ETHICAL TRADING

1. •Business Link: Ethical trading
   

2. •The Ethical Trading Initiative is an alliance of retailers and brands, trade unions, charities and campaigning organisations working together to tackle the complex questions posed by ethical trade. The ETI Base Code contains provisions based on the following principles:
   

3. •No-one should be forced to work
   

4. •Workers should be able to join and form trade unions
   

5. •Working conditions should be safe and healthy
   

6. •Child labour shall not be used
   

7. •Working hours should not be excessive
   

8. •Wages should be enough to live on and provide some discretionary income
   

9. •Workers should be treated equally, regardless of their sex, ethnic group, religion or political opinions
   

10. •Where possible, workers should be provided with regular employment Workers should not be verbally, physically or sexually abused or disciplined
    

11. •Ethical stone sourcing checklist
    

12. •Responsible sourcing of construction materials
    

13. •Responsible sourcing of materials and BES6001
    

SUSTAINABILITY OF BUILDING STONE

1. Impacts of extraction, processing and transportation
   

2. •English Heritage Minerals planning and the historic environment
   

3. •Planning for minerals
   

4. •How big is the building stone industry?
   

5. •How big is a stone quarry?
   

6. •Albion stone  -
   

7. •Stone quarrying environmental policy example (pdf download)
   

8. •Energy policy example (pdf download)
   

9. •Wikipedia:
   

10. •Dimension stone
    

11. •Green building
    

12. •Sustainable architecture
    

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14. Lifecycle assessments and sustainability assessments
    

15. •Stone and the environment
    

16. •BRE Green guide
    

17. •University of Bath Inventory of Carbon & Energy
    

18. •Scottish Institute of Sustainable Technology
    

19. •BRE Environmental certification
    

20. •DCLG planning, building and the environment
    

21. •Wikipedia: Life cycle assessments