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 SULA NYC  committed to the 10 principles www.unglobalcompact.org of the UN Global compact in 2014, as first USA organic skin care company. Please find our communication on progress in 2015 here: https://www.unglobalcompact.org/participation/report/cop/create-and-submit/active/200221 We source our natural and organic certified ingredients respectfully and joined ITC ‘s T4SD: Trade for Sustainable Development (http://www.intracen.org/t4sd/principles/) . In September 2015, at the Geneva Forum, a great initiative was announced to help identify organic farmers worldwide. This GS1 ‘The Global Language of Business’  (www.gs1.org) initiative will set the direction for achieving traceability across the supply chain. You may compare it to a ‘barcode’ for organic products. We will try to explain the benefits to the indigenous people in the amazon rainforest we source from...    ...

The International Trade Centre, an agency of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, created Trade for Sustainable Development as a partnership-based program to support sustainability practices in global supply chains. By adhering to the Trade for Sustainable Development Principles, companies and institutions are expected to embrace, support and enact -- within their sphere of influence -- a set of core values to support sustainable trade.  These are the partners: The first 3 principles: Sustainability Principle 1: Support and promote sustainable trade practices, with regards to social, environmental, economic and management, quality and ethics issues at stake in the production, processing and trading of goods and services. Transparency Principle 2: Contribute to efficiency in global supply chains by clear...