UK puts military on standby as panic buying hits fuel supplies
London, UKReuters The British Government says it is putting the military on standby as part of further measures to address a supply chain crisis which has led fuel pumps to run dry amid panic-buying by motorists. The move to mobilise the army comes after a widespread shortage of truck drivers, which has led to serious […]
Half of top businesses lack commitment to prevent supply-chain deforestation – report
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Nearly half of the 500 top global companies and investment firms that produce, use or finance commodities posing a threat to forests have made no public commitment to prevent deforestation in their supply chains, researchers said on Wednesday. Swathes of tropical rainforest in the Amazon basin and in parts of South-East […]
ETHICAL FASHION: PRESSURE ON AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES SEEING INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENTS BUT STILL “A DISTANCE TO GO” REPORT FINDS
DAVID ADAMS reports on the findings of the seventh annual Ethical Fashion Report from Baptist World Aid Australia…
Apple to employ trafficking survivors in efforts to eradicate slave labour
Thomson Reuters Foundation Apple will employ trafficking survivors to work in its retail stores, the technology giant said, after winning an international award for making details of its supply chains public in a bid to help end modern slavery. Since 2012 Apple says it has reduced the number of underage workers in its extended supply […]