Ethical Fashion Digest November 2011

This is my second digest of interesting news, articles etc. within the last few weeks. Sorry that I don’t sum them up, but that would be too much. Read whatever sounds interesting.

By the way: Would you prefer to have this digest once a week, every second week or monthly? Thanks for your replies.

Newspapers & Journals

12/2011: The Atlantic: How Walmart Is Changing China. http://bit.ly/rZ8rZm

28.10. Ökotest: Kinderschlafanzüge Druckfehler: http://bit.ly/tQtf6m

05.11. Berliner Zeitung Magazin. Kambodscha. Die Geschichte einer Näherin: http://bit.ly/vHq0ds

13.11. The Guardian: Puma aiming to produce compostable trainers and T-shirts. German sportswear manufacturer working on designs for shoes and clothing that can be buried at the bottom of the garden: http://bit.ly/uHFjiQ

16.11. Handelsblatt: PPR-Luxus-Marken auf den Öko-Spuren von Puma: http://bit.ly/uHBtNh

16.11. Economic Times (India): GAP, Walmart, C&A, H&M warn their Indian suppliers against textile mills that involve child & bonded-labour: http://bit.ly/s2RqjZ

19.11. The Hindu: Opinion » Columns » Harsh Mander  Barefoot – An unfinished agenda – on child labour in India: http://bit.ly/uiGaLR

23.11. Manager Magazin: Nachhaltigkeit bei Adidas. “Schwachstellen gibt es immer”. Interview with H. Henke: http://bit.ly/vE4JUp

24.11. The Guardian: Howlers and omissions exposed in world of corporate social responsibility. Study points to slapdash fact- and figure-checking in companies http://bit.ly/ss3WJT

Blogs

1.11. Guardian Green Living Blog: Has campaigning for an ethical fashion industry had any impact? Progress might be slow, and a sweat-free high street is still a long way off, but it’s not all doom and gloom: http://bit.ly/vmXO6O

7.11. Textile Exchange Blog: If you want to address Climate Change make your cotton Organic: http://bit.ly/tNuNzw

11.11.: Peter Williams on ETI Blog: Certification is a blunt tool for implementing workers’ rights.: http://bit.ly/rJAXB2

23.11. Frau Jona&son Blog: Charle Vögele in Schwierigkeiten- Es ist Zeit für die Revolution! http://bit.ly/s4MvIT

Studies, reports

16.11. GfK Studie: GfK Global Green Index – Wie grün ist der Verbraucher wirklich? http://bit.ly/tf4lEC

09.11. SustainAbililty: Signed, Sealed … Delivered? Behind Certification and Beyond Labels. http://bit.ly/uobkEm

Call for Papers

Call for Papers: Corporate Social Responsibility and Irresponsibility. Corporate Social Responsibility and Irresponsibility. Call for Papers for Journal of Business Research  (JBR) special issue. Deadline: January 15, 2012. http://bit.ly/uHV4Go

Conferences

Dezember 2011: »CSR – Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung im internationalen Dialog«. 15.&16.12. Berlin. http://bit.ly/rqKBgq

June 2012: 2012 EBEN Research Conference. Welcome to the website for the 2012 EBEN research conference. ‘Accountability, transparency, sustainability’. Thursday 7th to Saturday 9th June, 2012. Newcastle University Business School, England http://bit.ly/uYwdDQ

July 2012: Call for Conference Papers: The Changing Role of Business in Global Society. European Group of Organization Studies. EGOS Colloquium, Helsinki, Finland, July 5–7, 2012 http://bit.ly/uSHFWW

Oktober 2012: 5th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility. October 4-6, 2012. Berlin. http://www.csr-hu-berlin.org/5th-csr-conference/ (no CfP yet)

Books

Burckhardt, Gisela (Ed.): Mythos CSR – Unternehmensverantwortung und Regulierungslücken. http://www.sauberekleidung.de/

Magnus Boström; Mikael Klintman (2011): Eco-Standards, Product Labelling and Green Consumerism . Palgrave Macmillan , 09/2011. 272 Seiten. http://bit.ly/sLs6aO

Busch, Lawrence (2011). Standards. Recipes for reality. MIT Press, Cambridge. 390 Seiten.