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Human Rights Day 2023

Enterra Insights

They want to know you’re not using children going into mines in Congo, or families being thrown into boats to go fishing for shrimp and never see land.” While AI won’t make supply chains transparent or sustainable on its own, it can be a valuable tool for dedicated brands and enable real, meaningful action at scale.”[7]

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Multiplying Impact: Collaboration on Sustainability Powers Business Performance

EcoVadis

As corporate responsibility attracts more attention, more and more companies are working with peers and competitors in their respective industries to accomplish sustainability-related goals. Reaching sustainable maturity: Benefits of industry collaboration. Collaboration goes mainstream.

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Trade Rules are Increasingly Environmental, Social and Governance Rules

Logistics Viewpoints

The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has a history of conflict, where various armies, rebel groups, and outside actors have profited from mining while contributing to violence and exploitation. Conflict minerals include tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold. Complying with all trade laws would also fall under the governance category.

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UFLPA Compliance: How One Volkswagen Part Led to Thousands of Impounded Luxury Cars

Resilinc

Learn more about the other industries that have been affected in our blog: Which Industries Have Been Impacted by UFLPA? According to a report from December 2022, forced labor is particularly a concern in the automotive industry. Resilinc has the tools to give automakers the critical visibility they need.

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Copper in flux

Resilinc

Vanessa Davidson, top copper analyst at business intel firm CRU, attributed the weak pricing to “the possibility of lower GDP or industrial production triggered by geopolitical risks, high inflation becoming more embedded in the economy, or the effects of Covid-19 lasting longer than anticipated,” at a June 13 mining conference.

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An update on copper

Resilinc

Those “long-term prospects” are embodied in the growing wave of green energy investment and the electrification of transport, heating, industrial processes, and other energy uses that now rely on fossil fuel combustion. Beyond mining, the processing and refining industrial base is even more narrow.

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Addressing UN Sustainable Development Goal 8: Helping Automotive Businesses Tackle Modern Slavery

EcoVadis

Modern slavery and poor working conditions are tough challenges to circumvent for any industry, and the automotive sector faces unique obstacles. The automotive industry relies on both intellectual and physical labor. Historically the automotive industry is notorious for having one of the highest injury rates , and the U.S.