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Improved disclosure in fashion supply chain: Baptist World Aid Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... raw materials remains a significant challenge, "with just 7% of companies knowing where all their raw materials, such as cotton, are coming from." In the five years since the report has been conducted, the scope has increased from 41 companies to 114 ...

Fashion retailers increase reporting of human rights in supply chain: Baptist World Aid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... industry is increasing its reporting and disclosure of human rights and labour rights issues in their supply chain, with Cotton On Inc, Pacific Brands and APG & Co receiving an A- in Baptist World Aid's 2017 Ethical Fashion Report. The 2017 Ethical Fashion ...

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
Many companies around the world do not have a comprehensive understanding of the performance, risks and sustainability impacts of their supply chain, according to a new report by the UN Global Compact and EY. While leading companies around the world ...

PRI to target water risk in agricultural supply chains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... there are 25 crop and country pairs that are most exposed to water risks, such as paddy rice in Bangladesh and in India, cotton in India, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, sugar cane and sugar beet in Bangladesh and India, and what in China, India ...

RIAA: majority of Australians would choose responsible super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
A majority of Australians would rather invest in a responsible superannuation fund than a superannuation fund which only considers maximising financial returns, according to a national poll organised by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... increased competition from online and overseas retailers, and exogenous pressures such as 2011's sharp increase in the cotton price. As a result, some companies are looking to their supply chain as a way of controlling costs. However, AMP said that focusing ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... risks from natural disasters. "In 2011 Nike issued a profit warning blamed on factors such as the increase in the price of cotton and oil supplies," van der Lugt said. "Once the company has to issue a profit warning, and there is an identified threat ...

Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... have been going up in the eastern seaboard of China by around 20% a year for the past three or four years," Woods said. "Cotton prices are high, but they have come off a bit and Australian retailers have been cushioned by the high Australian dollar ...
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