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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience. The question is, how do we navigate our way out of this never-ending chaos to continue driving sustainable growth? In fact, global freight rates have increased tenfold since the start of the pandemic. Even in Australia, consumer sentiment index decreased to 102.2,

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The Green Corridor: Food for Thought

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In a recent scientific report published in Natureportfolio, researchers in Australia showed that just over one in ten fish packages sold to customers in Australia are likely displaying the wrong fish species. Brave Changes It is not easy to move organisations into truly more sustainable channels of supply. What’s for Dinner?

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Green Skies? Airlines Need a Tail Wind to Decarbonize

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Virgin Australia and Air Mauritius have both applied for voluntary administration. Establish fuel quality standards to encourage SAF use – Governments need to establish requirement for timely and ambitious fuel quality standards, that encourage use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). Some have gone out of business.

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Now Is the Right Time for Supply Chains To Do the Right Things

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Without a doubt 2020 will be etched in our memories as the year of multiple disasters, with the Covid-19 pandemic, trade issues between the US and China, wildfires in Australia, social unrest in Hong Kong, drastic declines in oil prices, turbulent financial markets and other politically dominated issues in emerging markets. Conclusion.

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2020 Trends in Freight Transportation, and the COVID-19 Impact

Logistics Bureau

Now the entire freight transportation industry, across air, ocean, road, and rail sectors, is awash with disrupted expectations and has retreated into survival mode. Let’s take a look then, at each sector in turn, starting with air freight. Air Freight Transportation Trends 2020. The Freight Rate Roller Coaster.

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The Green Corridor: Predictions Are In The Green!

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The significance of expanding air and ocean, sustainable fuel capacity in our region cannot be stressed enough. Singapore is one of the largest fuelling stations of the world (over 20% of ship fuelling happens here), so capacity for sustainable fuels is critical for global sustainability efforts. Courier Fleets.

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Sustainable Energy: Unveiling Solar Power at the Murarrie site in Queensland

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Nobody could have predicted the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on the global supply chains, caused primarily by lockdowns, labour shortage, freight issues and excessive customer demand fuelled by hysteria.