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The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

I recently came back from vacation in Malawi a land-locked country of 19 million that surrounds Lake Malawi. Like many countries today, Malawi struggles to provide basic services to a large number of its people. Where Malawi sits 13 degrees south of the equator, Thailand sits 15 degrees north.

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5 lessons from leading a blockchain social innovation project

Provenance

I was attracted by the opportunity to lead a multilateral innovation project called Trado that had an amazing vision and potential for massive impact –working with companies such as Unilever and Sainsbury’s. It’s been 14 months since l left my consulting life at KPMG to move to a purpose-driven, tech start-up called Provenance.

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Sustainable Forestry: Can We Get It Right?

EcoVadis

In Malawi, deforestation for human settlement and agricultural land has triggered soil erosion with direct impact on lake Malawi’s fish supply, which showed a 90 percent decline over the last 20 years. It remains to be seen whether companies can meet their pledges and monitor their progress.

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5 tips and tools for collaborative working while remote

Provenance

On one project we brought together stakeholders from Singapore, Malawi, the West Indies, the Netherlands and London. We also like to split people into smaller breakout groups to get cross-company stakeholders to work on specific solutions around their transparency initiatives.

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4 Technology Trends Set to Transform Your eCommerce Business

Vinculum

For the demand in the recent future and as companies want to deal with supply chain challenges caused by COVID-19, they are updating their models to reflect new consumer demands along with the new limitations. In a survey, it is found that most of the brands leveraging AI-powered SCM, it is paying dividends for them.

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S.E.C. Approval of Conflict Minerals Rules: a landmark in supply chain disclosure requirements

EcoVadis

The amended final rules propose a more flexible scheme than the previous proposal and introduce differentiated requirements for companies reporting to the S.E.C. Implications for companies and disclosure highlights. Does Section 1502 apply to your company? The reporting company must have influence over the manufacturing.

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Is Logistics Outsourcing Right for Your Company?

Supply Chain Movement

How does a company decide that outsourcing logistics is the right choice? Robinson whitepaper can help companies decide, set reasonable expectations for what outsourcing can contribute to their organisation, and how much of a role a company will need to play to achieve the successful business outcome they seek. Choose country.