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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

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In April 2022, allegations arose claiming children as young as 10 in Ghana , West Africa were harvesting cocoa beans for food industry giant Mondel?z A 2021 Deloitte study documented how 43% of UK consumers selected brands based on environmentally sustainable values. A similar study in the U.S. Recent High Profile Cases.

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The Supply Chain Impact of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

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Perhaps most notably, CHEP , a pallet and container pooling provider, is supporting UNHCR to perform an in-depth study of its global supply chain network. CHEP will complete the study by late 2015 and present its findings and recommendations to UNHCR shortly thereafter.

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Unethical Supply Chains Cost More Than Dollars and Cents

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More recently, Cadbury’s supply chain in Ghana was found to include children as young as 10 working on cocoa farms while missing school. Additionally, recent studies show that companies with a high degree of focus on environmental and social factors experience lower debt and capital costs.