Blogs about: Auret Van Heerden

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Have you met TED?

sarmond wrote 2 months ago: For anyone who’s not been introduced, TED is a website dedicated to ‘ideas worth sharing … more →

Tags: employee wellbeing, Natural Environment, sustainability, Useful Resources, TeD, TED Studies, TED-ED, Bill Gates, Bono

ETHICAL FASHION, PROJECTS & IDEAS: THE WORKSHOP “GOOD BUSINESS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE” BY ITC IN RIO DE JANEIRO

fashionbeyondfashion wrote 11 months ago: The technical advisor of Ethical Fashion Initiative Simone Cipriani and me during a Milanese afterno … more →

Tags: Accessoires, cross fashion, Events, Fashion Designers, Fashion Designer, Accessories, Carmina Campus, bags, ITC

Auret Van Heerden Tries to Fix Foxconn's Labor.

wesleytomaselli wrote 1 year ago: Auret Van Heerden, leader of The Fair Labor Association, took a penetrating look at three Foxconn fa … more →

Tags: China, Labor, Labor Rights, Foxconn

Apple Agrees to Labor Reforms After 'Serious' Foxconn Violations2 comments

Bahati wrote 1 year ago: Reblogged from Business & Money: After months of growing scrutiny over its labor practices, Appl … more →

Tags: reblogged, Technophile, Apple, Foxconn, Fair Labor Association, China, labor reform, fla, Consumer Electronics

No whitewash: The FLA finds dozens of Foxconn violations

Philip Elmer-DeWitt wrote 1 year ago: “Serious and pressing” problems of overtime, health and safety, low pay, worker rights A … more →

Tags: Apple 2.0, Apple, iPhone, Foxconn, chengdu, Fair Labor Association

TED talk on global supply chains

Administrator wrote 1 year ago: I’m aware that this TED talk is already two years old. But given Apple’s recent announce … more →

Tags: global supply chains, TeD, Supply Chains

Chinese workers flock to Foxconn for assembly jobs17 comments

MacDailyNews wrote 1 year ago: [cfsp key="google_adsense_300x250"]“On a smoggy day in a gritty industrial suburb of Shenzhen, … more →

Tags: News, iPad, iPhone, Foxconn, China, Apple Supplier Responsibility, Fair Labor Association, fla

Auditor finds 'tons of issues' at Foxconn plant

Bloomberg News wrote 1 year ago: By Peter Burrows The Fair Labor Association, a watchdog monitoring working conditions at makers of A … more →

Tags: FP Tech Desk, Apple Inc, China, Foxconn, Foxconn Technology Group

Discussing the challenges and benefits of ethical consumption

fairlaborassn wrote 1 year ago: Boston Review recently published its Citizen Consumer forum, featuring responses by labor experts, a … more →

Tags: Corporate social responsibility, Consumers, certified clothing, Ethical Consumption, Ethical Consumer, Citizen Consumer forum, Dara O'Rourke, Scott Nova Worker Rights Consortium

Multinationals to the rescue? Business and human rights1 comment

Marzena Czarnecka wrote 2 years ago: If you know who John G. Ruggie is (Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights and International Affair … more →

Tags: Cover, l'expert!, Heenan Blaikie LLP, Torys LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Edward Waitzer, Brian Burkett, John Terry, Talisman

How to Make Global Labor Fair

yesicare wrote 2 years ago: A TED talk by labor activist Auret van Heerden How to Make Global Labor Fair, posted with vodpod … more →

Tags: global issues, Labor, TeD, talk, Lecture, Global, Fairness, Fair Trade, ethics

Cambodia Garment Strike Spotlights on Labor Rights

tradetimes wrote 2 years ago: The wraith of global meltdown is still resonating in some form or the other in most outsourcing depe … more →

Tags: Trade News, Business, Asean News, Trade Deals, US Business News, News, malaysia news, Economics, Opinion


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