Supply Chain Security & Risk Mgmt

Five Signs Your ESG Strategy Is Flawed — and Five Ways to Fix It

March 17, 2022

Organizations must undertake constant reviews to ensure that their methods are effective in reaching environmental, sustainability and governance (ESG) goals.

Carmakers Seen Producing 5 Million Fewer Vehicles After Russian Invasion

March 17, 2022

Bloomberg

A closely watched auto-industry forecaster lopped more than 5 million cars off its projections for global production this year and next, largely due to fallout expected from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

When Will the Chip Shortage End? U.S., EU Spend Billions in Race to Beat China

March 16, 2022

Bloomberg

Sanctions are causing a shortage of microchips in Russia. Meanwhile, the U.S. and Europe are spending billions in a race to reduce reliance on imports just as China plans to turn itself into a chip powerhouse.

The World’s Cargo Ships Are Sailing Into Worse Climate Risks: Report

March 16, 2022

Bloomberg

Dangerous, expensive disruptions to shipping and many of the world’s roughly 3,700 ports are on the rise along with global temperatures. These events will increasingly threaten the sea routes that convey 80% of traded goods by volume, according to an analysis by Environmental Defense Fund.

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Watch: When Will the Vehicle Supply Chain Recover?

March 16, 2022

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

A discussion about the current state and future of the vehicle supply chain, with Shay Scott, executive director of the Global Supply Chain Institute, and professor in the University of Tennessee’s Master's of Science in Supply Chain Management online program.

The Growing Necessity for Supply Chain Sustainability

March 16, 2022

Ken Sherman, SupplyChainBrain Contributor

If 2021 was the year companies innovated to overcome supply chain disruption, 2022 might be the one in which they create more sustainable networks.

To Fight Modern Slavery, Start With Tier 2 Suppliers

March 14, 2022

Kelly Barner, SCB Contributor

Companies that lack supply chain visibility beyond first-tier suppliers can’t confirm if or where labor exploitation is occurring.

U.S. Oil Production Will Cushion Price Hit to Economy, Eventually

March 10, 2022

Bloomberg

Any increased capital spending by U.S. oil and gas producers in response to the surge in crude price should help soften the blow to the economy from an expected pullback in consumer spending. It just won’t be anytime soon.

Can Europe Weaken Putin’s Power Over Global Energy?

March 9, 2022

Bloomberg

The war in Ukraine has already revealed that the modern financial system can be weaponized in ways never before seen. Now the same might be true of the energy transition.

War in Ukraine Triggers Global Food Emergency

March 9, 2022

Bloomberg

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means the food inflation that’s been plaguing global consumers is now tipping into a full-blown crisis, potentially outstripping even the pandemic’s blow and pushing millions more into hunger.