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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

We are honored to partner with Changi Airport Group in this humanitarian effort for our friends in Indonesia.’’. In addition, we have taken several steps in the past few years to affect industry change, such as being an active member of the Clean Cargo Group and joining the Sustainable Air Freight Alliance (SAFA). Acting for Planet.

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What is “World Logistics Passport” initiative?

Shipsy

It overcomes non-tariff trade barriers by fast-tracking cargo movement, reducing administrative costs, advancing cargo information and facilitating movement across borders. On February 3rd’ 2021 – India became a member of the WLP. We are delighted to welcome India, Indonesia and South Africa to the club,” he added.

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Conquering the world with shoes

Cathy Roberson

The National Retail Federation (NRF) recently revised its 2021 total retail sales forecast. On a per-dollar basis to 2019, at the end of Q1 2021, 2019 was down 2.7%. The top three exporters to the US were China, 61.2%, Vietnam, 24.3%, and Indonesia, 5.2%. However, compared to 2019, sales are up only 0.2% to between $4.44

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

NC State SCRC

Congo is an autocracy, but so is #4 on the list: China, which is home to aluminum, copper and lithium, while Indonesia sits on mountains of nickel, and Peru holds nearly a quarter of the world’s silver. The figure below shows the revenue share of the largest producers in 2021 for these green metals. The losers?

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How Will Climate Change Impact Supply Chains in 2024?

Resilinc

From 2021 to 2023, the platform saw a 44% increase in alerts related to extreme weather—growing from 244 disruptions in 2021 to 351 this past year. Drought in China Impact on Supply Chain The Yangtze River Basin, home to Asia’s longest river, boasts a staggering annual cargo volume of over 3 billion tonnes.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

It is standard procedure to unload some Mediterranean-bound ships and use the Sumed pipeline to move the excess cargo. Risks come with larger ships transiting the canal, as demonstrated by the 2021 grounding of a 20,000 TEU containership that delayed traffic for six days. billion tons of cargo (as of 2020). meters in 2001.

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