Over the last decade, the clothing sector has been at the forefront of efforts to raise the social and environmental standards of international trade. The challenge now facing the 'rag trade' is how these efforts can be transformed into a coordinated strategy for the sustainable development of the supply chain. Focusing on UK retailers, Sustaining the rag trade outlines the key market and sustainability challenges facing the sector, the corporate responses to them and their implications for developing country suppliers. From Tomorrow Magazine. Nick Robins .
Corporations can enhance environmental standards by greening their supply chain.
But they should tread carefully. Progress, Prospects and Pitfalls. This paper describes the challenge of sustainable development for the world trade system, explores the driving forces for change, draws out lessons from good practice and provides pointers for future action. Nick Robins and Sarah Roberts. This report, commissioned by the UN for the five year review of the Earth Summit in 1997, presents 10 case studies of producers in developing countries who had benefited from moves towards sustainable consumption in their export markets.