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Trade Rules are Increasingly Environmental, Social and Governance Rules

Logistics Viewpoints

Procurement managers are now asked to address ESG issues in their sourcing and foreign manufacturing operations. 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.

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Q&A with Sidney Johnson: Veteran Supply Chain Practitioner and Resilinc Advisory Board Member

Resilinc

In those roles, we closely aligned with 3,000 total suppliers globally, constituting about 6,500 individual manufacturing locations. A simple thing that we always said was that we wanted to buy where we manufactured. When I went to the board meeting to present after the tsunami, protection of supply was the topic of discussion.