The two aim to implement women’s empowerment strategies at toy factories in India, from preserving women’s health rights to ensuring equal pay. ICTI CARE has teamed with BSR to advance women’s empowerment in global ...
Called Insights on India and following the team’s visit to the KidsIndia Toy Fair in Mumbai, the webinar will offer a close look at the state of responsible sourcing in the India toy industry. ICTI Care is encouraging industry ...
“We need to change how fashion is made and consumed” said the H&M CEO, Karl-Johan Persson, while speaking about the role played by his company in the sustainable fashion industry at the just held BSR conference, a forum which ...
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British Solar Renewables confirms innovative joint venture with Santander to invest in the construction of 56.5MW of UK Solar PV projects at three sites across the UK. The sites are located in areas with high light levels in West ...
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NliteN has just added the dimmable 2D-Lux™ Smart LED Disk (SLEDD) to its campaign on Indiegogo. The 2D-Lux SLEDD, a 60W-incandescent-replacement LED smart "bulb", adds an Atmel AVR microcontroller, USB interface, and ...
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PLASA's Technical Resource Office announces that the RDM and sACN Developers Conference and Plugfest returns for 2013 and will take place on the 25-27 April, in the UK, at Gatwick Manor, London Road at Lowfield Heath, just south of Gatwick ...
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Three PLASA standards are now in public review. The public review materials for the standards are available at the web address below. The last day to comment for each of them is April 1. BSR E1.44 - 201x, Common Show File Exchange Format ...
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China's Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Group one of the largest producers of rare earth minerals in the world, announced that it has signed agreements with 12 Inner Mongolia based upstream rare earth enterprises and their ...
The International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission recently approved and promulgated the Glass in Building (TC 160) ISO 11479-1:2011, Glass in Building – Coated glass – Part 1: ...
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USA - Two draft Rigging Working Group standards related to the use of chain hoists in the entertainment industry are available for free download and comment at the web address below through 28 January 2013. Materially affected members of ...
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UK / USA - Three draft control protocol standards are available for public review on the PLASA website until early October. They may be downloaded for free at the web address below. BSR E1.37-2 - 201x, Additional Message Sets for ANSI ...
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