EcoVadis points to research showing that companies that have signed up to the initiative’s 10 principles perform significantly better on driving responsibility in their supply chains!More
Category Archives: Ansvarlig leverandørstyring
10 Sustainable Building Certifications on the Danish market analyzed (report by SBi and GXN/3XN Architects, August 2018)
Extracts from the report foreword:
“With this book – Guide to Sustainable Building Certifications – we hope to increase knowledge levels and transparency in the construction industry by providing an accessible and comparative overview of the most important building certifications………More
OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct (guide published by OECD in May 2018)
The objective of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct (Guidance) is to provide practical support to enterprises on the implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises by providing plain language explanations of its due diligence recommendations and associated provisions.More
MKI-udtalelse om Forsvarsministeriets due diligence under indkøb af skibet Lauge Koch (6. september 2018)
MKI har af egen drift foretaget en undersøgelse af Forsvarsministeriets processer for due diligence i forbindelse med indkøbet af inspektionsskibet Lauge Koch med henblik på at vurdere, om Forsvarsministeriets processer for due diligence er i overensstemmelse med OECD’s retningslinjer for multinationale virksomheder.More
Landmark Study on CSR Clauses in Buyer-Supplier Contracts Reveals Insights on Adoption of Sustainable Practices (by Ecovadis, June 2018)
Key findings in this survey conducted by Ecovadis include:
- Some 41 percent of suppliers who responded to the survey declared that having CSR requirements in their contracts raised awareness of environmental, social and governance issuesMore
Maersk and IBM to cooperate on blockchain for better supply chain visibility (January 2018)
The aim of the new company will be to offer a jointly developed global trade digitization platform built on open standards and designed for use by the entire global shipping ecosystem. It will address the need to provide more transparency and simplicity in the movement of goods across borders and trading zones.More
Unilever teams with big banks on blockchain for responsible supply chain management (GreenBiz, December 2017)
Over the summer 2017, more than a dozen food companies and retailers — including Walmart, Nestle and Tyson Foods, and motivated by tech giant IBM — formed a consortium dedicated to using blockchain technology to gather better information on the origin and state of food.More
Denmark considers blockchain a new weapon in the fight for human rights (report from Sustainia and Udenrigsministeriet, December 2017)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark has highlighted the potential for cryptocurrency to be used to transfer aid in a way less susceptible to corruption.
Denmark has highlighted the potential application for blockchain technology to be used in humanitarian aid, and is considering becoming the first donor country to move funds using cryptocurrencies.
From ‘why’ to ‘why not’: Sustainable investing as the new normal (McKinsey, October 2017)
More institutional investors recognize environmental, social, and governance factors as drivers of value. The key to investing effectively is to integrate these factors across the investment process.More
Cotton Ranking Report 2017 from WWF (October 2017)
Leading brands improve performance on sustainable cotton but many still fall short