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The Green Corridor: Cures from the Sky! Healthcare Distribution is Driving Itself Into a More Environmentally Friendly Direction

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

On the panel was a company named Zipline, which is based in Silicon Valley. In addition to blood distribution, Zipline also operates drones In Ghana where they were able to get vaccines out, countrywide to fight COVID 19. Amazingly their blood delivery drone operation in Rwanda distributes 70% of that nation’s blood.

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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

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In April 2022, allegations arose claiming children as young as 10 in Ghana , West Africa were harvesting cocoa beans for food industry giant Mondel?z The company issued this statement at the time: “We explicitly prohibit child labour in our operations and have been working relentlessly to take a stand against this.”

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Is Your Halloween Candy Responsibly Sourced?

SupplyShift

Cocoa beans grow best in hot and rainy regions hugging the equator, places like Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Peru and Papua New Guinea. Other brand-name chocolate companies that partner with Source Trust include Ferrero, Hershey, Fazer and Meiji. The post Is Your Halloween Candy Responsibly Sourced?

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Is Your Halloween Candy Responsibly Sourced?

SupplyShift

Cocoa beans grow best in hot and rainy regions hugging the equator, places like Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Peru and Papua New Guinea. Other brand-name chocolate companies that partner with Source Trust include Ferrero, Hershey, Fazer and Meiji. The post Is Your Halloween Candy Responsibly Sourced?

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Student Profile: Sue Andres-Brown ('14) - UCLA Anderson School of.

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Times Money and Company. She’s also participated in three Johnson & Johnson-sponsored UCLA Anderson Management Development Programs : the Head Start Management Fellows Program, the Health Care Executive Program and the Management Development Institute in Ghana. mad.madrasi on Are Daily Deals A Bad Hand for Companies or Consumers?

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Beyond the Magic Quadrant: MESCBNs vs Supply Chain Platforms

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In the last few decades companies have been trying to manage supply chains using finance programs, which we all know doesn’t work and sends practitioners fleeing back to their spreadsheets and email threads. Growing up in rural Ghana, Aoaeh and his family struggled to afford medications that relieved his grandfather’s rheumatoid arthritis.

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What does Corporate Social Responsibility Really Mean?

Logistics Bureau

For some companies it means ethical procurement, for others it involves supporting worthy causes. CSR has specific characteristics and is not to be confused with the shrewd marketing ploys that some companies use to boost their public credentials. While the community profits from a strong CSR project, so does the company.