Perspectives in Responsible Sourcing

Podcast with Michael Kobori (Levi Strauss & Co.) and Carrie George (CSCC)

The responsible sourcing world has been abuzz this past year with talk of increased collaboration among brands and their supply chain partners, NGOs, and other industry associations in the monitoring and remediation of “sweatshops”.  In the era of new media, CSCC has turned to podcasting to explore the issue of brand collaboration with Michael Kobori, Vice President of Supply Chain Social and Environmental Sustainability at Levi Strauss & Co., and Carrie George, Client Service Manager at CSCC.  The podcast is a frank and open dialogue on the benefits and challenges of increased collaboration in fighting exploitative labor conditions.

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Forced Laborers - Their plight and what can be done to help them

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Inspired by a Newsweek Magazine article on forced laborers in Malaysia, Rachelle Jackson, Director of Research and Development, and Paul Dinh, Research Associate, explore the conditions that many forced and migrant laborers face, and offer insight into the various initiatives happening globally to stop this exploitation.

CSCC's Inaugural Podcast

Podcasts are audio blog entries that you can download to your computer or portable media player.  Podcasting has become very popular among bloggers and news organizations and now CSCC is getting in the game, filling the void in the blogosphere for comprehensive audio commentary on responsible sourcing issues.

This first podcast features Rachelle Jackson, Director of Research and Development at CSCC, summarizing the highlights and biggest news items in the responsible sourcing world from 2007, and providing some insight into what to expect in 2008.  She discusses the GAP child labor scandal in India, the new labor law in China, as well as the high profile campaign against Uzbekistan cotton (she also briefly discusses a session on Uzbekistan cotton that is on the agenda of our upcoming conference: Download cscc_g3_conference_brochure_2608.pdf ).

We hope to one day be able to offer you a direct podcast download from iTunes, but in the meantime click the link below to download the podcast to your desktop and/or portable media player: Download cscc_podcast_1_2008feb07.wav.  We'd love to hear any feedback you may have about this podcast at comments@intlcompliance.com.