Burberry will be toxic free by 2020
In response to increasing pressure and scrutiny from consumers and Greenpeace protests alike, Burberry, the luxury clothing brand, has pledged to eradicate all harmful chemical use by January 1st 2020 in its supply chain. Of particular significance will be Burberry’s announcement that it will discontinue all use of per- and poly-fluorinated chemicals (PFCs) by July 2016. PFCs, used by many clothing manufacturers due to the water resistant nature, are hazardous to humans and wildlife; they are bioaccumulative, meaning they are absorbed by organisms faster than the rate at which they can be lost.
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Aston Martin wants expansion in the UK
In hopes of safeguarding against supply chain disruption, Aston Martin wishes to grow its supply chain in the UK by 10% to provide greater supply chain flexibility and sustainability.
With components becoming increasingly complex, David Wyer, senior purchasing manager at Aston Martin, notes that the ability to have a selection of suppliers with strongly established relations is key to remaining competitive and mitigating risk. This is particularly important when production numbers are comparatively low; Aston Martin is a luxury car maker and produced 4,200 cars in 2013.
Such a development is further evidence of the ever resurgent UK automotive industry.
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Cocoa manufacturer and supplier accused of child slavery.
Nestle, Cargill, and Archer Daniels Midland will be charged in a civil child slavery case by three men from Mali. The case will be held in California, and sees the aforementioned companies charged with luring the three men, when they were then children, to cross the border from Mali to Africa’s Ivory Coast during the 1990s. While in the Ivory Coast, they were then set to work without payment on cocoa farms which supply Nestle, Cargill, and Archer Daniels Midland.
All the companies involved refute any knowledge and involvement with the allegations.
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