Essays about: "supply chain due diligence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words supply chain due diligence.

1. 1. Bringing human rights due diligence into law: Addressing modern slavery or business as usual? : A postcolonial assessment of the UK Modern Slavery Act’s compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Isabelle Kämpe; [2023]
   Keywords : UK Modern Slavery Act; MSA; UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; UNGP; modern slavery; human rights due diligence; HRDD; supply chain; transparency; postcolonialism; neo-colonialism; dependency theory;

   Abstract : Operating through complex supply chains and multiple jurisdictions, today’s business enterprises can outsource manufacturing to different parts of the world where they can take advantage of low labour- and production costs. In the global quest for businesses to maximise their profits, deteriorating working conditions for offshore labour workers are increasing the risks of human rights abuses. READ MORE

3. 2. Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence : the Swedish Quick Service Restaurant Sector

   University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

   Author : Jonathan Gray Elliott; [2023]
   Keywords : Burger King; CSDDD Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; Environment; EU; Fast food; Max Hamburger; McDonald’s; Power; Quick Service Restaurant; Restaurant; Sustainability; Sweden; Wholesale;

   Abstract : This thesis project looked at the preparedness of the Quick Service Restaurant Sector (QSRS) in Sweden for the introduction of a new EU law in 2024, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Food systems play a major role in the climate crisis, contributing up to one third of all greenhouse gas emissions, with the QSRS playing a significant role in this across the globe. READ MORE

4. 3. Mandating transparency on deforestation and ecosystem conversion

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Moritz Driescher; [2023]
   Keywords : sustainability reporting; mandatory disclosure; deforestation; ecosystem conversion; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The production of eggs, meat, and dairy products in the EU indirectly contributes to deforestation and ecosystem conversion (DEC) in Latin America due to extensive imports of soy for animal feed. This thesis explores under which preconditions the mandatory European Sustainability Reporting Standards for the agriculture and farming sector can increase transparency in the opaque soy supply chains and incentivize reductions of imported DEC. READ MORE

5. 4. From pastures to plates: The thorny path to achieving deforestation-free cattle from Brazil to European consumers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Matias Vaccarezza Sevilla; Gino Pedreira Lucchese; [2023]
   Keywords : EU Regulation; Deforestation-Free Commodities; Cattle Supply Chain; Sustainability Science; Foreign Accountability; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Para combater o desmatamento global, a UE promulgou um novo regulamento sobre produtos livres de desmatamento em 2023. O regulamento tem como objetivo eliminar o desmatamento ligado à produção de commodities específicas, exigindo rastreabilidade completa e diligência das empresas importadoras da UE. READ MORE

6. 5. Can batteries really be “green”? : A study of value chain due diligence obligations in response to social and environmental problems associated with production

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Elvira Sten; [2023]
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   Abstract : This thesis work is a review of the newly adopted Batteries Regulation that introduces comprehensive measures to create a more sustainable value chain for batteries. The EU is particularly keen to legislate on this area because of the strategic value batteries hold in enabling a transition to clean energy. READ MORE