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Trade Rules are Increasingly Environmental, Social and Governance Rules

Logistics Viewpoints

The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has a history of conflict, where various armies, rebel groups, and outside actors have profited from mining while contributing to violence and exploitation. In the past, ESG legislation was focused on a specific risk domain, like conflict minerals, child labor or the 2020 Uyghur Forced Labor Act.

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Mindmap for the Supply Chain Director 2020

Supply Chain Movement

Supply Chain Media and BLMC Recruitment & Interim Management have therefore developed this mindmap for the Supply Chain Director 2020 outlining the route, with road signs indicating potential hazards along the way. >>Please Mindmap Supply Chain Director 2020. Congo, The Democratic Republic of The. Cape Verde.

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How AI is forecasting price fluctuations for raw materials and rare earth commodities

Resilinc

To validate CommodityWatch’s AI capabilities, Resilinc conducted a retrospective evaluation of how well the Artificial Intelligence tool performed in 2020 when demand signals for cobalt—along with almost every other material in supply chains—showed unprecedented volatility due to the pandemic. “We And prices did indeed retreat.”.

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The reality of green energy: “green metal” supply chains won’t be able to keep up

NC State SCRC

The international Energy Agency predicts that wind and solar could account for 70% of power generation by 2050, up from 9% in 2020, if the world seeks to become carbon neutral by 2050. You guessed it – China – which has nabbed the biggest commercial deposits of cobalt in the Congo.

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Big Tech and Auto Battle for the World’s Cobalt Resources

Elementum

It’s expected that market demand for the metal will increase to more than 120,000 tonnes per year by 2020 — 60% of which will account for battery production alone. The Democratic Republic of Congo holds the most global cobalt reserves , at around 3.5 A cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo. million metric tons.

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Human Rights Day 2023

Enterra Insights

They want to know you’re not using children going into mines in Congo, or families being thrown into boats to go fishing for shrimp and never see land.” ” IT in the Supply Chain, 5 March 2020. [2] He states, “I think consumers have done their bit and continue to do so. But what they want they can’t have right now.

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Do Tariffs Really Impact China’s Global Supply Chain?

NC State SCRC

China reports that its exports to America rose by $30bn between 2020 and 2023, whereas America says its Chinese imports fell by $100bn. For instance China developed a large port in Angola, after which the race to extend rail lines and truck routes through Zambia to Congo to export cobalt from mines they also control was quick to follow.