All Corporate social responsibility articles – Page 18
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OpinionComment: Value and ethics can coexist in the fashion industry
Figures released in May 2012 by Euromonitor International showed that of the UK’s top five clothing companies, four were value brands.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Trust, talent and insight at Retail Week Live 2013
Retail Week Live addressed the issues facing retailers today and the opportunities of the future. Here are the key themes.
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AnalysisOracle Retail Week Awards: Marks & Spencer makes Shwopping splash
Marks & Spencer’s Shwopping initiative with Oxfam has been awarded the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative of the Year.
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AnalysisPay-later schemes: What retailers need to know
Furniture etailer Worldstores.com has partnered with payday loan company Wonga to offer customers a new online payment tool, PayLater, which allows them to spread the cost of a purchase over three months. Retail Week looks at the pros and cons of offering such payment options.
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OpinionComment: Is The Co-operative Food preparing for battle?
Retail analysts seem to spend most of their lives talking about Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Asda when it comes to the nation’s supermarkets but much less attention is given to The Co-operative Food. However, that may all be about to change.
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NewsIkea 'regrets' using forced labour
Ikea has admitted some of its suppliers used political prisoners as forced labour in East Germany under the Communist regime.
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NewsKingfisher boss Ian Cheshire calls for responsible retailing
Kingfisher group chief executive Ian Cheshire has called for large companies to do more to restore faith in business’ contribution to society.
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OpinionComment: Retailers should take global labour relations seriously
Retailers with international operations, or reliant on foreign contractors, are increasingly being targeted by pressure groups complaining of poor labour practices abroad.
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NewsM&S creates giant union flag from recycled clothes
Marks & Spencer took advantage of the surge of national pride following Team GB’s many Olympics successes to promote its shwopping initiative encouraging consumers to recycle old clothes.
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NewsMarks & Spencer launches 'world's most sustainable suit'
Marks & Spencer has revealed what it has termed the “world’s most sustainable suit” as part of the retailer’s Plan A ethical business strategy.
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NewsBolland: green agenda must be as evocative as the 'American Dream'
Marks & Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland has called for the creation of a new way to engage consumers with the sustainability agenda.
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NewsScottish government to bring in alcohol pricing bill
The Scottish government is preparing to introduce minimum pricing on alcohol in a bid to improve the nation’s health – a policy that some retailers believe is misguided.
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NewsTesco sets up emergency hubs in wake of Thai floods
Supermarket group Tesco has had to shut some of its stores in Thailand because of flooding affecting the country, and the retailer is helping with the relief effort.
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NewsM&Co builds wind turbines to power stores
Womenswear retailer M&Co plans to build wind turbines to power all 300 of its stores, making it the first high street chain to fully control its energy consumption.
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NewsCut bag use or face legislation, Cameron tells retailers
Prime Minister David Cameron has raised the prospect of introducing laws to force store groups to slash the number of plastic bags they distribute.
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NewsIkea Foundation donates $62m to East Africa relief effort
The Ikea Foundation has donated $62m (£38m) towards the relief effort in East Africa.
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NewsM&S launches second phase of sustainable cotton project
Marks & Spencer has launched the second phase of its Better Cotton project designed to help improve the lives of cotton farmers and their families.
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NewsConsumer law changes could damage retailers, warns BRC
Plans for a shake-up of consumer law risk adding complexity to the system for retailers and creating a less business-friendly environment, retailers have been warned.
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NewsTesco "disheartened and disturbed" at OFT's decision on price fixing
UPDATED: Tesco has strongly rebuffed the decision made by the Office of Fair Trading that it, along with other supermarkets, price fixed on dairy products.
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NewsEBay may be liable for counterfeit goods
EBay was struck a blow today as the European Court of Justice ruled that online marketplaces cannot shirk responsibility for counterfeit goods sold on their sites.