Results for Supply Chain
Daily Media Briefing
April 27, 2018- Starbucks reports 150% increase in reusable cup use since introduction of 5p charge
- IBM teams up with jewellery companies to tackle blood diamonds with blockchain
- Report: Oil company values likely to fall within five years, warn asset managers
- Singaporean data privacy watchdog proposes new law to merge rules on spam & unsolicited calls
- Global warming and plastic waste top UK environmental concerns
A question of sustainability… Investors eye plant-based shift to alternative proteins
April 26, 2018 A surge in the sustainable proteins market is being driven by new consumer trends, but food companies are trailing in their response writes Aarti Ramachandran Read more >
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 >
Daily Media Briefing
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
Daily Media Briefing
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
Daily Media Briefing
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
Daily Media Briefing
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 >
Daily Media Briefing
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
Daily Media Briefing
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