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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

QAD

It doesn’t take a very deep search to uncover recent global headlines of abuses in production. In Bangladesh in July 2021, a fire at a food factory claimed the lives of at least 52 people, some of whom were children. Enterprises must focus on due diligence legislation to compete successfully in the global market. In the U.S.,

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Sustainability and the Reverse Supply Chain: The Green Eileen Story

Arkieva

At the recently concluded Supply Chain Insights Global Summit, I heard a talk from Cheryl Campbell and Kevin Cooke from the Eileen Fisher Company. In a similar way, he suggested that events such as the factory collapse in Bangladesh are raising the awareness of the environmental impact of the fashion industry.

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Food Resilience and Climate Change

Enterra Insights

Sustainable Development Goal to eliminate hunger worldwide by 2030. After many years of great progress in reducing global hunger, progress has slowed recently and, in some places, even reversed. Quite to the contrary, a lot of people are working hard to help ensure the global food supply chain remains resilient. ”[1].

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