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Supply chains are key to corporate social value

Proxima

One of the key areas of change has been an increase in social value policies across supply chains and supplier networks. Supply chain scrutiny is increasing. As 80% of businesses’ overall environmental impact comes from the supply chain, they need to look beyond their own boundaries to begin tackling these issues.

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Globalization? Or Globaloney?

Supply Chain Insights

Recently, as I prepared to market our Supply Chain Insights Global Summit, I was introduced to Professor Pankaj Ghemawat’s concepts, and guess what? Alison Crawford, marketing director at Supply Chain Insights, is a self-diagnosed geek suffering from a mild case of adrenaline “junkyitis.” I continue to learn.

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One Year After U.S. Withdrawal From Paris Agreement

EcoVadis

Our recent webinar with Andrew Winston , globally recognized eco-expert, discusses where companies can focus their efforts first and key factors to integrate targets in global supply chains for success. State-Level Sustainability.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain disruptions continue to lead to product shortages around the world. The ongoing pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions, along with the Russia-Ukraine war, limited available supplies of cocoa, edible oil, and other food ingredients. Walmart launches new restored goods program.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 4 – 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

Actually, when looking a bit closer at the numbers, supply pressures actually fell below normal. The February reading in the New York Fed’s Global Supply Chain Pressure Index was -0.26, reaching negative territory for the first time since August 2019. And now on to this week’s logistics news. and the U.S.

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Packaging Comes to the Forefront of Sustainability Efforts

Enterra Insights

Now, nearly a dozen states, including Massachusetts, are on track to follow Maine’s lead.”[3] ”[9] Journalist Lisa Johnston ( @thatljohnston ) reports Procter & Gamble “will launch a trial rollout of paper bottles in Western Europe next year as part of overall plans to cut the use of virgin plastics in half by 2030.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

To that end, it has set greenhouse gas emissions goals, vowing to limit its Scopes 1 and 2 emissions by 50 percent by 2030, using 2019 as its baseline. Scope 1 is linked to operations; Scope 2 is tied to the fuels it buys from others, and Scope 3 is associated with the supply chain. That’s all for this week. Enjoy your St.