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If fashion brands to build back better they’ll have to #PayUp billions in unpaid wages
By CK Staff
Fashion brands were pressured to #payup billions to overseas workers left in pandemic lurch, but wages still in free fall

	2020 Education and Youth Issue If fashion brands to build back better they’ll have to #PayUp billions in unpaid wages Fashion brands were pressured to #payup billions to overseas workers left in pandemic lurch, but wages still in free fall By CK Staff

	Supply Chain Roundtable: Paying steel and cement to go green could generate huge carbon savings Smaller manufacturers could boost recycling and lower GHGs if government delivers recycled content requirements By Shawn McCarthy

	Planning for a green recovery Building Back Better by greening industry Green recovery policies should accelerate the circular economy, electrify light industry and decarbonize heavy industry By Ralph Torrie and Toby Heaps

	2020 Global 100 Issue The EV revolution will take batteries, but are they ethical? How automakers can clean up the dirty minerals that power them in the global race to electrify cars By Adria Vasil

	Supply Chain Companies get failing score on human rights Costco, Lindt, Loblaw and Couche-Tard all earn poor scores in human rights benchmark of 200 brands By CK Staff

	Supply Chain Is ‘sustainable beef’ a load of bull? COMMENT: Harvey's, McDonald's and others are serving more certified sustainable beef but standards rife with loopholes By Wayne Roberts

	Supply Chain Fashion industry fighting waste with circular economy trend Apparel leaders push to trim fashion's outsized carbon and waste footprint with rentals, ocean plastics and jean redesigns By Jordan MacInnis

	Supply Chain Beef, banks and the global context behind Brazil’s deforestation President Bolsonaro not the only one fuelling Brazil's fires – multinationals, consumers, banks and investors all have role

	Supply Chain The ins and outs of greening one bank’s supply chain How Michelle Albanese vets 22,000 vendors vying to service Canada's second largest bank By Sheima Benembarek

	Supply Chain Warning: garment may contain slave labour My ethical fashion label experiment was designed to examine consumer behaviour–but is it right to put the onus on consumers? By Miriam Amdur

	2019 Best 50 Issue Papua New Guinea on the chopping block Although Papua New Guinea seems a world away and lost in time, the West is implicated in the destruction of its forests By Roberta Staley

	2019 Best 50 Issue Trees and the laws of supply and demand Illegal import bans and ecotourism protect tropical forests By Roberta Staley

	Supply Chain What’s in a label? Separating credible eco-labels from “greenwash” For companies looking to bolster their green credentials, choosing the right eco-label is far from straightforward By Hamish van der Ven

	Supply Chain Women in leadership: Frances Edmonds on the end of the ‘take, make and dispose’ economy How one 'eco babe' helped HP close the waste loop years before other companies were thinking about it By Sheima Benembarek

	Supply Chain Why not even one company is on track to meet 2020 deforestation pledges Hundreds of companies vowed to axe deforestation from their supply chains, but a new report says they're failing forests By Adria Vasil

	Supply Chain On the menu: plant and lab-grown meat The food industry is taking notice of the growing market movement towards alternatives to conventional meat By Adria Vasil

	Supply Chain Preservation nation A new book delves into the murky world of processed foods By Jeremy Runnalls

	Supply Chain Your right to repair Electronic waste is piling up, but advocates have a plan to fight back By Takara Small

	Supply Chain Car trouble Why EPA’s U-turn on auto efficiency rules gives China the upper hand By Greg Dotson

	Supply Chain Closing the carbon loophole Governments aim to stop offshoring emissions By Erica Gies

	Supply Chain Trash talk A recent move by China to tighten recycling requirements has thrown municipal recycling schemes across Canada into turmoil. By Adria Vasil

	Supply Chain Better corporate governance can end slavery in supply chains As governments pass new regulations to protect workers, corporate leaders are creating innovative solutions of their own. By Joanna Radeke and Tammi L. Coles

	Supply Chain From bait to plate How blockchain is strengthening tuna traceability to combat illegal fishing By Candice Visser and Quentin Hanich

	Supply Chain Capital markets and fishing Tracking the ecological risks for investors in publicly traded companies throughout the fisheries sector.

	Supply Chain Nude food Zero-waste grocery stores are beginning to appear across Canada, with the aim of curtailing the scourge of food packaging. By Adria Vasil