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The STR RS 5th Annual Responsible Sourcing Summit has gained exceptional traction among senior compliance and ethical trade managers, who are finding the two-day Summit of specific relevance to them. The event will take place on February 25-26, 2010 at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.

STR Responsible Sourcing proudly presents Rachel Rigby of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB). Ms. Rigby will be traveling from Washington D.C. to discuss the recently published “DOL List” which highlights a group of 122 goods deriving from 58 countries that the ILAB suspects have been produced using child or forced labor. As one of the report’s authors, Ms. Rigby will be imparting her intimate understanding of how this new initiative works and how it may impact business operations.

In addition, Virginia Bergin, Ethical Sourcing Regional Manager at Starbucks, will be sharing best practices on how brands can create vendor-owned compliance programs. Ms. Bergin will offer an in-depth look at Starbucks’ innovative new partnership, which it has forged with vendor PMI, who will also be presenting. Together, Starbucks and PMI will discuss how vendor-owned compliance programs can be instrumental in eliminating the redundancy of multiple assessments and overlapping standards.

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