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Adriana Trujillo

3M Report Reveals Better Supplier Engagement Could Help Drive Innovation | Sustainable ... - 0 views

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    Supplier collaboration and sustainability can drive innovation and growth in top supply chains, but only 43 percent of suppliers feel fully empowered to collaborate with their partners, says new research from 3M. Surveying 237 suppliers across the U.S., the report uncovers insight on the most urgent trends, opportunities and challenges facing suppliers today.
Adriana Trujillo

Apple's 2014 Supplier Responsibility Report Earns Greenpeace Praise On Conflict Materia... - 0 views

  • and more transparency about which suppliers and facilities provide its raw metals and materials, including lists of which have been verified as conflict free and which are still in need of future verification
  • Apple has released its annual Supplier Responsibility report, detailing its monitoring of supply partner labor practices, compliance with regulations and Apple’s standards of business, the environmental impact of its product components and more. Apple highlighted its ongoing education investments in the report, detailing the growth in its worker rights and skills training up top.
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    Apple has released its annual Supplier Responsibility report, detailing its monitoring of supply partner labor practices, compliance with regulations and Apple's standards of business, the environmental impact of its product components and more. Apple highlighted its ongoing education investments in the report, detailing the growth in its worker rights and skills training up top.
Adriana Trujillo

Walmart puts product suppliers on notice about chemicals | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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    Walmart sent a letter to its suppliers outlining its new sustainable chemistry policy, which seeks to curtail the use of substances that are hazardous to human health and the environment. The policy was developed over several years in consultation with the Environmental Defense Fund and other stakeholders.
Adriana Trujillo

Hewlett Packard Sets Climate Targets for Suppliers - 0 views

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    Hewlett-Packard will set supplier targets for greenhouse-gas emissions in a move that could reduce total emissions by 20% by 2020 from decade-prior levels. The company will offer incentives to suppliers that meet the goals and will report their success in its sustainability reports.
Adriana Trujillo

Ford, BMW, 10 Others Agree Supplier Environmental Guidelines · Environmental ... - 0 views

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    BMW, Ford, GM, Honda and 10 other leading automakers have agreed a set of expectations for suppliers, relating to the environment, working conditions, human rights and business ethics.
Del Birmingham

McDonald's Awards Suppliers for Advancing Global Sustainability Initiatives - Press Rel... - 0 views

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    McDonald's today announced its "2014 Best of Sustainable Supply" winners in a report highlighting how suppliers achieved significant results by identifying opportunities and applying sustainable solutions in diverse places around the world.
Adriana Trujillo

The World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation and Levi Strauss & Co. Reward ... - 0 views

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    Levi Strauss and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank launched a new program to reward garment suppliers in developing countries based on their environmental, health, safety, and labor performance. The IFC will offer better loan terms to garment manufacturers that score higher on a supplier sustainability assessment developed by Levi Strauss.
Adriana Trujillo

Wendy's to Suppliers: Report on Gestation-Crate-Free Pork Progress · Environm... - 0 views

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    Wendy's began requiring its suppliers to submit quarterly progress reports detailing the percentage of gestation-crate-free pork they have provided. The company has set a goal of eliminating the use of gestation crates from its supply chain by the end of 2022
Adriana Trujillo

Mondelez International Shares Sustainable Palm Oil Action Plan (NASDAQ:MDLZ) - 0 views

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    Mondelēz International released a sustainable palm oil action plan that requires its suppliers to achieve full traceability by the end of 2015. The policy also requires suppliers to publish their sustainable sourcing practices and implementation timelines.
Adriana Trujillo

How Walmart's green label aims to drive supplier 'race to the top' | GreenBiz - 0 views

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    Walmart launched its Sustainability Leaders shop, an online shopping portal that enables customers to identify and purchase products from suppliers that have integrated organizational changes to manufacture goods in a manner that surpasses the efforts of their competitors.
Adriana Trujillo

Unilever adjourns palm oil sourcing through Sawit Sumbermas Sarana due to sustainabilit... - 0 views

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    Unilever has suspended sourcing from its palm oil supplier Sawit Sumbermas Sarana, following allegations that the supplier is involved in ongoing deforestation and peatland clearance in Indonesia.
Adriana Trujillo

Ahh…Coke refreshes its sustainable packaging strategy | Packaging Digest - 0 views

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    Coca-Cola is working to stay ahead of consumers' sustainable packaging needs via such innovations as the recyclable PlantBottle, as well as by working with suppliers and maximizing the use of renewable materials, said Sarah Dearman, the company's head of sustainable packaging. "Our suppliers play a critical role by working together to advance innovation to help enable all parties to meet their goals," she said.
Adriana Trujillo

Apple supplier commits to 100% renewable energy - SeeNews Renewables - 0 views

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    Lens Technology has agreed to use 100% renewables to produce all of its products it manufacturers for Apple in China, according to the companies. The company has already signed a long-term power purchase agreement that will supply 100% of its electricity needs by 2018.
Del Birmingham

HP steps up to ask suppliers to slash emissions | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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    HP became the first high-tech company to set specific greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals across its suppliers and business partners and an aggressive one at that: 20 percent by 2020, compared with 2010 levels.
Adriana Trujillo

Pepsico Commits to Third-Party Environmental Audits of Top Supplier Countries... - 0 views

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    PepsiCo launched a new supply chain land policy characterized by zero tolerance for illegal activities and landowner displacements. The policy commits the company to negotiating land acquisitions in accordance with international standards and mapping its agricultural supply chain.
Adriana Trujillo

Kellogg to set targets for suppliers to cut carbon emissions | Reuters - 0 views

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    Kellogg is planning to require its suppliers to curb their greenhouse emissions as part of a broader push to reduce the company's environmental impact. The company also announced new plans to expand its net-zero deforestation pledge to include crops such as soy and sugarcane
Del Birmingham

Investigation Exposes Animal Abuse at U.S. Supplier to World's Largest Meat Company - 0 views

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    new undercover video shot by a Mercy for Animals (MFA) investigator at Tosh Farms, a JBS pork supplier based in Franklin, Kentucky, exposes what the animal rights group calls the "malicious and systemic abuse of mother pigs and piglets."
Adriana Trujillo

General Mills, NGOs Speak for the Bees: Pollinators Need Help From Companies | Sustaina... - 0 views

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    An estimated 3,300 acres on oat farms that supply oats for Honey Nut Cheerios will soon provide new dedicated, flower-rich habitat for pollinators. General Mills is partnering with the Xerces Society, a pollinator and wildlife conservation organization, to plant wildflowers on the supplier farms. Meanwhile, The Wildlife Habitat Council released a white paper explaining the issue of pollinators' decline and actions corporations can take to help.
Adriana Trujillo

How sustainability leaders deal with bullies | GreenBiz - 0 views

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    Lesson learned: The power of engaging a supplier or other partner hand-in-hand with an NGO partner is unbelievably impactful. It sends a message to internal and external stakeholders that this is not PR. It is real and sincere. You have to work with NGOs. NGOs are the sustainability thermometer for the consumer. Fortunately, there are lots of good choices for you to make.
Adriana Trujillo

"Forever Chocolate": Barry Callebaut targets 100% sustainable chocolate by 2025 | Barry... - 1 views

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    Global chocolate and cocoa supplier Barry Callebaut launched its new sustainability strategy "Forever Chocolate," which sets out four targets for the company to achieve by 2025. The targets include eradicating child labor from its supply chain, becoming carbon and forest positive, lifting more than 500,000 cocoa farmers out of poverty, and using 100% sustainable ingredients in all of its products.
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