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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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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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Non-apparel companies urged to “take the lead” on human rights due diligence by subscribing to the Better Buying Partnership IndexTM

The Better Buying Institute (BBI) is inviting non-apparel companies to subscribe to its Better Buying Partnership IndexTM (BBPI) to take the lead in relation to mandatory human rights due diligence reporting requirements.  In particular, subscribers will be able to conform with the requirements of Germany’s new Corporate Due Diligence in Supply Chains Act, and forthcoming EU […]

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The 2023 Ratings Cycle is Open for Supplier Ratings!

REGISTER TO RATE HERE The 2023 Better Buying Purchasing Practices Index TM (BBPPI) ratings cycle is open for supplier ratings until May 31st. You can submit your rating via the registration link above. It’s quick, easy, and 100% anonymous. WHY SHOULD YOU RATE YOUR BRAND AND RETAILER CUSTOMERS’ PURCHASING PRACTICES? Our subscriber brands and retailers […]

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Assessing Purchasing Practices: an overview of approaches and tools

This kind of mapping and analysis work can be useful for offering more guidance and clarity to companies looking to improve their purchasing practices. But this report does a disservice to the industry by not highlighting the full array of tools and services available. Such omissions can be misleading for companies who review this report […]

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Better Buying Partnership Index TM 2023: Buyer-supplier partnership quality up by just one point on last year 

Buyers urged to focus on communication with suppliers amid decline in business stability  READ FULL REPORT READ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The quality of buyer-supplier partnerships in global supply chains has only slightly improved since last year, indicating that suppliers are still feeling the impact of disruption more than two years on from the onset of the […]

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Better Buying Institute at Innovation Forum’s Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference in Amsterdam

Better Buying Institute is proud to join Innovation Forum’s Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference in Amsterdam (April 25-26). This two-day business conference will address how brands must align and adapt practices to deliver on growing stakeholder expectations. We’ll equip delegates with the best-practice and guidance to develop net-zero strategies, transform supply chains, engage consumers, scale […]

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Special Report: Purchasing Practices and Factory-Level Noncompliances: How the available research can inform supply chain due diligence

Better Buying Institute has published a Special Report looking at the available research that documents the connection between purchasing practices and noncompliance, and finds that buyer purchasing practices have the most known impacts on noncompliances related to working time, workers’ contracts, and workers’ compensation. The findings can inform global brands and retailers’ supply chain due […]