Corporate Complicity could be leading to Legal Liability – could this apply to gross human rights abuses in supply chains?

The International Commission of Jurists, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the legal promotion and protection of human rights and the rule of law, publish their findings on a 2 year study on Corporate Complicity and Legal Accountability for gross human rights abuses this week. The study looks at corporate ‘complicity’ in the actions of a [...]

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It has been a while

But don’t worry we have been very busy! Not least with delivering babies, doing countless ethical audits across the world, and learning something about the way consumers think about ethical trade. A consumer survey was published last week which found that many consumers do not believe fashion retailers’ claims on ethical sourcing. It also stated [...]

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Ambitious new Nike Corporate Responsibility Report

Nike has in the past few days (May 31, 2007) released their Corporate Responsibility report. The section dealing with ‘Workers in Contract factories’ makes interesting reading. It starts by acknowledging that the 800,000 workers in their supply chain overshadow any other direct constituency; that 80% of these workers are women aged between 18 and 24 [...]

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