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The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification

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The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification by Timothy Foote, Founder of Susymbio Access to Sustainable Power is the Challenge of Our Time, but when clean power sources are diversified it promises more stability for our future. Where Malawi sits 13 degrees south of the equator, Thailand sits 15 degrees north.

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Cutting Emissions Through Better Transportation Planning

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Now, Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) allows cost and sustainability to be traded off. Rich Kroes, Vice President of Global Sustainability at Oracle. Rich Kroes – Oracle’s vice president of global sustainability – was also on the call. Carbon Taxes, SEC Sustainability Reporting, and “Greenwashing”.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 25 – December 1)

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companies to import more from countries including India, Thailand and Vietnam. million km) using battery-electric vehicles hauling customer freight. Schneider says it began running the trucks to haul customer freight in January. Schneider National says it’s the first major carrier to rack up 1 million miles (1.6

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The Green Corridor – Logistics’ Role In Preventing The Next Pandemic

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Or how did trinkets made with ivory, whose trade has been globally banned since 1989, find its way to a black market in Thailand? Tim Foote runs Susymbio, a boutique consulting firm advising clients on e-commerce logistics solutions and provides sustainability program management services.

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Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends

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The subsequent rankings in the 2021 Production Statistics revealed that South Korea had overtaken Germany and Mexico, and Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia have moved up the world ranking for car production. The main destinations of vehicle exports were Europe, Middle East and Africa and South America.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Continue to Stabilize in March and Q1-2023

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That is a positive sign Of continued interest was that India and Thailand indexes (included in our highlights below) reflected the quickest rates of expansion. Thailand The S&P Global Thailand Manufacturing PMI® remained at high levels during Q1-2023 growing at a steady pace since November 2022.

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A chat with Scott Phillips

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Whilst I am Australian born, I was fortunate to have had an educational background spanning 3 continents, Australia, Thailand/Singapore and Denmark. I took up a role to develop and facilitate the regional S&OP program for BlueScope steel, spanning, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia. Keeping an Eye on the Big Picture.