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The Supply Chain Response to India’s Second Wave of Covid!

Supply Chain Game Changer

France and Germany also extended their support with the supply of emergency medical equipment. France offered 8 oxygen generating plants that could be installed quickly along with 5 liquid oxygen containers, 200 electric syringe pushers, 28 respirators and their consumables. High capacity oxygen tankers were airlifted from UAE.

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Forced Labour and Exploitation in Supply Chains

Savant Events

Such legislation often makes reference to international obligations and frameworks, such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and guidelines by the International Labour Organization and the OECD. There is a clear sense of acceleration in the past two or three years, with many more countries choosing to legislate.

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ISO 20400: Building Value Through a New Standard for Sustainable Procurement

EcoVadis

All this has become much easier since a new international standard for sustainable procurement was introduced in April 2017, outlining clear guidelines on how to align with sustainability goals. Section 6 of the ISO 20400 also provides organizations with guidelines on sustainable procurement reporting (6.5.2 What Are the Key Benefits?

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This Week in Logistics News (October 17-21, 2016)

Talking Logistics

billion in France to double capacity at Roissy airport. This week, as reported by Reuters, California proposed making those voluntary guidelines mandatory in the state, “which industry officials [including Google and leading automakers] said could hobble their efforts in the home to much of self-driving vehicle testing and development.”

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Challenges of global fast fashion supply chains (Part IV)

Supply Chain Movement

Thomas and Kerr Inkson (3) to be useful because one can easily identify countries in the seven cultural dimensions, e.g., Spain and France in “Egalitarism”, Japan and USA in “Mastery”, China and India in “Hierarchy”, the UK in “Affective Autonomy”, and the Netherlands and Switzerland in “Intellectual Autonomy”. Conclusion.

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Will Human Rights Due Diligence Soon Become Mandatory for EU Corporations and their Supply Chains?

EcoVadis

Responsible supply chains have reached the top of G7 global leaders’ agenda who in June urged businesses to strive to reach compliance with global human rights standards such as the UN guiding principles on business and human rights and the OECD guidelines on multinationals.

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From soba to udon—Are the noodles in the FTA bowl getting too thick? – LogiSYM December/January 2021

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

By some accounts, the conception of the first FTA dates back to 1860, when tariffs between France and England were removed (wine, brandy and silk in one direction, and coal and iron in the other!) Problems all around. FTA ignorance cannot stem from them being so new and unfamiliar. under the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty.