Sustainable global supply chains: from transparency to due diligence (original) (raw)

2019, Sustainable Trade, Investment and Finance

'responsibly managed' supply chain. There are very few of the SDGs that are not affected by business activity. Supply chain activity, in particular, has an equal opportunity to push the UN development agenda both forward and backward. Considering the most common complaints against poorly managed supply chains and the human rights abuses resulting therefrom, it seems clear that sustainable 7 The Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) uses the terms interchangeably, see Sune Skadegaard Thorsen, 'Are Current Approaches to Responsible Supply Chain Management Working?' (IHRB, 12 August 2010) https://www.ihrb.org/focusareas/commodities/commentary-current-approaches-responsible-supply-chain-management-working accessed 25 May 2018; Robert Strand, R Edward Freeman and Kai Hockerts, 'Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability in Scandinavia: An Overview' (2015) 127 Journal of Business Ethics 1, 2. Strand et al suggest that 'sustainability' is, in some instances, increasingly preferred over CSR while others note that the term's use is dependent on the field. See Kate Fitch, 'Public Relations and Responsible Citizenship: Communicating CSR and Sustainability' in Martin Brueckner, Rochelle Spencer and Megan Paull (eds), Disciplining the Undisciplined? CSR Sustainability, Ethics & Governance (Springer 2018) 112 et seq. 8 This is done for purposes of simplicity noting that the focus of this chapter is not to define the concept but to generate views as to how sustainability is achieved.

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