Results for Supply Chain
Blockchain and sustainability – should you believe the hype?
April 26, 2018 Positioned as an exciting opportunity to enhance visibility within supply chains, Charlie Ashford explores the hype around blockchain. Read more >
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April 24, 2018- FIFA launches new carbon offset campaign for 2018 World Cup
- Singapore’s first zero-waste grocery store to open
- KPMG faces rare shareholder protest over General Electric and Wells Fargo audits
- YouTube reveals it removed 8.3 million videos from site over 3-month period
- Fortune 500 companies join AFF, GreenBlue on Forest Sustainability Tool
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April 13, 2018- Pret a Manger launches the UK’s plastic bottle deposit return scheme
- Report: World can limit global warming “without bioenergy with carbon capture and storage”
- US green group to launch methane detection satellite
- Indonesian billionaire using “shadow companies” to clear forest for palm oil, report alleges
- Singapore’s competition watchdog sets interim measures for Grab-Uber merger
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April 10, 2018- Central bank chiefs consider increase in regulatory oversight to address climate risks
- US payday-lending industry sues to block legacy Obama-era regulation changes
- Uber loses EU case against French criminal charges
- Iceland to be first UK supermarket to cut palm oil from own-brand products
- Intel patents bitcoin mining chip accelerator to reduce energy use
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March 26, 2018- Uber exits south-east Asia with sale to rival Grab
- Americans less likely to trust Facebook than rivals on personal data
- Shell faces shareholder push on climate change goals
- Pilot scheme seeks to produce first “ethical cobalt” from the Democratic Republic of Congo
- US asks China to reconsider ban on foreign waste
Confronting root causes of forced labour: promising avenues for change
March 22, 2018 Current government and industry initiatives have proved insufficient for governing labour standards. Joined-up thinking between stakeholders and a global worker movement point to a way forward, writes Genevieve LeBaron and Penelope Kyritsis. Read more >
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March 21, 2018- Investors sue Facebook following data harvesting scandal
- Few companies link perks to climate change targets
- Amazon becomes second-most valuable publicly traded company ahead of rival Alphabet
- Report: World Bank suggests that climate change will cause the movement of more than 140 million people
- Coca-Cola and US State Department to use blockchain to combat forced labour
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March 20, 2018- BlackRock spells out what Larry Fink’s letter to CEOs meant
- Report: Amnesty International accuses Shell and Eni of negligence in cases of Nigerian oil spills
- One in seven EU companies have moved supply chain out of UK
- Weinstein Company files for bankruptcy and frees staff from secrecy orders
- Report: Environment & sustainability profession outstrips UK average for job satisfaction, pay and employment
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March 15, 2018- Report: Pensions industry needs to engage with millennials to encourage pension saving
- Clinical trials tracker: In just three weeks, US government failed to levy $13 million pharma fines
- Theranos accused of “elaborate, years-long fraud” by SEC
- Lush launches campaign targeting palm oil industry in Asia
- Mossack Fonseca law firm to shut down after Panama Papers tax scandal
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March 14, 2018- Google’s new policy to ban cryptocurrency advertising
- Prudential to split into two companies to target Asia
- Report: Hotelier coalition calls on industry to make modern slavery a top priority
- Green Investment Bank sell-off process “deeply regrettable”, say UK MPs
- US Environmental Protection Agency’s settlement with refiner receives criticism