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Sustainable procurement: Everything You Need to Know

Precoro

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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Paving the Way for Sustainable Public Procurement

EcoVadis

Direct purchasing by governments and state-owned enterprises accounts for 12 percent of GDP in OECD countries, and in the U.K. Sustainable public procurement can also be beneficial from the economic perspective: It can generate income, reduce costs and promote innovation among domestic producers. National Procurement Standards.

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Greener Shopping and Shipping: The Rise of Carbon Neutral e-Commerce Delivery

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Amazon famously ordered 100,000 electric delivery trucks in 2019, and continues to hit the headlines with further investments in EV start-ups around the world. The International Post Corporation (IPC), found 44% of online shoppers have changed their purchasing behaviour to be more sustainable. Consumers want to see improvements.

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Cognitive Technologies in the Retail Space

Enterra Insights

Vaibhavi Tamizhkumaran, a Digital Marketing Executive at Indium Software, writes, “The retail industry is constantly changing and will continue to evolve, from concentrating efforts on website growth and online retail to needing faster shipping speeds. Through image recognition solutions, field reps capture images of retail store shelves.

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Q&A With Women Making a Big Impact in Supply Chain

ToolsGroup

Nancy also served as supply chain director at Newell Brands, and has been with wholesale tire distributor TireHub since 2019. We’re also using data from customers to partner with suppliers on long-term purchasing plans so they can confidently and predictably run production to support anticipated needs. How did you overcome them?

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How an Electro Mobility Company Managed a 76% Growth with Intuitive Software

Precoro

Company: Green Cell Locations: Poland, England, France Industry: Technology, Consumer Electronics Website: [link] Using Precoro since: 2019 Users: 66 and counting Client’s evaluation: 8/10 Featuring: Jacek Zmuda – Controlling Manager, and Katarzyna Siedlarczyk – Junior Controlling Specialist What is Green Cell?

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Circularity and the future of the digital product passport

o9 Solutions

This blog explores how policy developments such as the digital product passport (DPP) alongside supply chain software can play a role as enablers. In 2019, the European Commission presented the Green Deal as a plan to help the European economy transform linear supply chains into more circular models. The need for this is clear.