Welcome Thursday, August 28, 2008
Corporate Social Responsibility News
Carillion appoints new sustainability chief
Carillion, one of the UK's largest support services and construction firms, has appointed a new head of sustainability.
Sustainability takes a knock as Europe falls behind in green procurement
A lack of coherent green procurement strategies is threatening to hold back sustainability drives across Europe, with the continent's largest economy emerging as one of the worst offenders.
13:10, 18 Aug, 2008
Sustainability a natural remedy for Neal's Yard
Neal's Yard is set to launch a series of supply chain initiatives aimed at making the firm carbon neutral
14:48, 15 Aug, 2008
UK government leads green procurement
The UK government yesterday unveiled a delivery plan outlining how it is going to meet its targets on environmentally sustainable procurement and carbon emissions.
17:38, 08 Aug, 2008
More work needed on international supply chain emissions
Firms need to do more to cut carbon emissions from their international supply chains, after a new study revealed that the UK’s carbon footprint was almost 50 per cent higher than current estimates.
08:43, 08 Aug, 2008
UK Government launches employment practice crackdown
The UK government is launching a new employee helpline aimed at shopping firms who mistreat their workers and pay below the minimum wage.
08:42, 06 Aug, 2008
China fails to run rings around environmental issues as games approach
Greenpeace has attacked Chinese progress on hitting environmental targets in the run-up to the Olympics.
10:27, 29 Jul, 2008
Green procurement on the rise
Companies are increasingly embracing green procurement strategies, a new study has found.
11:38, 28 Jul, 2008
New programme helping Wal-Mart see wood from the trees
Wal-Mart has signed up to a new logging initiative aimed at eliminating wood from illegal or unknown sources within five years.
08:55, 25 Jul, 2008
Supply chain key to green, claims report
By Melissa Lwee.
Forget marketing campaigns, organisations looking to go “green” should do so via supply chain managers who can actually make a difference by influencing procurement processes.
09:27, 23 Jul, 2008
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