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Is Your Halloween Candy Responsibly Sourced?

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Cocoa beans grow best in hot and rainy regions hugging the equator, places like Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Peru and Papua New Guinea. Unfortunately, these same regions suffer from chronic economic and political instability, as well as new threats from climate change. grams per chocolate bar.

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Is Your Halloween Candy Responsibly Sourced?

SupplyShift

Cocoa beans grow best in hot and rainy regions hugging the equator, places like Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Peru and Papua New Guinea. Unfortunately, these same regions suffer from chronic economic and political instability, as well as new threats from climate change. grams per chocolate bar.

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In Chains: How to Approach Human Trafficking in your Supply Chain

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State Department’s 2014 “Trafficking in Persons” report included a tiered ranking of Asian countries based on how they complied with international forced labor standards. There are several relatively easy steps companies can take to avoid human trafficking.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

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After years of declining revenues in European logistics services, the business started to stabilise in 2013/2014. New Caledonia. New Zealand. Papua New Guinea. However, Technavio’s analysts now forecast the 3PL market in Europe to grow at a CAGR of 2.87% over the period 2014-2019. Norfolk Island.