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	<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 19:27:15 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>Here&#x00027;s how this University jumped 61 league table places...</title>
		<description><![CDATA[University of Kent student, Emily Rollerson, on how her university jumped from Third Class to a 2:1 in People &amp; Planet’s 2019 University League. People and Planet has opened my eyes to the ways in which universities are complicit in human rights abuses and environmental destruction. So finding out that the University of Kent’s electronics supply chains were not being monitored]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-05-11/heres-how-university-jumped-61-league-table-places</link>
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		<title>UWTSD: “Our Vision… Our Values…” Our Bullsh*t. On Campaigning in a Pandemic and Other Challenges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sweatshop Free campaign is a movement of people uniting for better workers’ rights for those who work in sweatshops. The campaign, led by students in the People &amp; Planet network, brings together students with those who work in the factories that manufacture the very electronics used in universities by students. This past academic year saw the UWTSD Sweatshop Free campaign]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-09-29/uwtsd-campaigning-pandemic</link>
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		<title>Setting the Record Straight: Time for Southern Universities to go Sweatshop Free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) co-signed an open letter with Electronics Watch (EW) clarifying the nature of SUPCS’ affiliation. Electronics Watch is a worker-driven monitoring organisation which audits supply chains within the global electronics industry, an industry which has been identified as high risk for modern slavery as well]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-06-03/setting-record-straight-time-southern-universities-go-sweatshop-free</link>
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		<title>Sweatshop Free and the Activist Campaigning Module at UEA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before the Sweatshop Free campaign, admittedly, I had never considered the possibility that the electronics that universities purchase could be made in sweatshops, which shows my own ignorance on such an intricate issue. At University of East Anglia (UEA), I chose a module titled ‘Activist Campaigning’ as it wasn’t a typical essay-based module about political theorists; it was]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-05-19/sweatshop-free-and-activist-campaigning-module-uea</link>
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		<title>Plymouth Sweatshop Free - Petition Hand-in During Lockdown!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been two years since the People &amp; Planet Society at University of Plymouth launched their Sweatshop Free Campaign to tackle supply chain injustice on campus and beyond, but sadly the University of Plymouth has not yet taken the important and necessary step of affiliating to Electronics Watch. For those of you who don’t know, Electronics Watch is an independent, non-profit]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-04-30/plymouth-sweatshop-free-petition-hand-during-lockdown</link>
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		<title>UNISON Goes Sweatshop Free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UNISON becomes first UK Trade Union to challenge sweatshops in their own supply chain, Who will be next? Public service union UNISON became the first trade union in the UK to ensure the electronics they purchase are independently monitored for workers’ rights violations. UNISON joins a growing number of institutions in Europe that have affiliated to Electronics Watch, an]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-16/unison-goes-sweatshop-free</link>
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		<title>When will Plymouth University go Sweatshop Free?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the 21st century, materialism is heavily ingrained into our society. Clothing trends change on a seasonal basis and electronic gadgets are constantly being updated and improved, with new models of some of our best-known brands regularly being released. Ever improving technology and aesthetics, along with wide spread advertising across all media platforms, have contributed]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-16/when-will-plymouth-university-go-sweatshop-free</link>
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		<title>What it’s Like to Study at a 1st Award Class University</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Determining the environmental impact of your degree course can be tough – between greenwashing, behind-the-scenes investments and dodgy supply chains, it can be really hard to know how Green your University really is. That’s why I find the People &amp; Planet University League Table so informative – they ask the big questions, and crunch the big data, then rank Universities]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/what-it-s-study-1st-award-class-university</link>
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		<title>Local authorities must work to eradiate exploitation in global supply chains</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Press Release - Monday 18 June 2018 Local authorities must work to eradiate exploitation in global supply chains Local authorities are not doing enough to protect workers&#039; rights globally, according to research published today by UNISON and produced with People &amp; Planet. According to the report Ethical Procurement in UK Local Authorities, produced by People &amp; Planet on behalf]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/local-authorities-must-work-eradiate-exploitation-global-supply-chains</link>
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		<title>Union Busting? That’s Disgusting!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People &amp; Planet groups across the country are participating in 48 Hours of Action this October, calling attention to union busting in Samsung and other major brands in the electronics industry. Kicking off in Cardiff outside the Samsung Experience Store on Queen Street, we filled the Welsh capitals streets with chants of “What do we want? Workers rights! When do we want them?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/union-busting-s-disgusting</link>
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		<title>How one Students’ Union won a big victory for sweatshop workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reading University affiliates to Electronics Watch! “If we expect our students to care more about sustainability we should be setting an example to our community and Electronics Watch does exactly that. We are embedding sustainability within University procurement processes and demonstrating our commitment to tackle issues that are at the heart of the University.” We chat to]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-05/how-one-students-union-won-big-victory-sweatshop-workers</link>
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		<title>How Sussex Sweatshop Free won a 2 year campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After 2 years of student campaigning, Sussex Sweatshop Free have managed to secure Electronics Watch affiliation from their university. In their own words, here&#039;s how they managed it: Timeline The Sweatshop Free campaign at Sussex started in February 2018 and gathered momentum after new members got involved after the refreshers’ fair that month. Once we got our heads around]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-02-17/how-sussex-sweatshop-free-won-2-year-campaign</link>
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		<title>An Awesome Autumn of Activism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2019 has seen an unprecedented amount of activism, particularly around climate change, and this Autumn is no exception. Here at Bristol People &amp; Planet we&#039;ve been involved in the action in a number of different ways. On a rainy Saturday afternoon in late October the University of Bristol Chapter of People &amp; Planet took a Megabus to Cardiff City Centre. There, we were joined by]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2019-12-02/awesome-autumn-activism</link>
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		<title>Fall From Grace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not only has the 2015 #1 failed to make any recognisable progress this year, the University of Plymouth has also failed to maintain it’s ranking between 2016 and 2017, falling a further two places down to 14th. Two of the University of Plymouths lowest scores are for Ethical Investment and Workers Rights. As a University which prides itself on its ‘sustainability’ surely they]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-11-14/fall-grace</link>
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