ITRI shortlisted for Edie Sustainability Leaders Awards 2017
ITRI has been shortlisted for an Edie Sustainability Leaders Award 2017, with the opportunity to be awarded the sustainable supply chains category.
The company joins other nominees BT, Coca-Cola, Encirc, McDonalds, Resolute Forest Products and Tuco. The winner will be announced at a ceremony in London on 25 January.
Kay Nimmo, manager of sustainability at ITRI, said: “We are delighted that ITRI’s hard work and success in this area has been recognised in such a way, and that the tin production industry is ranked alongside major brand name sustainability leaders in tackling some of the very real practical and commercial challenges involved in bringing about improvements in highly complex supply chains.”
ITRI designed and instigated the ITRI Tin Supply Chain Initiative (iTSCI), enabling artisanal and small scale tin miners in Democratic Republic of Congo and other central African countries to break links between mineral production and funding armed groups.
ITRI is now extending its work to address issues beyond conflict on a more global basis by supporting all leading tin producers in the design and implementation of a global industry Code of Conduct standard. This will address all consumer expectations for responsible supply chains, including environmental, safety, human rights and labour issues, and will be implemented in complex commercial and political environments, drawing on the lessons learned in the iTSCI programme.
