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KitKat to Use Only Sustainably Sourced Cocoa in Its Products
Sep 2, 2015KitKat is set to become the first global chocolate brand to use only sustainably sourced cocoa in the manufacture of all its products. This move comes as the confectionery industry faces allegations over employing child labor in cocoa ...
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ARTS Announced The Release of The Compliance Audit Interchange
Aug 12, 2014The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS), the standards and technology division of the National Retail Federation, announced the release of the Compliance Audit Interchange, a specification that allows organizations to share ...
Tags: NRF, Apparel, Accessories, Textile
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ARTS Announced The Release of The Compliance Audit Interchange
Aug 12, 2014The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS), the standards and technology division of the National Retail Federation, announced the release of the Compliance Audit Interchange, a specification that allows organizations to share ...
Tags: ARTS, NFR, Apparel, Acessories
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MEC Launching Fair Trade Certified Apparel Line
Jul 4, 2014Canadian outdoor retailer Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) said its first Fair Trade Certified T-shirts will be available late this summer online and in its 17 brick-and-mortar stores. The T-shirts, which will include MEC's popular line of ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
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Patagonia to Offer Fair Trade Certified Apparel Starting with 9 Styles in 2014
Oct 23, 2013Patagonia Inc., the outdoor apparel company, is proud to announce its plans to offer Fair Trade Certified apparel starting with nine styles in the Fall 2014 season. For every Fair Trade Certified product Patagonia sells, the company will ...
Tags: Patagonia, Certified Apparel
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The Adidas Group Marks a New Milestone in The Management of Its Supply Chain
May 7, 2013The adidas Group marks a new milestone in the management of its supply chain as it explores new ways of direct communication between factory management and workers. The adidas Group published its 2012 Sustainability Progress Report, ...
Tags: Water-Less Dyeing Process, Adidas
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Assembly Line Workers Are Logging 12-Hour Days to Churn out The Latest Handsets
Jan 5, 2013Assembly line workers are logging 12-hour days to churn out the latest handsets for Samsung Electronics at a factory in Huizhou, China. 24-year-old Wang Hong Wei knows what it's like: He and about four to six others would collectively ...
Tags: Samsung Electronics, Foxconn, Chinese factories, working hours
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Foxconn Has Denied Forcing Vocational School Students in China to Work at Its Factories
Dec 25, 2012Apple supplier Foxconn has denied forcing vocational school students in China to work at its factories, following claims that the students must remain employed at the company or lose school credit. Foxconn said in a statement on Tuesday ...
Tags: Foxconn, Student Labor, China, IT Industry
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The Food Industry Moved Forward
Dec 21, 2012From a sustainability standpoint, 2012 might be characterised as a year when the world went backwards - or at a pinch stayed still - but the food industry moved forward. There are plenty of campaigners who would beg to differ on the ...
Tags: CSR, Industry, Agriculture Food
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It Was in Exploratory Talks with Indonesian Officials Over Serving Its Domestic Market
Dec 20, 2012Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group said it was in exploratory talks with Indonesian officials over serving its domestic market in some capacity, but does not have immediate plans to build factories in the country. ...
Tags: Foxconn Technology Group, Indonesia, capacity, low-cost
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Apple Supplier Foxconn Has Steadily Improved The Working Conditions
Dec 20, 2012Apple supplier Foxconn has steadily improved the working conditions at three of its Chinese factories following a February audit, by reducing employee overtime work and updating maintenance policies and safety procedures, a labor group said ...
Tags: Apple, Foxconn, working conditions, Chinese factories
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Cocoa Processors Could Be Encouraged to Follow The Example of Nestle
Dec 10, 2012Cocoa processors including Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland could be encouraged to follow the example of Nestle and launch investigations into their cocoa supply chains, the head of the Fair Labor Association has told just-food. Auret ...
Tags: Cocoa Processors, Nestle, cocoa supply
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FLA Commissioned Study Into The Provision and Quality of Legally Mandated Childcare
Nov 29, 2012Building upon more than ten years of advocacy by Cividep-India, Fair Labor Association (FLA) commissioned this study into the provision and quality of legally mandated childcare in Bangalore's garment factories. The study was ...
Tags: garment factories, childcare, workforce
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The Ohio State University Named The University's Licensed Apparel and Retail Partners
Nov 20, 2012The Ohio State University announced that J.America and Fanatics,Inc.have been named the university's licensed apparel and retail partners.This is a result of a rigorous selection process requiring demonstrated commitment to both Ohio-based ...
Tags: J.America and Fanatics
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CCC Calls on Bratex Management and Buyers Fruit of The Loom
Oct 28, 2012Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) calls on Bratex management and buyers Fruit of the Loom and Viania to resolve a dispute in the factory, which has been ongoing for more than two years. Sri Lankan supplier Bratex has yet to come to an agreement ...
Tags: Clean Clothes Campaign, Fair Labor Association, underwear, resolution