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So you want to listen to the workers in your supply chain? 3 questions to guide your responsible sourcing strategy.

Giving attention to the intent of listening to workers helps ensure that the organisation will take thoughtful action with this feedback.

How can appreciation help with building sustainable supply chains?

What tools do you already use for worker engagement? What policies do you already have in place to encourage responsible sourcing, and what interventions have worked in the past? Building on those strengths offers you a new strategic direction and more willing stakeholders to make it happen.

COVID-19 and its impact on the world’s most vulnerable workers

Nobody really knows the deeper implications for the world's most vulnerable workers. But isn’t it worth opening up channels for listening to them and doing so sooner rather than later?

From policing to partnership: the birth of a new paradigm

The relationship between supplier and buyers is shifting. What is the difference between a policing and a partnership model? And how can this shift be accelerated in the responses to COVID-19?

How can workers breathe new life into auditing?

We have long been whining about the shortcomings of auditing, but a widespread abandonment of the role of the auditor is not going to happen anytime soon. Why?

4 Conversations to Have With Your Vendors

These key business partners are more than just gate keepers that allow access to factories abroad, they also play a critical role in interpreting expectations, communicating priorities, and understanding challenges that factories in their base are experiencing.

Auditing, SustainabilityGreta MatosAugust 7, 2016supply chains, global supply chains, factories, vendors, suppliers