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Textiles 2030: Purpose is the new luxury for the fashion industry

Proxima

Fashion is widely regarded to be one of the most wasteful industries on the planet. Impacts from the fashion industry include over 92 million tonnes of waste produced per year and 79 trillion liters of water consumed, according to a study by Aalto University in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment journal. Rethinking procurement.

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Sustainable procurement: Everything You Need to Know

Precoro

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

Belief in efficient procurement. Investment in indirect procurement hi-jacked investment in building value networks. Over the decade, procurement became more of an island. The problem is a direct result of a constrained industry (semiconductor fabrication) unable to get meaningful information from downstream trading partners.

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The Dire Need for Data Automation in the Manufacturing Industry | AFFLINK

AFFLINK

According to a recent report by Instawork, 60% of industrial businesses struggled to keep up with increased demand last year. On the road, the American Trucker Association estimates needing more than 160,000 drivers to meet current demand increases by 2030. Ever since the pandemic, demand trends have become far too unpredictable.

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How procurement can create advantage in a post-volatility world

Proxima

Germany looks like it is heading into recession with industrial production falling in March. So, what does this all mean for procurement? Procurement leaders in the short term must focus on cost optimisation. There are two very different aspects to that relating to procurement. The UK posted quarterly growth of just 0.1%

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Understanding Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

The SDGs were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030 and are included in a UN Resolution called the 2030 Agenda. As a result, Mars has been able to procure renewable electricity to cover the entire business in those specific countries.

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RS Group Achieves Back-to-Back Ecovadis Platinum Medal for Sustainability Excellence

Synovos

The platinum medal puts RS Group in the top 1% of the 100,000-plus rated companies assessed by EcoVadis with each company rated on the material sustainability risks and issues for size, location, and industry. EcoVadis is the world’s most trusted business-to-business sustainability rating.