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Understanding Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

The SDGs were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030 and are included in a UN Resolution called the 2030 Agenda. As a result, Mars has been able to procure renewable electricity to cover the entire business in those specific countries.

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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

Average performance in 2016-2019 across twenty-seven manufacturing sectors on inventory turns, Return on Invested Capital and operating margin was worse than in 2012-2015. Belief in efficient procurement. Investment in indirect procurement hi-jacked investment in building value networks. Alignment Barriers. Mistake #5.

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How Hong Kong is Enhancing its Sustainability Efforts

EcoVadis

Below is a brief timeline of Hong Kong’s sustainability milestones in recent years: Hong Kong’s sustainable development effort has been catalyzed by the Paris Agreement, which was signed by China in 2015. Climate Action Plan 2030+. Green Procurement Initiative by the Hong Kong Government. ESG Reporting as a Listing Rule.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

This is a full five years ahead of the original target of 2030. Of these 37 projects, 23 are in the US, which brings Amazon’s total clean energy procurement in the US from 7.2 GW to 10.4

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sust[AI]nability

Enterra Insights

billion over the next five years as part of its long-term goal to cut in half its emissions by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050.”[5] billion to reduce its climate impact” and Diageo “committed to reach net-zero carbon emissions in its owned operations and reduce emissions from its supply chain by 50% by 2030.”

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The Future of Supply Chain Management

Kinaxis

That was the perfect lead-in for a great Supply Chain Insights webinar I attended recently – Journey to Supply Chain 2030. Admittedly, 2030 is a few years out. In Deloitte’s 2015 Supply Chain survey of 400 executives, only 38% of respondents say they have the competencies they need today. The shifting talent landscape.

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Supply chains are a leading cause of GHG emissions, here’s what some corporations are doing about it

Resilinc

Barring some unexpected twist, COP26 will end with an updated version of the 2015 Paris Agreement, with commitments from individual nations to reduce their GHGs but no binding, enforceable international agreement. Most companies have yet to dig into the GHG emissions created by their procurement and supply chain logistics.