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Behind the label: can we trust certification to give us fairer products?

It began with Fairtrade. Almost 30 years later, with hundreds of different certifications is it time to question what they all do and who benefits?

Behind the label: can we trust certification to give us fairer products?
Low wages, unsafe conditions and harassment: fashion must do more to protect female workers

Harpreet Kaur

In the spirit of International Women’s Day, leading brands should vow to do more to protect the women making our clothes

Low wages, unsafe conditions and harassment: fashion must do more to protect female workers
Nestlé admits slavery in Thailand while fighting child labour lawsuit in Ivory Coast

The company has won plaudits for its admission of forced labour in the Thai seafood industry but much of the supply chain remains hidden

Nestlé admits slavery in Thailand while fighting child labour lawsuit in Ivory Coast

Brexit a 'nightmare scenario' for UK food and drink business

Kate Trollope

The UK’s food and drink firms would have to meet EU food laws to export but have no power to influence those rules, says analyst Kate Trollope

Brexit a 'nightmare scenario' for UK food and drink business
Supply chain audits fail to detect abuses, says report

Research from the University of Sheffield argues audits are working for corporations but failing workers and the environment

Supply chain audits fail to detect abuses, says report
What's really on your plate: hidden world of food fraud revealed - in pictures

Three years on from the horsemeat scandal, food safety expert Professor Chris Elliott explains how common food products are still at risk of adulteration

What's really on your plate: hidden world of food fraud revealed - in pictures
Three years on from the horsemeat scandal: 3 lessons we have learned

Smaller businesses do not have the resources to map out dangers of food fraud in their supply chain, warns the expert who led the horsemeat inquiry

Three years on from the horsemeat scandal: 3 lessons we have learned

8 things you didn't know about tea and 5 things that will help secure its future

The challenges facing one of our most-loved beverages and what
can be done to rise to them

8 things you didn't know about tea and 5 things that will help secure its future
Conflict minerals and the people of the DRC - in pictures

US companies have been scrambling to meet the SEC's conflict-minerals-reporting deadline today. Amid the rush to declare whether or not their products contain conflict minerals from the DRC and neighboring countries, it's easy to forget the people this ruling might affect.

Conflict minerals and the people of the DRC - in pictures
Podcast The future of fairtrade: where to next for certification? - podcast

Fairtrade has both its champions and critics but how successful is it as a trading model and what place does it have in the business landscape of the future? Find out in our latest podcast

The future of fairtrade: where to next for certification? - podcast

Danger in the drugstore: what women need to know about cosmetics

Erin Switalski

Danger in the drugstore: what women need to know about cosmetics

My big idea for 2016: put community at the heart of our businesses

Mike Barry

If we are going to walk the talk that came out of the Paris climate summit, it will be on the streets where customers live

My big idea for 2016: put community at the heart of our businesses
How English wine went from a joke to sales of 6m bottles a year

How English wine went from a joke to sales of 6m bottles a year
The UK's new slavery laws explained: what do they mean for business?

The UK's new slavery laws explained: what do they mean for business?

Guardian sustainable business Green homes: would you pay more for energy and water efficiency?

A new tool will make it easier for home buyers and renters to understand energy efficiency but will it make a difference to their purchasing decisions?

Green homes: would you pay more for energy and water efficiency?
Guardian sustainable business Our new alliance unites 600m city dwellers in fight against climate change

Michael Bloomberg and Maroš Šefčovič

Cities are huge carbon emitters but are ideally placed to tackle climate change. Michael Bloomberg on how the Global Covenant can give them the tools to do so

Our new alliance unites 600m city dwellers in fight against climate change
Guardian sustainable business Will Uber and Grab help or hinder Malaysia's congestion crisis?

The spread of car-sharing may encourage more people to ditch their vehicles in cities like Kuala Lumpur where public transport has failed

Will Uber and Grab help or hinder Malaysia's congestion crisis?
Guardian sustainable business Garbage in, energy out: creating biofuel from plastic waste

An Australian startup has found a way to transform end-of-life plastics into bio-crude fuel. But is this a sustainable solution or just pollution displacement?

Garbage in, energy out: creating biofuel from plastic waste