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The Cost of Supply Chain Sustainability Legislation?

QAD

The first World Sustainable Procurement Day was held this year on March 21. With the increasing focus on sustainability, I guess we should not be surprised that sustainable procurement now has its own day on the calendar. This includes days to celebrate beer, wine, whiskey, ex-spouses, gardening, pecans and even stupid toys.

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Modernizing Supply Chains with Brandon Daniels

The Logistics of Logistics

Brandon is the CEO of Exiger , a global risk and regulatory intelligence company that helps organizations build resilience and achieve sustainable growth. Throughout his career, he’s appeared in virtually every major business outlet, including CNBC, Fox Business, Financial Times, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

Nowadays, a lot of different factors are increasing the urgency for emerging economies to become sustainable. Furthermore, the notion of Sustainable Supply Chain Management is often linked with social responsibility or environmental management (Ali Esfahbodi, 2016). A great example would be today’s prominence of climate change.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

While this is not exactly the best news to hear, it’s time to move on to this week’s logistics news. Walmart in the news: Walmart, suppliers continue sustainability collaboration. Walmart held its annual Sustainability Summit in Bentonville on Tuesday (Oct. Walmart to buy Alert Innovation.

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This Is Not the Time to Downgrade Supply Chain Sustainability

MIT Supply Chain

Pressure from various stakeholders to make supply chains more sustainable has grown steadily over the last three years and shows no signs of abating. by David Correll and Ken Cottrill The uncertain economic and political outlook might persuade some companies to dial back their efforts to improve the sustainability of their supply chains.

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EY Announces Brian Kempisty of Port X Logistics as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 New York Award Finalist

The Logistics of Logistics

BUFFALO, April 24, 2023 – Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced that Brian Kempisty of Port X Logistics was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 New York Award finalist. Brian was selected by an independent panel of judges. SAP America; and the Kauffman Foundation.

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The GoBolt Story with Mark Ang

The Logistics of Logistics

Mark is the Co-founder and CEO of GoBolt , a tech-enabled, sustainably-focused logistics provider for local ecommerce shops and national brands. The company’s focus on customer-centricity is further driven by a deep commitment to sustainability. Sustainability is a core value at GoBolt and they will be carbon negative by December 2023.