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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

QAD

Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, and the UK have all passed similar due diligence, human rights, and anti-slavery legislation. A 2021 Deloitte study documented how 43% of UK consumers selected brands based on environmentally sustainable values. Consumer Buying Trends. A similar study in the U.S.

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Ensuring Workers’ Rights in Global Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Too often, however, those documents fail to prevent unacceptable working conditions. Partners in the effort include Ethical Training Initiatives in the United Kingdom and Norway , and the Netherlands-based Solidaridad. “We Just about every major manufacturer has a supplier code of conduct to ensure that workers are treated humanely.