http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/10/10/material-concerns-%e2%80%93-a-new-impactttraidcraft-joint-report-on-purchasing-practices-in-the-garment-industry/ Making what’s good for workers, work for business. Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:54:25 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/10/10/material-concerns-%e2%80%93-a-new-impactttraidcraft-joint-report-on-purchasing-practices-in-the-garment-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Material Concerns: How responsible sourcing can deliver the goods for business and workers in the garment industry « Centre for Sustainable Fashion Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:50:02 +0000 http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/10/10/material-concerns-%e2%80%93-a-new-impactttraidcraft-joint-report-on-purchasing-practices-in-the-garment-industry/#comment-462 [...] November 3, 2008 by nbaldwin This report has been produced by Impactt and Traidcraft. It is aimed at the sourcing and commercial directors of retailers and brands and sets out a new approach to sourcing, which the report claims, both protects and enhances commercial goals and improves labour practices in the supply base. The report provides a set of operational principles setting out the ground rules for efficient and ethical purchasing and scorecards for buyers and suppliers to incentivise efficiency and better ethical behaviour. The report is based on interviews with retailers, sourcing offices, agents, manufacturers and workers. The research was conducted in the UK, Hong Kong, China, Bangladesh and Cambodia. Read the report by downloading the pdf at the Impactt website. [...] [...] November 3, 2008 by nbaldwin This report has been produced by Impactt and Traidcraft. It is aimed at the sourcing and commercial directors of retailers and brands and sets out a new approach to sourcing, which the report claims, both protects and enhances commercial goals and improves labour practices in the supply base. The report provides a set of operational principles setting out the ground rules for efficient and ethical purchasing and scorecards for buyers and suppliers to incentivise efficiency and better ethical behaviour. The report is based on interviews with retailers, sourcing offices, agents, manufacturers and workers. The research was conducted in the UK, Hong Kong, China, Bangladesh and Cambodia. Read the report by downloading the pdf at the Impactt website. [...]

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