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How Plastic Bottles From Haiti End Up In Your Boots: Timberland X Thread on Open Sourcemap

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Thread International weaves fabric from plastic bottles collected in Haiti and Honduras - providing income opportunities to nearly four thousand people and diverting two hundred tons of plastic from waste streams. This Spring Timberland is launching two footwear products built using Thread post-consumer recycled fabric.

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Latest Track Shows Hurricane Matthew Threatening East Coast Supply Chains

Supply Chain 24/7

The strongest storm to hit Haiti in half a century is making its way to the U.S., and while landfall is not expected for another 24 hours, supply chains are likely to feel the impact of the weather catastrophe soon.

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Hurricane Matthew: What You Need to Know

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The Flooding, high winds, and serious rainfall have killed over 280 people in Haiti, and one in Florida. While many retailers stocked up on important supplies ahead of time, Haiti is facing extreme shortages of emergency goods, and some regions in the US are facing shortages of water and propane. Retail Updates.

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Profiles in Leadership: Chef José Andrés

Enterra Insights

Furdyk says it all began with a phone call: “ As Andrés told Fast Company, Manolo Vílchez, head of a Spain-based solar-powered-stove company, was planning a humanitarian trip to Haiti to distribute solar-powered cooking equipment to citizens in the aftermath of an earthquake, and invited Andrés to join him.

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World Food Day 2023

Enterra Insights

With households in emerging economies spending an average of 25% of their budgets on food — up to 40% in sub-Saharan Africa and 60% in Haiti — rising inflation is placing families in a desperate situation and perpetuating the cycle of generational poverty, especially the cycle of rural poverty.”

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Good-bye siloed, functional planner. Hello storm chasing network planner.

Kinaxis

2010 – Haiti earthquake. The year seems to be interchangeable, just looking to get wildfires on the list.). 2013 – Massive tornado packing 200 mph winds in the Oklahoma City area. See 2014 side note). 2012 – Hurricane Sandy. 2011 – Japan earthquake / tsunami and Fukushima disaster. I’ll stop there.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

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by Joe Cannata With Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful storm to threaten the Atlantic Coast in over 10 years that has already brought severe damage to Haiti, the Bahamas and several Southeastern U.S. states, obvious disruptions to supply chains and supply chain risk management were a given.