Results for Supply Chain
How disclosure is pushing positive change down the supply chain
February 27, 2019There has been step-change action on environmental impacts within the supply chain in the last decade as demonstrated by the recently published CDP report. Headlines include: (1) more than 110 of the world’s largest companies are now requesting […]
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Full transportation history as simple as QR codes and smartphones
February 27, 2019January 2019 saw the launch of a new tracking platform, developed by WWF and BCG Digital Ventures, called OpenSC. It uses product QR (Quick Response) codes that consumers can scan with a smartphone to automatically display information revealing […]
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February 26, 2019- Large shareholders vote against excessive CEO pay
- Start-up gets ready for factory robots working alongside humans
- SEAT and IBM develop phone app to encourage greener city travel
- Accenture and Mastercard launch blockchain-enabled supplier 'tip' scheme
- World's food supply under 'severe threat' from loss of biodiversity, UN warns
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February 25, 2019- Australia launches climate change plan to tackle emissions
- Microsoft workers demand it drop $480 million U.S. Army contract
- Knorr and WWF partnership suggests 50 future foods to fix the food system
- Amazon pledges 50 percent ‘net zero carbon’ deliveries by 2030
- UN should use crowdfunding platforms to meet SDGs, researchers suggest
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February 20, 2019- Nissan panel to recommend outside director to chair board
- Honda says up to 7,000 jobs at risk from closure of UK plant
- Centrica steps up investment in 'intelligent home' vision
- Majority of European firms have no CO2 reduction targets
- UK plans to make plastic packaging producers pay for waste disposal
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February 18, 2019- Climate strike: Schoolchildren protest over climate change
- Extinction Rebellion calls for British Fashion Council to declare climate emergency
- Lyft donates $700,000 to improve transportation services in Oakland
- Clif Bar Agriculture fund to help organic farmers weather economic challenges
- Pension dashboard should display social and environmental impact information, says UK taskforce
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February 15, 2019- Princes turns to blockchain to minimise supply chain sustainability risks
- Investors call to remove weapons from indices
- Amazon pulls out of planned New York City headquarters
- IKEA snaps up 25 percent stake in German offshore wind farm
- U.S. court dismisses Energy Transfer Partners lawsuit against Greenpeace
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February 14, 2019- Global seed companies target climate change, but miss 90 percent of world's smallholder farmers
- Tate & Lyle to investigate sustainability of stevia supply chain
- EU shareholder rights directive ‘could fail’: Hermes
- China environmental crime arrests up more than 50 percent in 2018
- Asics to host fashion recycling schemes at large-scale sporting events
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February 06, 2019- Top Senate Democrats propose limits to corporate buybacks
- ING Research: The Race to a Circular Economy Heats Up For U.S. Companies
- CDP: Corporate demand for supplier transparency increased eight-fold since 2008
- UK greenhouse gas emissions dip, but transport remains biggest emitter
- German cabinet to hold secret session on Huawei's role in 5G network
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February 01, 2019- Green bonds market 'could hit record $180bn globally in 2019'
- First CDP climate-related investment fund launched
- Foxconn reconsidering plans to make LCD panels at Wisconsin plant
- Major western brands pay Indian garment workers 11p an hour
- UK Appeal rejected: Net Zero legal action reaches end of the line