Inbrief

Hewlett-Packard has become the latest company to make a list of its main suppliers publicly available. The information technology business has compiled the list, which covers 95 per cent of its spending, for its newly published Global Citizenship Report. Other companies that have disclosed their list of suppliers in the hope of improving accountability are the retailers Gap, Nike, Puma and, most recently, Adidas (EP9, issue 9, p1).