Making what’s good for workers, work for business.
Making sustainable supply chains core to business.
Last week Impactt attended an interesting event called ‘Putting market access into practice: Reaching the bottom billion through corporate supply and distribution chains.’ The event, organised by ODI, DFID and Business Action for Africa explored how supply and distribution chains can be harnessed to expand opportunities for the poor while delivering key business [...]
Cadbury Dairy Milk Fairtrade announcement triples Fairtrade sales from Ghana
Cadbury and the Fairtrade Foundation today (4th March) announced plans to achieve Fairtrade certification for Cadbury Dairy Milk, the UK’s best selling chocolate bar, by autumn 2009. The move will result in the tripling of sales of Fairtrade cocoa from Ghana. The value of the British Fairtrade chocolate market will in turn grow from £45m [...]
Local Resources Network launch
A new network to promote good working practices in developing countries will be launched today, 4th December, at the Ethical Trade Initiative Food Group meeting.
The Local Resources Network is an online community for organisations working to improve employment conditions in factories, on farms and in work sites worldwide. The network is intended to link [...]