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GUEST BLOG: Improving Purchasing Practices in the Global Seafood Industry: It’s Time, Garrett Okrasinski

The time has come for the seafood industry to commit to examining and improving purchasing practices, and to better understand the impacts of purchasing on workers and suppliers, writes Garrett Okrasinski.  Negative environmental impacts and human rights abuses in the seafood industry have occurred in part due to high demand for seafood, price pressure, and […]

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ARTICLE: Getting Started on the Path to Responsible Purchasing Practices: Time to ditch the buzzwords for clear and measurable action, Dr. Marsha Dickson

I noticed the word “partnership” being used recently in the context of responsible purchasing practices.  This time it was paired with the idea of “equitable relationships” between buyers and suppliers. But neither term was well-defined, so a substantive opportunity to guide better buying behavior on the part of brands and retailers was lost.  Will “equitable […]

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EVENT: Dr. Marsha Dickson to Speak at Innovation Forum’s Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference 2024

Better Buying’s President and Co-Founder Dr. Marsha Dickson has been announced as a key speaker at the Innovation Forum’s Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference on April 23-24, 2024. Dr. Dickson will be addressing how purchasing practices must evolve to to improve social standards, and deliver resilient apparel supply chains. The two-day business conference is returning […]

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Check Out Our New Interactive Business Benefits Page!

BUSINESS BENEFITS Would your business benefit from: Improved pricing? Reduced costs? Fewer delays? Better on time delivery? Reduced human rights and reputational risks? Better quality products? Better environmental outcomes? Better progress and impact demonstration? Better regulatory compliance? Visit our new Business Benefits page and find out how subscribing with Better BuyingTM can help you to achieve […]

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Better Buying Institute Publishes First Industry Score for Commercial Compliance

Better Buying Commercial Compliance TrackerTM provides benchmark for future scores, and is published as part of BBI’s participation in Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative Research from Better Buying Institute published today finds that measures of commercial compliance on the part of global brands and retailers are significantly and positively correlated. The first annual Better Buying […]

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Introducing Katie Hess, Better Buying’s new Head of Product

Katie’s background is in product management and strategic leadership. Prior to joining Better Buying Institute, she worked with a number of tech startups, shaping innovative products and driving growth strategies.  “My passion lies in leveraging technology to create meaningful impact,” explains Katie. “ I was drawn to Better BuyingTM because of the organization’s resolute commitment […]

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Putting the Brakes on Purchasing Practices Survey Fatigue: An article from Dr. Marsha Dickson

Buyer surveys on purchasing practices do not produce credible data, and waste money and resources that brands and retailers could be spending elsewhere in the business. So let’s put the brakes on, before this train gets out of control. Read the latest article from our President and Co-Founder, Dr. Marsha Dickson. Steve Lamar’s blog on […]

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Putting Audit Fatigue in the Past. A guest blog from Stephen E Lamar, AAFA President and CEO

Let’s tackle audit fatigue.  You are probably tired of hearing about this ever-present topic. But imagine how tired your partners are when they experience it. Audit fatigue is the term that’s been widely used for decades to describe the burden that supply chain partners feel when their operations undergo multiple social responsibility audits. To be fair, repeated audits […]

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VIDEO TOOLKIT: How Better Buying’s tools and resources support companies to meet human rights due diligence reporting requirements

Better BuyingTM has produced a short video-toolkit for companies, demonstrating how our tools and resources can support brands and retailers to carry out due diligence in their supply chains, and comply with some of the mandatory human rights due diligence requirements coming onstream as part of existing and forthcoming legislation. Our fully integrated set of […]

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Copenhagen 2023: A Roadmap for Ambition to Action on purchasing practices – an article from Dr. Marsha Dickson

Dr. Marsha Dickson, President and Co-Founder, Better Buying Institute Another Global Fashion Summit will soon be held in Copenhagen, with fashion brands and retailers from all over the globe pledging their allegiance to sustainability.  This year’s theme is Ambition to Action, an important topic if the industry is to recover from a year where many […]