Category Archives: Sustainability

Recession speeds up TNT savings delivery

The impact of the financial crisis allowed the delivery company to identify savings opportunities by consolidating vendors and examining categories in great detail.

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Coca-Cola rewards suppliers for sustainability efforts

“We must look beyond minimising our impact and towards collaboration with our suppliers across our value chain,” said Stephen Moorhouse, vice president, supply chain at Coca-Cola Enterprises.

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Shell discovers more supplier code breaches, but terminates fewer deals

This year the oil and gas company plans to enhance due diligence checks to establish how well vendors comply with its supplier principles.

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SA unions urge Olympic kit deal to be scrapped

An alliance of trade unions is unhappy that a deal to manufacture the country’s kit for the Olympics has been awarded to a Chinese firm.

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SA unions urge Olympic kit deal to be scrapped

An alliance of trade unions is unhappy that a deal to manufacture the country’s kit for the Olympics has been awarded to a Chinese firm.

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Balfour Beatty boosts responsible buying with e-learning tool

The construction firm is introducing a course for staff to achieve sustainable procurement by 2015.

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Balfour Beatty boosts responsible buying with e-learning tool

The construction firm is introducing a course for staff to achieve sustainable procurement by 2015.

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P&G shares sustainability scorecard with rivals

The FMCG manufacturer is making its supplier rating system available to competitors to boost the environmental performance of supply chains.

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Heineken boosts supply chain sustainability monitoring

A new system will enable closer assessment of social and environmental performance of vendors in the supply chain.

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Heineken boosts supply chain sustainability monitoring

A new system will enable closer assessment of social and environmental performance of vendors in the supply chain.

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