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☆ Shein reveals child labor cases at its suppliers
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Fast fashion retailer Shein found two cases of child labor at its suppliers last year, it said in its 2023 sustainability report, as it stepped up audits of manufacturers in China to assuage criticisms of its low-cost business model ahead of a planned flotation. Shein tightened its supplier policy last October after the child labor cases were found, so that any severe breaches — called “Immediate Termination Violations” — would result in ending the relationship with the supplier immediately. Previously, suppliers such as those that employed minors had 30 days to resolve the issue, failing which Shein would cut ties. That violation was found in 1.8% of supplier audits in 2021, 0.3% of audits in 2022, and 0.1% in 2023. “We remain vigilant in guarding against such violations going forward, and in line with current policies, will terminate any noncompliant suppliers,” Shein said in the report.

Persons: Shein, Annabella Ng, “, ” Shein, Sky Xu, Jiajia Zou, General Atlantic Cornelia Gomez, Josh Raffaelli, Ng, ” Organizations: SGS, Tuv, General Atlantic, Brookfield Growth Locations: China, Shein, Singapore, Openview, Tuv Rheinland, QIMA, London, China’s Guangdong, Turkey, Brazil

[1/6] A used KIA EV6 electric car is seen for sale outside the showroom of a used car dealer in Manchester, Britain, October 19, 2023. But that is changing as companies rush to scale up EV battery tests - some of which take just minutes. "If the second-hand car market doesn't work properly, the new car market doesn't work properly and the electric transition won't happen," said Alex Johns, business development manager at Altelium, which says it has received interest from other markets including China. The race to properly value used EVs is becoming urgent because of a looming influx of vehicles. "People just want less risk," when buying a used EV, said Battery Quick Check managing director Katharina Alamo Alonso.

Persons: Phil Noble, EVs, Alex Johns, Marcus Berger, Berger, Tesla, Stephanie Valdez Streaty, Eldar Vagabov, Michael Willvonseder, Willvonseder, Scott Case, Case, Katharina Alamo Alonso, Nick Carey, Paul Lienert, Ben Klayman, Deepa Babington Organizations: REUTERS, EV, Volkswagen, Deutsche, Mobility, Cox Automotive, Wiener, Owners, TUV Rheinland, Thomson Locations: Manchester, Britain, DETROIT, U.S, Altelium, China, Austrian, Germany, Atlanta, Manheim, Europe, Wiener Neustadt, Vienna, Seattle

☆ Carbon accounting startup Plan A just raised $27 million in a round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with this 11-slide pitch deck
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Carbon accounting startup Plan A has just secured $27 million in a round led by Californian tech investor Lightspeed Venture Partners. Berlin-based Plan A, founded in 2017, is one of many startups helping big companies measure and manage their carbon emissions. Carbon accounting companies raised $5 billion at the sector's 2021 peak, per PitchBook, as venture capitalists and large asset managers piled into the buzzy category. One way Plan A differentiates itself is its steady pace, cofounder and CEO Lubomila Jordanova told Insider. Operating in a hype market can be tricky because it deflates the value of carbon accounting in the long term, she said.

Persons: Lubomila Jordanova, Jordanova Organizations: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Visa, Deutsche Bank, Opera Tech Ventures, BNP, BMW, BMW Group, Greenhouse, TÜV Rheinland Locations: Berlin, Europe, France, Scandinavia, Paris, London

While the UK as a whole voted to leave the EU in the 2016 Brexit referendum, Northern Ireland voted 56% to 44% to remain. But if there is no agreement unionists can support, Northern Ireland will continue to have no functioning political institutions, he said, "and I don't think that is an outcome that anybody really wants". "If the choice is Sinn Fein rule or even imperfect British rule I would certainly take British rule before I would take Sinn Fein rule," said TUV leader Jim Allister. Completing the intense pressure Donaldson is under from all sides as the defining moment of his leadership nears is the more liberal Ulster Unionist Party, ready to cast itself as the unionist party of pragmatism if the DUP's boycott escalates. What will ultimately protect Northern Ireland's place in the United Kingdom is if Northern Ireland works."

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