By Kristi Ellis
Julia Hughes, president of the USFIA, said, “Most U.S. companies already have codes of conduct, guidelines for responsible sourcing, transparency and supply-chain tracking, but they don’t necessarily do it in an organized way. There is definitely a desire to look at best practices and shared learning — what works and what doesn’t work in different parts of the world. There is a whole section of the U.S. bureaucracy that is focused on this because the president announced it last year.