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Principles, practice, and the private sector’s role in malnutrition: time to review red lines?

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SC Sarah CUMMINGS
posted on Private sector in agricultural innovation and development

This short article, written by Stuart Gillespie and Nick Nisbett on the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) website and published on 29 May 2019, proposes a new, traffic-light type of rating of...

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Do you know where your clothes come from? UNECE joined the EU and ITC to discuss transparency and traceability solutions at European Development Days

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FO Former capacity4dev member
posted on Platform on Responsible Management of the Supply Chain in the Garment Sector

The ready-made garment industry continues to accelerate its pace. Its growth is estimated at a 2% annual rate, according to the Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), while clothing utilisation has decreased by 36% in the last 15 years...

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Conference on Traceability for Sustainable Value Chains: Enhancing Transparency in the Textile and Leather Sector

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On 24 th April, it is going to be five years since the Rana Plaza’s tragic collapse of a garment factory, where 1,100 lives were lost and many more injured. Significant progress has been made, but more remains to be done to better...

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UN/CEFACT - UNECE

Palais des Nations, Portail Pregny, Palais des Nations, 1202 Genève, Switzerland
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GLOBAL VALUE at the European Development Days 2017

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Already for the second time GLOBAL VALUE will be part of Europe's leading forum on development, the European Development Days, to share ideas on how the private sector can contribute to solving the world's most pressing...

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Vienna University of Economics and Business

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High-level Conference on Responsible Management of the Supply Chain in the Garment Sector

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On Monday the 25 th April the Commission will host the first High-level Conference on responsible supply chain management in the garment sector, one day after the third anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh...

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DG DEVCO

Charlemgne Building, Rue de la Loi 170, Charlemgne Building, Brussels, Belgium
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Sustainability in global value chains: Closing the gap between ambition and action

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FO Former capacity4dev member
posted on Platform on Responsible Management of the Supply Chain in the Garment Sector

Note: the publication below is for informational purposes only. From: http://ecdpm.org/great-insights/sustainable-value-chains/sustainability… How to close the gap...

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Building trade unions in Bangladesh will help prevent another Rana Plaza - The Guardian

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FO Former capacity4dev member
posted on Platform on Responsible Management of the Supply Chain in the Garment Sector

Note: the publication below is for informational purposes only. From The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/sustainable-fashion-blo… It is now just over a...

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UNIDO publishes guidebook on private standards for exporters in developing countries

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FO Former capacity4dev member
posted on UNIDO Brussels - United Nations Industrial Development Organization

VIENNA, 25 October 2010 – The United Nations agency tasked with promoting industrial development has today launched a new guidebook on private standards for exporters in developing countries working in the garments, footwear and...

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