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Supply Chain Movement 38 | Sustainability & Trends

The main theme of the Q3 issue of the quarterly Supply Chain Movement is Sustainability & Trends. How will the current worldwide recession affect companies' progress on their unavoidable sustainability journey? Will a focus on …

How omnichannel can inspire a circular revolution

Sustainability, Trends

How omnichannel can inspire a circular revolution

As omnichannel business models evolve in an extraordinary year, the public and private sector now have a really unique opportunity to build a circular economy. By Carlos Cordon When it comes to sustainability, shopping online divides opinion. …

Unilever

Sustainability, Trends

Unilever to eliminate fossil fuels from its products

Unilever is to stop using fossil fuels in its laundry and cleaning products. By 2030, the British/Dutch multinational intends to use only renewable and recycled carbon sourced from plants, air, marine sources or waste materials. …

The sustainability slog

Blogs, Sustainability

The sustainability slog

The path to sustainable supply chains is proving to be a long, hard slog with numerous obstacles along the way. Firstly, there is a gaping hole between the rhetoric and the reality. According to a …

Google

Sustainability, Trends

Google and WWF partner up to create platform for sustainable fashion

Google is partnering with WWF Sweden on an environmental data platform to facilitate more responsible purchasing decisions in the fashion industry. The partnership combines knowledge and expertise from both parties by bringing some of their …

Bristol

Sustainability, Trends

CEO keen to reduce Bristol’s dependency on China

Elise Vanaudenhove, CEO of the Belgian footwear and clothing company Euro Shoe Group, is looking beyond the coronavirus crisis. She believes that the group, which includes retail chain Bristol, has become too dependent on China. …

Francesca Gamboni

Sustainability, Trends

Francesca Gamboni, Groupe PSA: “It’s my ambition to get supply chain represented on the board”

“The automotive industry is very challenging. It is extremely complex with a huge diversity in products and it’s very demanding from a cost management perspective. All in all, that makes it very exciting,” says Francesca …

Zencargo

Sustainability, Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Zencargo

Zencargo was founded in London, UK, by Alex Hersham (CEO, pictured), Richard Fattal (CCO) and Jan Riethmayer (CFO) in 2017. The start-up is on a mission to build ‘a world with smarter trade’ by synchronizing …

returns

Sustainability, Trends

Returns often not worth the effort for online retailers

When consumers want to return goods, online stores regularly refund the money without asking for them to be sent back – even if there is nothing physically wrong with the product. This surprising finding emerged …

circular economy

Content, Reports, Sustainability, Visibility

70% of supply chain leaders plan to invest in the circular economy

The large majority – 70% – of supply chain leaders are planning to invest in the circular economy over the next 18 months, according to a recent survey by international research and advisory firm Gartner. …