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Podcast: Roberto Reichard on Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Capital Projects

Requis

I spent a long time with Bechtel doing large projects all around the world including Mexico, Thailand, Egypt, and India. This is how I learned about the concept of “retained carbon”, or embodied carbon, which is essentially the carbon that is used in the extraction and manufacture of materials used in a project.

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Ensuring Workers’ Rights in Global Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Just about every major manufacturer has a supplier code of conduct to ensure that workers are treated humanely. Too often, however, those documents fail to prevent unacceptable working conditions. Most global supply chains are made up of multiple tiers of manufacturing, stretching from production of raw materials to final assembly.