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Supplier Pollutes — Bad Publicity Impacts Their Customers
An interesting piece on tonight’s CBS Evening News was a story about a denim manufacturer in South Africa that is allegedly polluting the environment. Even though the plant is run by a local, South African company, Gap and Levi Strauss are being damaged by this news because this plant supplies denim to both. An interesting conundrum that not only must companies be conscious of their own environmental costs but it is important (and will probably become even more important in the future) for companies to know/understand/monitor the environmental policies of their suppliers and customers.
