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The 2022 Chlorine Shortage: Another Year of Poolmageddon

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A combo of pandemic-related increased demand, and the tragic destruction of a key chlorine manufacturer have led to 2022’s swimming pool chlorine shortage. Image source: Cape Analytics. Image Source: Nola. Chlorine production was burned again in January 2022, when yet another fire damaged a pool supply plant in New Jersey.

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Better ESG Performance Will Unlock Fashion’s Supply Chain Resilience in 2022

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Building a sustainable fashion supply chain and improving ESG performance will require a more deliberate approach in 2022. A joint report by the Business of Fashion (BoF) and McKinsey & Company has set off alarm bells that a more deliberate approach is necessary for 2022. Go Beyond Tweaking Around the Edges. Add to this the U.S.

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Top 5 Factors that Impacted Commodities in 2022

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Resilinc has announced the top five moving factors that shaped the markets in 2022 for the commodities tracked by Resilinc’s CommodityWatchAI. 1 Manufacturing Disruptions The biggest news in CommodityWatch AI ’s 2022 data is that Higher Consumption played a much smaller role in 2022 than it did in 2021.

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The Green Corridor: To Realise the Circular Economy Dream – Reach Out to Your Community

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Travin Singh (creator behind Crust Brewing) realised that if he could find bakery partners, he basically had access to a cheap local source of beer making raw materials. The circular economy is a cost saver and generally has less carbon emissions, because raw materials are sourced locally and therefore with less transportation.

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Charge Me Up! Energy Storage Development – A Fast Emerging Technology Needed for Sustainability

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Fossil fuel proponents like to claim that oil and coal are the only “rainy day” energy source out there. The real chemical secret to make aluminum and sulfur work together this way seems to be in the type of molten salt they use as an electrolyte. He has also managed the supply chains for both bulk and consumer chemical companies.

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5 Steps to Address the Rising Geopolitical Risks to Your Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Shift in the centers of gravity of the demand: As of the beginning of April 2022, about four million Ukrainians have left the country for neighboring countries such as Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Moldova. Then I will also make specific recommendations for organizations to tackle these disruptions. This further adds to lead times.

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Holiday Supply Chains: Are you prepared?

Logistics Viewpoints

as of April 2022 compared with a low of 1.09 At the beginning of June 2022, a 40-foot ocean container cost about $10,000 to ship from southeast Asia to Northern Europe This is compared to about $1,500 for the same route about 2 years ago. Now this begs the question of how retailers should prepare for the 2022 holiday season.