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7 Use Cases for Hyperledger in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

Started in December 2015 by the Linux Foundation, it enables blockchain-based distributed ledgers. This could help in food track and trace, the management of gray market goods to eliminate counterfeit items, and the assurance of origin for tracking social responsibility goals for fair labor, Congo metals, etc.

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Shining a Light on the EV Supply Chain: A Poor Environmental and Human Rights Record

NC State SCRC

Cobalt: The Democratic Republic of Congo has 46% of global cobalt reserves and produces 70% of the world’s output. Congo is an autocracy, which means that the government controls most of the industry. billion in 2015. You guessed it – China – which has nabbed the biggest commercial deposits of cobalt in the Congo.

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Addressing UN Sustainable Development Goal 8: Helping Automotive Businesses Tackle Modern Slavery

EcoVadis

The Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act, passed by the United States Congress, is a key piece of legislation with the objective of dissociating the link between the sourcing of 3TGs by industries and the funding of modern slavery mines of conflict minerals, specifically in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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How Financial Services Companies Can Manage Sustainability Risks While Driving Progress On UN Sustainable Development Goal 16

EcoVadis

The name came from the fact that profit from these minerals have long been used to fund armed groups and fuel regional conflicts, specifically in eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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This Week in Logistics News (January 14-18, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Also this week, as reported by Reuters , “Ford, technology giant IBM, South Korean cathode maker LG Chem and China’s Huayou Cobalt have joined forces in the first blockchain project to monitor cobalt supplies from Democratic Republic of Congo.”. Debates Lifting China Tariffs to Hasten Trade Deal, Calm Markets (WSJ – sub.

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Regulations to Prevent Modern Slavery in Supply Chains 

Exiger Perspectives

Regulations to Prevent Modern Slavery in Supply Chains UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 German Supply Chain Act 2023 France Duty of Vigilance Act 2017 Norwegian Transparency Act 2022 Swiss Ordinance Act 2023 EU Duty of Vigilance Legislation Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018 U.S.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

SCM 3PL Subway 2015. Congo, The Democratic Republic of The. Strangely enough, though, the order accuracy improvement has taken place at a lower level (from 60% to 66%) in 2015, whereas it improved from 67% to 72% in 2013. >>Please click on the red button and fill in the fields to activate the green download button.