Sustainability

Sustainability

circular supply chains

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The key to building circular supply chains

A circular supply chain not only contributes to sustainability but also strengthens resilience. Many businesses are aware of the benefits, but struggle to close the loop profitably. Companies that do succeed owe it to a …

Carlos Cordon

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Plea for due diligence on every supplier

To properly address supply-chain risk, multinationals should be doing due diligence on every supplier and cascading action down through the value chain. That is what Carlos Cordon (pictured), Professor of Strategy and Supply Chain Management …

Otrium

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Otrium launches repair programme for returned garments

Digital fashion outlet Otrium is launching a garment refurbishment and repair programme for damaged returns. The aim is to reduce the number of garments ultimately ending up in landfills or being destroyed. The initiative is …

Whitepaper: The future of cost engineering

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Whitepaper: The future of cost engineering

Global megatrends in a dynamic economic context are presenting the manufacturing industry with considerable challenges. Ever-changing customer needs require shorter product development cycles and technical innovations from manufacturers. Take the electrification of the automotive industry …

Roadmap for sustainable shipping execution

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Roadmap for sustainable shipping execution

Logistics operations are always sales-driven. This implies that logistics concepts and operations should follow sales concepts. With the advent of e-commerce, the sales trends such as combining B2C, B2B, D2B, D2C, cross-border, marketplaces and offline/online …

anthill

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The costs of Scope 3

“Who’s going to pay for decarbonizing the supply chain?” was the title of a recent article on a supply chain website written by an experienced US journalist (and how very American of him to immediately …

production capacity

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Half of businesses are reducing production capacity in China

Companies are not only planning to leave China; they are actually doing it. This is the conclusion from a survey conducted by Buck Consultants International (BCI Global) and Supply Chain Media among 150 supply chain …

ZEMBA

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Retailers issue ‘historic tender’ for zero-emission container shipping

A group of international retailers united in the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) have invited container shipping lines to submit bids for the zero-emission shipping of 600,000 TEUs. The retailers include companies such as …

sustainable packaging

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Consumers expect webshops to use sustainable packaging

Webshops risk losing sales if they fail to meet consumer expectations for more sustainable packaging, according to new research among Dutch and Flemish consumers commissioned by DS Smith. The study revealed that 19% of Dutch …

automotive industry

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Automotive industry renews focus on sustainability now supply chains are stabilizing

The automotive industry feels more confident to tackle future supply chain disruptions now that the order backlog has been reduced by 61%, with a further 39% reduction expected in the next year. With less than …