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Circular Economy in ICT – Completing the circle of supply

EcoVadis

Successful implementation of CE initiatives starts by engaging with suppliers , a reality that has been once more confirmed by participants of the 3rd Suppliers Forum organized by Orange in July 2017. Accordingly, the industry will be responsible for 1.25Gt CO2e in 2030, or 1.97 percent of global emissions ( Fibre-Systems 2017 ).

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The Future of Analytics in Integrated Business Planning

Supply Chain Trend

TomTom , a Dutch mapmaker and traffic company launched their first portable GPS system in 2002. Audi will launch a HAD version of its flagship A8 in 2017. McKinsey recently predicted that 15 percent of new cars sold in 2030, could be fully autonomous. Only 15 years ago we still used paper maps in our car.

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Provenance

China’s low prices have historically undercut global prices and pushed out foreign competitors –– such as the Mountain Pass mine in California, which closed in 2002. Existing tagging options for precious metals and stones, such as fingerprinting for gold (Mark Saxon interview, 2017) are currently not considered economically viable for REEs.