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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon on path to reach 100% renewable energy by 2025. Hasbro plans to further hike prices of toys, warns of $100 million Russia hit. While Amazon may be lagging on drone efforts, it is making headway in its pledge for renewable energy by 2025. How Walmart and Alphabet jumped ahead of Amazon in drone delivery.

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SAP’s Report of Q2 and 2022 Half-Year Financial Performance- Some Cautionary Signs

Supply Chain Matters

Profitability decline was attributed to reduced software license revenue along with significant bad debt associated with the war in Ukraine and restructuring expenses related to market exit from both Russia and Ukraine. Current IFRS Cloud Backlog volume equivalent of € 10.4 billion, up 34 percent, or 25 percent at constant currencies.

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Is Fusion the Future of Energy? Part Two

Enterra Insights

Russia developed the first magnetic containment reactor (the tokamak) in the 1950s. When completed in 2025, it will be the world’s largest tokamak fusion reactor. ” The fact of the matter is countries around the world are investing a lot of money into nuclear-fusion research.

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The Top 6 Trends in Logistics Impacting Shippers in 2017

GlobalTranz

According to PLS Logistics , global companies will install procurement managers in China for entire organizations by 2025. Meanwhile, Brazil, Russia and India will become major suppliers as companies access the remaining untapped resources of the world. New markets are emerging in the global economy daily.

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EV Startups: Growing with the Shift to ACES

QAD

The proposal landed as a bomb for many but it was not the first message from the policymakers; UK had already last year proposed an ICE ban by 2030, Norway by 2025 and several cities across Europe (Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona) have plans for phasing out diesel and petrol within the next few years.

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Petrochemical demand is up and prices are spiking

Resilinc

Russia and Belarus are large [natural gas] producers, and uncertainty about sanctions has reduced their exports. This is driven by “strong consumer demand and regulatory pressures,” including the commitments by more than 80 global CPG firms to reach 15% to 20% recycled content in packaging by 2025.

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Chinese Lockdowns and the Future of Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

The latest China lockdowns combined with the Russia-Ukraine war is too heavy a burden. If and when the Chinese logjam breaks, its effects will be felt elsewhere. According to John Bree, chief risk officer at Supply Wisdom, “The downstream impact is coming, and it’ll be heavy. ”[5] Roger W. Ferguson Jr.