, 2008Since the 1980s, various processes of economic globalisation have eroded established foundations of organised labour. The increased mobility of goods and capital, compared to labour’s relative immobility, has made it more difficult for labour to advance its objectives through traditional local industrial action or tripartite social contracts.DocumentLocalising private social standards: standard initiatives in Kenyan cut flowers
Danish Institute for International Studies, 2008Private Social Standards (PSSs) covering the employment conditions of Southern producers exporting to European markets have multiplied rapidly since the 1990s. Most PSS initiatives have been designed in the North. Lately, however, a range of Southern standard initiatives have emerged in the African horticultural industry.