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When we talk to people in the textile industry, like brands and retailers, we see that most of these companies have similar goals and similar challenges. They want to create a more sustainable...

On May 14, the Dutch Senate voted yes on a new law that requires companies to commit to reducing child labour in their supply chain. This law, The Child Labour Due Diligence Act , was already...

ChainPoint is pleased to announce that it will develop a new software platform for UEBT, the Union for Ethical BioTrade. This software platform will support and optimize UEBT’s audit management ...

In 2005 a Dutch journalist explored the issue of child labour in the cocoa industry, wishing to see the results of the Harkin Engel protocol which was signed in 2001. He was shocked to find that...

This year, ChainPoint will attend the 2019 Forum on responsible mineral supply chains that will take place from 23 till 26 April in Paris. ChainPoint's CEO Johan Zandbergen will be on a panel to...

ChainPoint is very happy to announce the release of ChainPoint 6, our biggest and most beautiful update yet.

In 2017, the European Parliament and the EU Council adopted a new regulation regarding the import of so-called conflict minerals. These new set of new regulation will take effect in 2021:...

In 1992, 150 nations signed the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at the Rio Earth Summit. Then, in 2014, the United Nations’s Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) entered...

ChainPoint is proud to announce that NEXT, the British multinational retailer, chose ChainPoint to develop their Timber Due Diligence System. The system will help deliver the NEXT Timber Policy.

On February 7th 2018 Therese Coffey, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Life Opportunities, pledged that the UK will continue to incorporate the EUTR policies after...