Where Does It Come From? Clothes with a transparent supply chain     Artcile by Jo Salter, Founder and CEO of #ORBmember Where Does it Come From? Our project (October 2018): www.crowdfunder.co.uk/african-tunics Our website: www.wheredoesitcomefrom.co.uk Responsible and Transparent Clothing Where Does It Come From? is a clothing brand that tells the stories behind clothes – creating responsible and transparent supply chains so that we know exactly who is making our garments and how they are doing it. We ensure our clothing is made with respect to the workers and to the environment, with fair trade processes and eco-friendly production methods. All our clothes come with a code on the label so that our customers can explore their garment journey and get a deeper connection with the people and processes.  We hope this will inspire people to love their clothes more and build their own stories with them – which ...

Keep up with the digital age and lose the paper mentality around the office and you will soon see that a paperless office can help improve workplace efficiency. Organising a team to work paperless, or with as little paper as possible, can also have a positive impact on your carbon footprint. That said, if you were to replace your paper products with computers, you’ll still need to monitor your energy output. With overall environmental benefits, changing the way you work can also be cost-effective and improve efficiency. You’ll need to get your whole payroll onboard, including management, to stop bad habits and roll out paperless working across the business.   Enhanced organisation Working digitally can improve how you plan and organise your projects and day-to-day tasks. This is because you’re able to combine software and tools into your processes. Using mapping tools, RAID ...

6th February, London British Prime Minister, Theresa May, addressed dignitaries at The World Economic Forum at Davos in January stating, “companies simply cannot stand by while their platforms are used to facilitate child abuse, modern slavery or the spreading of terrorist and extremist content”. Speaking on wider issues of economic importance, the PM highlights corporate social responsibility amongst issues at the forefront for businesses worldwide. Care International and King's College London amongst others commended The Modern Slavery Act (2015), in structuring a framework for companies to evaluate risk within supply chains and tackle problems. However, NGO Anti-Slavery International recently said, “the act doesn’t legally guarantee the kind of support the victims receive. The result is that the care victims receive is inconsistent.” According to the proposer of The Modern Slavery (Victim Support) Bill — Lord McColl; the legislation attempts to bridge the gap ...

Associate #ORBMembers, Eventure Media Ltd, are running the following event in just a few days time, which if you are a cleantech company or offer sustainable solutions may prove very interesting for you: RUSHLIGHT SHOW - LONDON, 25 JANUARY 2018 The 9th Rushlight Show, kindly sponsored by Innovate UK, BEIS, Flanders Investment & Trade,  Carbon Limiting Technologies, Sage, Granted Consultancy, Venner Shipley and Smith & Williamson, is taking place on Thursday 25 January 2018 at the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London.  It is the leading event for cleantech companies and sustainable solutions to meet investors and financiers, corporate customers, government departments, advisers and intermediaries in the heart of London. The event highlights are: The Innovation Showcase of the Cleantech Conference, opened by Claire Perry, Minister of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, with 40 companies presenting their latest cleantech and ...

Slavery is a subject that one might be forgiven for thinking is just another horrible example of how badly humans can behave towards one another that has been resigned to the past, or at the very least is something that only goes on elsewhere in the world – certainly not in our so-called civilised and modern country. Well, unfortunately you'd be wrong. Only the other week there was a successful police prosecution of a particularly nasty slave gang who were using slaves in manicure and pedicure nail bars, causing nationwide headlines and radio features! So, this is a real issue, and one that we're happy to help bring to our members attention as part of our focus around ethics in the workplace and supply chain. To this end, ORB has signed up to be one of many media partners for the forthcoming Modern ...