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This Week in Logistics News (October 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

This past weekend, I decorated my house with my kids with our usual Halloween flare: skeletons, spiders, skulls, gravestones, and the ever-present flying bat. All Mars’ products in Europe to be sourced with 100% sustainable cocoa. While the Halloween season is just getting started, retailers are clearly looking ahead.

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From the Farmer to the Foil: The Cacao Supply Chain Challenge

SupplyShift

The drop in prices has stressed both labor and natural resources at the source, but one company has embarked on a mission to alter the historical marketplace and ensure success and stability for every actor in the cacao supply chain. Stasi Baranoff, Director of Global Ops and Sourcing, Uncommon Cacao).

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From the Farmer to the Foil: The Cacao Supply Chain Challenge

SupplyShift

The drop in prices has stressed both labor and natural resources at the source, but one company has embarked on a mission to alter the historical marketplace and ensure success and stability for every actor in the cacao supply chain. Stasi Baranoff, Director of Global Ops and Sourcing, Uncommon Cacao).

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Provenance

Lack of standardised sustainability reporting makes it difficult to compare sustainability performance between source mines, set sustainability targets and reward best practice. In other words you cannot physically differentiate a sustainably sourced REE from a non-sustainably sourced REE without the use of tagging.

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How to Support Black-Owned Ecommerce Businesses + Resources for All Brands & Consumers

ShipBob

Inspired by the beauty of the landscapes found in Ghana, Founder Nana Boateng Osei began a project to combine his love of nature, style, and Africa into an eyewear company. This way, we can honor these amazing people from our past and present to empower ourselves for the future. Founders Jason M. Voice Of Hair.