A discussion about the key role that supply chains play in fighting climate change and ensuring sustainability in their operations, with two analysts from Accenture: Kris Timmermans, senior managing director of strategy consulting and supply chain and operations lead, and Matias Pollmann-Larsen, sustainability lead for supply chain and operations.
The way in which climate-risk disclosures are currently made leads to inaccurate and misleading reports, with non-actionable metrics that are impossible to compare between companies.
The European Union’s ethical supply chain rules are a “game changer” but must be backed by “dissuasive” sanctions, EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders said.
The measures approved Monday are meant to cut off funding to protest leaders and to pressure trucking companies to prevent their semis from being used again in blockades.
Global firms from mining to fashion risk massive compensation payouts in a proposed European Union crackdown on human-rights abuses and environmental breaches set to be unveiled this week.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government will retain emergency powers for at least a few more days because of ongoing threats, even after police cleared all blockades across the country.
Food-borne illnesses can be deadly. Yet when people hear about a food recall — even for something serious like E.coli — they usually determine whether or not they recently purchased that item and move on, not stopping to consider what the situation implies about the U.S. food supply chain.
Truckers who have paralyzed Canada's capital in their outcry against vaccine mandates are ready to risk their trucks being impounded and bank accounts frozen in defiance of Prime Minister Trudeau's effort to clear protests with an emergency law.
Michael Einhorn, chief executive of Dealmed, has been troubled for a good long while about the strategies commonly deployed when it comes to the supply chain for medical supplies.
Companies have been prioritizing environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals in an effort to meet stakeholder demands. As Year Three of the COVID-19 pandemic approaches, however, this goal is becoming more difficult to meet.