Where do you begin when you want to create an Ethical Trading Policy for your Company? Here are 10 easy steps to help you get started1. Create an ethical trading policy. Within any corporate structure this is no simple matter especially in very large organisations that trade globally. It requires a commitment to change that must start in the boardroom and be driven through the entire supply chain right down to the point of sale.2. Accept that this is not a label sticking exercise. A company who ...
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In the last few years, the agriculture sector has witnessed a sharp rise in food prices. Rise in poverty and global warming is being predicted to cause more shortage of food and clean drinking water in the years to come. Developing nations are being said to be the worst affected with such global issues. If experts are to be believed, the present need is to adopt the concept of environmental sustainability and invest in countries that have untapped potential for food production. For instance, ...
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Ethical Fashion: If you thought ethical fashion referred to not-so-stylish fabrics and old-fashioned designs then think again. Thanks to the rise in globalizations and awareness, serious issues like environmental damage and exploitation of workers in sweatshops across the world have come to the attention of consumers. Environmentalists as well as human rights activists are also urging people to take notice of how major fashion brands are working and whether or not any harm is being caused to ...
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On one hand consumers are being universally criticised for
running up significant amounts of debt on credit cards, yet
conversely many companies are capitalising on the growing credit
card debt, from charities and political organisations to
football clubs, the Association of Surgeons and somewhat
ironically ActionAid, an international development agency whose
aim is to fight poverty worldwide.
Financial comparison site moneynet.co.uk provided 226 credit
cards in a general credit card search, ...
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At a time when the entire world's attention is focused on the
problems of world debt, with the
Live 8 concerts, the G8
summit in Scotland, the
Make Poverty History
Campaign (MPH) and the various anti-poverty marches, it
seems that everyone wants the world's governments to behave more
ethically towards the manner in which international finance is
conducted. This is obviously a laudable attitude to take, and
has gained immense momentum with such a groundswell of public
opinion that even the UK ...
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