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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Early in the pandemic, the company organized an airlift of two flights per week to deliver several hundred million masks from China to France. CEVA Logistics has supported many international movements of medical supplies needed in the fight against COVID-19, using our global network and capabilities for local good. pandemic response.

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L’Oréal: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

The award, based on beating the industry peer group on rate of improvement on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while outperforming their peer group, is tough to achieve. The orbit chart below illustrates L’Oréal’s performance at the intersection of two metrics.

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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Kinaxis

Unfortunately, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, its income in 2015 will be 10% less than in 2014. CHEP will complete the study by late 2015 and present its findings and recommendations to UNHCR shortly thereafter. Need is clearly skyrocketing. Funding is lacking.

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New French law to require for companies to report on GHG emissions in their supply chains

EcoVadis

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting is mandatory in France for publicly listed and non-listed companies with at least 500 employees and a minimum of 100 million Euros turnover.

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Doing Business in Belgium

QAD

Belgium is bordered by France, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands, and has a robust shipping infrastructure including multiple ports, making it a perfect location for trade both within the EU and with other geographic regions. billion metric tons of goods in 2015. percent, France 9.5 leaving the EU. Both the U.S

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Limiting e-waste through ethical supply chain practices

EcoVadis

million metric tons this year. In fact, according to our recent Global Risk and Performance Index , the environmental performance scores for large ICT suppliers actually decreased from 2015 to 2016. It is estimated that e-waste will be the fastest growing waste type, reaching 48.2

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Why Singles Day Will Become A US Sales Festival

Freightos

In a single day in 2015, Alibaba handled an average of $9.9 According to Adobe research, total US online spend on Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2015 hit a paltry $5.8 One popular metric – a country’s logistics costs as a percentage of GDP – has China at 18% and the US at only 8.5%. zschreiber.