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ICTI Care Explores Subcontracting in The Industry in Its Latest Webinar
Oct 13, 2016Titled Subcontracting in the Toy Industry: Hiden Risks and Fake Factories, the webinar will examine how ITI Care evaluates and monitors subcontracting in the industry. ICTI Care will be exploring the topic of subcontracting in the toy ...
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ICTI CARE and BSR Outline Plans to Advance Women's Empowerment in Global Supply Chains
Oct 9, 2016The 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 ...
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ICTI CARE's ICPS Platform Reaches Key Milestone
Sep 7, 2016Over 1,000 toy factories now use the ICPS platform to share audit data with multiple customers, helping to drive efficiencies and reduce audit duplication and fatigue. ICTI CARE’s responsible sourcing platform, ICPS, is now used by ...
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Taiwanese Gardening Product Makers Pursue Sustainable Growth with Different Strategies--Makers Generally Resort to R&D as Means to Stay Competitive
Jun 20, 2016Gardening product production makes up a significant part of Taiwan's hardware industry.Garden tools along with related accessories, which totally generate export revenue of around US$95 million on average every year, are a major contributor ...
Tags: Gardening product, garden tools
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SGS Supports Cambodian & Myanmar Apparel Sector
Aug 31, 2015To support the apparel industry in Southeast Asia, SGS operates a laboratory in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia and also provides garment inspection services in Myanmar. The Cambodian facility has the capability to perform product ...
Tags: SGS, Apparel Sector
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European Union's Trade Policy Be Adapted to Today's Global Value Chains
Jun 25, 2015The Foreign Trade Association (FTA), a leading business association of European and international commerce that promotes the values of free trade, has demanded that the European Union’s trade policy be adapted to today’s global ...
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Crocs Released Its 2014 Sustainability Report Showing Progress
Mar 26, 2015Crocs Inc. released its 2014 sustainability report that showed progress around social compliance audits at its Asian factories and a reduction in hazardous emissions in the production process. The third annual report provides an update on ...
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GIZ and EU Have Completed Four Years of Their Collaboration
Aug 13, 2014The German Development Cooperation (GIZ) and the European Union (EU) have completed four years of their collaboration for improving labour standards in Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) industry. An event to mark the ...
Tags: GIZ, Apparel, Accessories
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FTA's New Business-Driven Service Aimed at Supporting Retailers and Importers
Aug 12, 2014The Foreign Trade Association (FTA) presents the Business Environmental Performance Initiative (BEPI), its new business-driven service aimed at supporting retailers and importers to improve environmental performance of supplying factories ...
Tags: FTA, Apparel, Accessories
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The Social Compliance at Some Footwear Factories
Jun 18, 2014The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), America's largest and most respected footwear trade association, partnered with the firm Elevate to produce its 5th Factory Survey Analysis. The recently completed report provides ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Economy, Footwear
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FTA Contributes to The Improvement of Safety Conditions in Bangladesh'S Factories
Apr 24, 2014On the anniversary of the tragic collapse of Rana Plaza in Dhaka (Bangladesh), the Foreign Trade Association (FTA) highlights the efforts undertaken by European retailers and importers to contribute to the improvement of safety conditions ...
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SA8000 Is an Auditable Certification Standard
Apr 14, 2014SA8000 is an auditable certification standard that encourages organizations to develop, maintain, and apply socially acceptable practices in the workplace. It was developed in 1997 by Social Accountability International (SAI), formerly the ...
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BSCI Works to Tackle These Challenges by Offering a Broad Platform for Cooperation
Apr 11, 2014In the context of globalisation and international competition, many companies source labour-intensive goods from developing and newly industrialised countries. However, working conditions in these countries often do not comply with basic ...
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Clean Clothes Campaign Are Welcoming The Launch of Rana Plaza Arrangement Claims Process
Mar 17, 2014IndustriALL, UNI Global Union and the Clean Clothes Campaign are welcoming the launch of the Rana Plaza Arrangement claims process, which will officially commence on the 24th March. They are now calling on brands to contribute to the Rana ...
Tags: Clothes, Apparel, Clean Clothes
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SA8000 Standard Is The Central Document of Our Work at SAI
Feb 25, 2014The SA8000 standard is the central document of our work at SAI. It is one of the world’s first auditable social certification standards for decent workplaces, across all industrial sectors. It is based on conventions of the ILO, UN ...
Tags: SA8000, certification