Children's Rights and Business Principles

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

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The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights represent a milestone in the business and human rights discussion. However, recognizing the need for... Read More

ISO 26000 - Social responsibility

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

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ISO 26000:2010 provides guidance rather than requirements, so it cannot be certified to unlike some other well-known ISO standards. Instead, it helps clarify what social... Read More

Forced Labour Convention, 1930

International Labour Organization (ILO)

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Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (Entry into force: 01 May 1932)

Building Code

International Code Council (ICC)

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The International Building Code (IBC) is the foundation of the complete Family of International Codes®. It is an essential tool to preserve public health and safety that... Read More

Fire Code

International Code Council (ICC)

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The International Fire Code, in this 2015 edition, is designed to meet these needs through model code regulations that safeguard the public health and safety in all... Read More

Social Fingerprint

Social Accountability International (SAI)

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Social Fingerprint® is a program of ratings, training, and toolkits designed to help companies understand and measure their social impact now, and then learn how to improve... Read More

Circular Economy Toolbox

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center (CCC) Sustainability Consortium (TSC) Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)

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This web-based toolbox to help the private sector incorporate circularity into their core principles and business practices. The toolbox assists companies at any stage of... Read More

Circular Economy Toolbox - Glossary

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center (CCC) Sustainability Consortium (TSC) Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)

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Glossary on Circular Economy terms.

Retail Sustainability Leadership Model

Center for Retail Compliance and Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)

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The Retail Sustainability Leadership Model is a tool for retail sustainability execu​​tives to identify the management practices that will drive improved corporate and... Read More

BS8001 Circular Economy Standard

British Standards Institute (BSI)

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In contrast to the ‘take, make, dispose’ model of the linear economy – the circular economy concept looks for materials to be repeatedly recovered and reused for as long as... Read More

BS 8001:2017 Circular Economy Standard - Framework

British Standards Institute (BSI)

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Framework for implementing the principles of the circular economy in organizations. 

Material World

Selfridges&Co

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What on Earth are you wearing? We invite you to unravel the stories behind your clothes and their effect on the world. Film by Sara Andreasson and Anna Ginsburg.

The Global Recycled Standard

Textile Exchange

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The Global Recycled Standard (GRS) is an international, voluntary, full product standard that sets requirements for third -party certification of Recycled Content, chain of... Read More

Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Audit Protocol

Road Map to Zero

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The ZDHC Audit Protocol provides brands with the capability to initiate and self-assess safe handling of chemicals with objectives at foundational, progressive and... Read More

Getting to Know Cotton

Zady

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Historian Sven Beckert has written of cotton that it “is as familiar as it is unknown.” [1] Indeed, cotton is all around us, and yet what do we really know about it? Let’s... Read More