SupplyShift
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
In 2017, US retail chocolate sales were the highest in 5 years, topping $22 B, while cocoa commodity prices are at a five-year low, more than 30% lower than the 2015 peak. Child and slave labor, widespread deforestation, and many other issues have been implicated in cacao production.
ModusLink Corporation
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
It’s a growing problem with no easy solution: with the expansion of technology, an increasing amount of electronics waste is ending up in developing countries such as Ghana, India and parts of China. According to the UN Africa will produce more E-waste than Europe by 2017.
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SupplyShift
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
In 2017, US retail chocolate sales were the highest in 5 years, topping $22 B, while cocoa commodity prices are at a five-year low, more than 30% lower than the 2015 peak. Child and slave labor, widespread deforestation, and many other issues have been implicated in cacao production.
The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
AUGUST 11, 2014
As such, total worldwide e-waste is predicted to rise to 72 million tons - the weight of almost 200 Empire State buildings - by 2017. The United States and other countries like Great Britain and Australia export much of their e-waste to developing countries such as China, Ghana and India.
Vinculum
JUNE 8, 2020
The excitement over drone delivery fizzled out in 2017 and was not widespread or popular among the retailers until 2020 January in most of the countries in the world. Ghana becomes the first country in the world to deploy drone technology for COVID-19 tests, medical kits and medicine delivery.
Provenance
AUGUST 13, 2018
Secondly, to achieve a global standard would require collaboration across industry and require a leading role from China –– producing around 89% of global REEs –– who has historically adopted a protective stance towards information sharing and has only recently begun to actively pursue sustainability objectives (Mark Saxon interview, 2017).
Supply Chain Movement
OCTOBER 26, 2016
Rethink your optimum: Prepare your supply chain for the challenges of 2017 and beyond. Advanced analytics and optimization technology is the game-changing advantage that will push you past the competition – giving your business more agility, higher accuracy and sharper insights to maximize your revenue. Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
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