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- Category: Blogs
- SUPPLIERS: three reasons to complete the Better Buying Partnership IndexTM
- Guest Blog: Better Buying’s newest Board Member, Shahi Exports’ Anaht Ahuja, on why sustainability is inextricably linked to purchasing practices
- The Path to Responsible Purchasing: brands and retailers are too different for a ‘one size fits all’ approach to developing standards
- Guest Blog: Michael Levine, Chief Sustainability Officer for Under Armour, Inc., on why building strong supplier relationships is mission critical
- Copenhagen: shaping fashion’s “new era”
- Guest Blog: The need for robust FIRST MILE thinking
- Living Wages: Time for an Annual Health Check?
- Guest Blog: The Better Buying Partnership IndexTM shows that too often, communication between brands is more about dictation than a conversation, says Bulent Alkanli
- Apparel brands often talk about the “great” partnerships they have with their suppliers. But what really makes a “True Partner?”
- Better Buying Institute launches “best in class” purchasing practices e-learning course for brands and retailers
- The S Factor: Why investors should be using Better BuyingTM data to better understand human rights risks in supply chains
- Learning to Say No
- The Impact of Purchasing Practices on Workers’ Human Rights
- A goodbye message from Leonie Barrie-Abraham as she departs Just Style for Better Buying Institute
- Category: Case studies
- Category: News
- The STTI Survey of Commercial Compliance is Open for Ratings
- We’re Hiring! Could you be our new Research Analyst?
- Shahi Exports’ Anant Ahuja joins Better Buying Institute Board
- Join Better Buying’s Talent Pool
- The BBPPI 2022 Garment Scorecard is Out Today!
- We are Hiring! Could you be our next Senior Manager of Research?
- Beyond Tier-1 – New Opportunities for Better BuyingTM Surveys
- Copenhagen Fashion Summit: STTI calls for responsible purchasing practices and global standardization on due diligence
- VIDEO: What is Better BuyingTM?
- BBPPI 2022 Ratings Cycle Open for Ratings April 1st-May 31st
- STTI’s First In-Person Meeting Brings Commercial Compliance One Step Closer
- Brands and Retailers Urged to Halt Buyer-Specific Audits after Research Finds Audit Harmonization Saving Suppliers Thousands of Dollars a Year
- Brands and Retailers Must Partner with Suppliers on Innovation to Drive Business Efficiency
- We’re Hiring! We’re Looking for Local Ambassadors, and a Research Intern, to Support with the 2022 Ratings Cycle.
- Better Buying Institute Continues Expansion into Consumer Goods Sector with Focus on Homegoods
- Better BuyingTM Repeat Subscribers Continue to Improve Purchasing Practices Despite Unprecedented Challenge of COVID-19
- SanMar Corporation Becomes First Better BuyingTM Subscriber to Make its Scorecard Publicly Available
- The Five Principles of Responsible PurchasingTM: Better BuyingTM Launches High-Level Principles for Brands and Retailers
- Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative publishes White Paper on Commercial Compliance
- Audit harmonization can reduce supplier costs by thousands, and drive investment in social and labor conditions
- Deep Dive: Monthly Order Variability
- Suppliers reveal simple, low-cost changes buyer companies can make to boost sustainability performance
- Dr Marsha Dickson guests on Manufactured Podcast series
- Assessing Purchasing Practices Impacts on Suppliers and Workers
- Deep Dive Report on “Better” Design, Development
- Better Buying Releases New Report Calling for Minimally Acceptable Payment Standards
- 2020 Better Buying Index ReportTM Released
- Better BuyingTM Spotlight on Hardgoods
- Better Buying Releases New Report: Cost and Cost Negotiation and the Need for New Practices
- Joint Call to Action: Responding Responsibly to the COVID-19 Crisis
- Webinar: Keeping Workers Centerstage
- Guidelines for “Better” Purchasing Practices Amidst the Coronavirus Crisis and Recovery
- Better Buying Introduces New Program to Support Improved Purchasing Practices
- 2019 Better BuyingTM Index Report Released
- Second-Ever Better BuyingTM Index Report Released
- Better BuyingTM a Focus at 2018 Hong Kong Fashion Summit
- Better BuyingTMAnnounces Ambassadors to Support Supplier Ratings of Critical Purchasing Practices
- New Platform Seeks To Improve the Relationship Between Buyers and Suppliers
- Just Style Interview with Dr. Marsha Dickson: Can Supplier Ratings Reform Apparel Purchasing Practices?
- White Paper Prepared for Better Buying’s Geneva Workshop
- New Better BuyingTM Initiative Aims to Eliminate the Barriers to Code of Conduct Compliance Caused by Purchasing Practices
- Category: Video
- VIDEO: How to read your BBPPI Company Report
- VIDEO: Suppliers on the benefits of rating their customers’ purchasing practices
- VIDEO: Tutorial for suppliers and manufacturers – how to submit a rating to Better BuyingTM
- VIDEO: SanMar Corp: how subscribing with Better BuyingTM helps us be a great partner to our vendor base
