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Last Updated: Friday, July 30, 2010
A Shift Towards SustainabilityInteractive Guide to Legal and Responsible Sourcing With the acceleration of globalization, industrialization and urbanization, China’s production and consumption patterns are putting the country’s as well as the world’s ecosystems at risk. As China’s economy continues to grow, more pressure is placed on the planet’s resources. Through initiatives like the GFTN, WWF is working in China to ensure that the country’s development goes hand-in-hand with long-term sustainability and environmental protection. By engaging Chinese companies to implement environmentally and socially responsible practices in their operations, the GFTN is working with committed companies like Walmart to harness the power of China’s international trade flows in reducing the ecological footprint on the world’s valuable and threatened forests. Read the full article. |
