A guide to traceability: A practical approach to advance sustainability in global supply chains | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
March 2014
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45
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This guide provides companies with an overview of the importance of traceability for sustainability purposes, outlines the global opportunities and challenges it represents and summarises practical steps for implementing traceability programmes within company operations. It


• defines traceability and explores its history, benefits and challenges, including an overview of current collaborative schemes on traceability,


• demonstrates a model for best practice in traceability, and provides an overview of the different models of traceability and the global initiatives operating in the arena, and


• provides guidance to companies around the world, large and small, on how to effectively engage in traceability.

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The world's largestcorporate sustainability initiative


A call to companies to align strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and take actions that advance societal goals.


At the UN Global Compact, we aim to mobilize a global movement of sustainable companies and stakeholders to create the world we want. That’s our vision.


To make this happen, the UN Global Compact supports companies to:


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The world's largestcorporate sustainability initiative


A call to companies to align strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and take actions that advance societal goals.


At the UN Global Compact, we aim to mobilize a global movement of sustainable companies and stakeholders to create the world we want. That’s our vision.


To make this happen, the UN Global Compact supports companies to:


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