Click here to download: Material+concerns.pdfMaterial Concerns: How responsible sourcing can deliver the goods for business and workers in the garment industry
This report has been produced by Impactt and Traidcraft. It is aimed at the sourcing and commercial directors of retailers and brands and sets out a new approach to sourcing, which the report claims, both protects and enhances commercial goals and improves labour practices in the supply base. The report provides a set of operational principles setting out the ground rules for efficient and ethical purchasing and scorecards for buyers and suppliers to incentivise efficiency and better ethical behaviour. The report is based on interviews with retailers, sourcing offices, agents, manufacturers and workers. The research was conducted in the UK, Hong Kong, China, Bangladesh and Cambodia.
Gooch, F., Hurst, R. and Napier, L. (2008) Material concerns, Impactt and Traidcraft
18 pages.
Read the report by downloading the pdf on the left or go to the Impactt website.
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