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

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I graduated as an industrial engineer from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Sustainability should impact procurement choices, such as favoring lower embodied carbon products over higher embodied carbon products. Safety and quality became key buying factors during procurement.

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Ensuring Workers’ Rights in Global Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Too often, however, those documents fail to prevent unacceptable working conditions. Partners in the effort include Ethical Training Initiatives in the United Kingdom and Norway , and the Netherlands-based Solidaridad. “We The solution lies in adequate training at the most important level — the workers themselves.