Religious Groups Urge Brands To Address Bangladesh Plant Safety
Sunday, May 19, 2013
New York — Investors including Trillium Asset Management, U.S. pension funds and religious groups are putting additional pressure on retailers with suppliers in Bangladesh to disclose and improve safety in factories. One group has written to retailers asking them to commit to an international safety agreement that’s supported by labor monitoring groups and signed by 37 brands. In a separate letter, investors including public pension funds are urging companies to …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
The advice Sir Michael Barber offers about public management is not warm and fuzzy. If a narrow monopoly interferes with service delivery, break it. If cronyism supplants merit hiring, bust it up. If a school or hospital or train line runs behind, offer the support needed to improve — then track the performance relentlessly and ride whoever is responsible until it does. It’s …