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The Real Cost of Cheap Goods: How to Manage Your Supply Chain Ethically

The Real Cost of Cheap Goods: How to Manage Your Supply Chain Ethically

Published 05-01-03

Submitted by Canadian Business for Social Responsibility

VANCOUVER, BC - Most people don’t know where their goods come from. What are the real costs of the items that end up in our homes and organizations? Issues such as forced labour, child labour and environmental damage often aren’t calculated into the prices consumers pay. Growing consumer awareness and action by NGO groups are making ethical supply chain management essential in today’s market.

Verité is an organization called in to work with the likes of New Balance and Timberland to implement best practices and conduct social audits in order to balance profitability with social responsibility. Heather White, Executive Director and founder of Verité, will speak about their work to ensure that people worldwide work under safe, fair, and legal conditions. She will tell us why addressing these issues is important for organizations in today’s market.

Bringing a Canadian perspective to this panel is Rob Moore, VP of Corporate Communications of the Hudson’s Bay Company and Denise Taschereau, Social and Environmental Responsibility Manager from Mountain Equipment Co-op. Rob will speak about HBC’s commitment to finding the most socially compliant and capable factories. Learn how MEC selects factories that work to be role models of responsible business and labour practices and why MEC believes that supporting good practices at a factory level is part of a broader human rights solution. Deb Abbey, President of Real Assets Investment Management, will moderate the session.

Date: Thursday, May 8, 2003

Time: Registration & lunch: 11:30 (a buffet lunch will be served) Presentation 12:00-1:30

Location: Hyatt Regency Vancouver, 655 Burrard Street

Tickets: $40+GST for CBSR members, $50+GST for non-members.

Advance registration required. No refunds after April 28th.

To reserve a ticket or for more information, contact 604 323-2714 or email info@cbsr.ca

This event is proudly sponsored by Coast Capital Savings

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Founded in 1995, CBSR is a business-led, non-profit corporate social responsibility (CSR) consultancy and peer-to-peer learning organization that provides its members with candid counsel and customized advisory services as they formulate powerful business decisions that contribute to a better world.

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