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Supply chains are key to corporate social value

Proxima

Unilever was among the biggest names to implement rigorous policies on this in 2020, vowing to pay all employees across its value chain at least a living wage by 2030, as well as committing to spending €2bn annually with suppliers consisting of under-represented groups by 2025.

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Globalization? Or Globaloney?

Supply Chain Insights

On his twitter feed this week he dropped the stats that “While Asia will have over half of worlds megacities (city >10m ppl) by 2030, Africa’s urbanization is skyrocketing” and “Of 8,000 British companies, 96% had no foreign-lang speakers. I then think, “Wow, I wonder how governments are preparing for this.”

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One Year After U.S. Withdrawal From Paris Agreement

EcoVadis

Energy-conscious states are expected to introduce carbon taxing in the coming years to offset the federal government’s exit from the Paris Agreement. With earlier targets and more action to increase energy-efficient technologies, their ambitious goals can be reached as long as they have complete buy-in from local governments.

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Jobs Sustainability: Luddites are Alive and Well

Enterra Insights

counties by 2030.” They rightly feared that angry workers might rebel against the government.” Frey notes, “History offers no shortage of examples of governments trying — and succeeding — to hinder automation for the sake of workers. Researchers at McKinsey & Co. ” The changing nature of work. .

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What a Biden Presidency Could Mean for the Automotive Industry

QAD

The program has already been adopted by 12 additional states (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington). . percent annual reduction from 2025 to 2030, the industry would need 2.8 million in 2030 to reach compliance.