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		<title>Reeve Help’s Bridge the Gap Between Active Canadian Citizens and Poverty Elimination in Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reeve Consulting has proudly sponsored students to participate in the 2010 Engineers Without Borders’ Bridging the Gap Conference, Western Canada’s premier international development conference.  This conference will engage youth and professionals from across the Lower Mainland on current issues related to international development and poverty reduction, including fair trade and sustainable supply chains.  Reeve staff [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&blog=2477130&post=192&subd=reeveconsulting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver 2010 Olympic Medals: the Untold Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that the Vancouver 2010 Olympic medals are made of recycled gold, silver and bronze recovered from used electronics?  It’s true, the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC) for the 2010 Games has worked with their domestic sponsor Teck Resources  to ensure each of the 1,000+ medals contain recycled metals from electronic waste.  This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&blog=2477130&post=187&subd=reeveconsulting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the Sexy Consequences of Giving Flowers for Valentine’s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, flower shops across North America are about to buy and sell hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of cut flowers. 
Are you planning on buying your special someone a bouquet?  Have you considered the consequences?  Many of them will likely be very positive, but there may be other related [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&blog=2477130&post=170&subd=reeveconsulting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver Olympics Sources Ethically Produced Flowers for Medal Ceremonies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC) will soon be handing out 1800 ethically sourced bouquets of flowers to champion athletes during the medal ceremonies. At a time when men and women around North America will be buying flowers for Valentine’s Day, VANOC’s story of sourcing flowers from an ethically and environmentally minded company is timely.
VANOC [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&blog=2477130&post=167&subd=reeveconsulting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>City of Edmonton Council Unanimously Accepts Reeve Developed Sustainable Purchasing Policy</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.reeveconsulting.com/2010/02/06/city-of-edmonton-council-unanimously-accepts-reeve-developed-sustainable-purchasing-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edmonton has now joined the ranks of other progressive Canadian municipalities that attempt to eliminate sweatshop labour in their supply chain.  The new Sustainable Purchasing Policy (SPP) encourages City staff and suppliers to look at ways to reduce environmental and social impact by purchasing sustainable products and services. 
In consultation with City of Edmonton [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&blog=2477130&post=158&subd=reeveconsulting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reeve ‘Out and About’ at the Samsung 2010 Winter Games Sustainability Summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Say “Samsung Sustainability Summit” really quickly, five times in a row.  Not so easy, is it? 
After attending the Samsung 2010 Winter Games Sustainability Summit in Vancouver last Thursday, January 28, it has been easy to talk about Samsung and sustainability in one sentence. 
Samsung, as an official sponsor to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has grown [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&blog=2477130&post=131&subd=reeveconsulting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Buy Smart Program Designed by Reeve Consulting Receives 2010 Games “Sustainability Star”</title>
		<link>http://blog.reeveconsulting.com/2010/01/28/buy-smart-program-designed-by-reeve-consulting-receives-2010-games-%e2%80%9csustainability-star%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vancouver 2010’s Buy Smart program of ethical and sustainable purchasing has been awarded one of the pretigious Sustainabilty Star designations for the 2010 Winter Games.
The Buy Smart program was originally envisioned by Tim Reeve, Terry Wright, John McLaughlin and other members of the 2010 Bid Corporation as part of Vancouver’s original bid submission to host [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&blog=2477130&post=127&subd=reeveconsulting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Purchasers Going Green</title>
		<link>http://blog.reeveconsulting.com/2009/12/16/purchasers-going-green/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC) hosted two half-day Sustainable Procurement Showcases sponsored by Grand and Toy in November. Reeve Consulting was asked to participate in a panel discussion as the local expert on crafting Ethical and Sustainable Procurement (ESP) Policies and Procedures. Fellow panelists included Vicki Wakefield from UBC, Kevin Koertje from Boise [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&blog=2477130&post=122&subd=reeveconsulting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ethical &amp; sustainable purchasing around the dinner table</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happens when you bring some of the leading policy makers and practitioners in ethical and sustainable purchasing together over dinner?  Lively and informative discussion on maintaining VANOC’s Ethical and Sustainable Purchasing (ESP) momentum, the influence of larger contracts vs. smaller ones, concerns of audit fatigue, as well as the importance of supplier engagement [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&blog=2477130&post=118&subd=reeveconsulting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Fashion?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Vancouver Fashion Week winds down today, one might ask oneself what impact fashion might have on the environment and working conditions around the world? What, if any, positive impact would sustainable choices in fashion make to the environment? For the fashionably conscious switching from haute couture to baggy hemp garments doesn&#8217;t really seem like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.reeveconsulting.com&blog=2477130&post=113&subd=reeveconsulting&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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