Manufacturing
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Impacts of Corporate Code of Conduct on Labor Standards: A Case Study of Reebok's Athletic Footwear Supplier Factory in China (Xiaomin Yu, 2008)
This study examines the social impact of labour-related corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies or corporate codes of conduct on upholding labour standards through a case study of CSR discourse and codes implementation by Reebok, a leading branded company making athletic footwear in a...
Love and Hope Limited
Love and Hope is a privately owned company based in the UK. The company aims to to help poor workers in clothing production in developing countries to earn a fair and reasonable wage, and to improve their factory working conditions. At the same time, the company aims to educate customers in...
Angaza Design
Angaza Design Angaza Design is a company that aims to improve the quality of life in East Africa by making clean and affordable electricity accessible to all. Angaza's solar-powered household lighting and charging system can run clean, bright LED lights, charge cell phones, and run radios. The...
Re:Motion Designs
Re:Motion Designs is a company that designs high-performance, low-cost prosthetic components for developing world amputees. Its initial product, the JaipurKnee, is a polymer-based polycentric knee joint that can be manufactured for a cost less than USD 20, and has been featured by Time Magazine,...
Newman's Own
Newman’s Own is a food company and for-profit corporation founded by actor Paul Newman and author A. E. Hotchner in 1982. All profits after taxes are donated to Newman’s Own Foundation, which supports a broad spectrum of educational and charitable organisations. Newman’s Own Foundation also...
Gemkit Enterprises Limited
Gemkit Enterprises Ltd was established in 1996 as a gemstone mining and exporting company. It has now moved into jewellery manufacturing in order to retain value in Kenya to benefit small scale miners and promote Kenyan designers. Gemkit Enterprises is involved in sapphire mining in the Dusi...
Revolution Foods
Revolution Foods is an American company that provides meals and nutrition education to schools and programmes across the country serving schools in Northern and Southern California, Colorado, and the Washington DC Metropolitan area. The company has established strategic partnerships with healthy...
Slow Food
Slow Food is an international member organisation with more than 100,000 members in 132 countries worldwide. The Slow Food movement is based on the belief that the food we eat should be good, clean and fair, and that it should be produced without damage to the environment, animal welfare or our...
Tata launches low-cost water filter
India's giant Tata Group on Monday unveiled a new low-cost water purifier, hoping to do for health what it did for motoring and provide affordable, safe drinking water for millions and cut disease.