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MODEX Exhibitors Donating Booth Items to Atlanta Habitat for Humanity
Atlanta Habitat for Humanity offers Sustainable Solution for Discarded MODEX Booth Items Atlanta Habitat for Humanity will be accepting donations of discarded booth items for their ReStore, which sells donated items to the general public. This provides an opportunity for […]
Tool Helps Companies Measure Climate-Change Risk to Supply Chain
Big companies looking to assess climate change-related risks to their supply chains can tap a new tool developed by a private-sector partnership that is integrating data from the University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN). The Climate Change Risk […]
Apple Praised for Supply Chain Transparency
This week the environmental group Greenpeace praised Apple’s efforts to increased transparency on its suppliers and the substances used in its products. This praise came in response to Apple’s release of its 2014 Supplier Responsibility report. “Apple’s increased transparency about […]
Supply chains must collaborate to combat climate risk
Written by Accenture, the CDP Global Supply Chain Report 2014, ‘Collaborative Action on Climate Risk’, details how leading companies are managing the significant risk that climate change poses to global supply chains. According to the report, suppliers report that both […]
Unilever, Hershey Commit to 100% Traceable Palm Oil by Year End
This may wind up being a milestone year for sustainable palm oil production as high-profile manufacturers focus on their sourcing of the ubiquitous vegetable oil. Consumer products conglomerate Unilever and the Hershey Co. chocolate brand recently pledged they’ll be able […]
Social Responsibility-Oriented Investors Back Effort to Transform Supply Chains
Tau Investment Management launched an effort last fall to raise and commit $1 billion to transform global supply chains by improving manufacturers’ social, environmental and operational performance. The New York firm recently received a significant boost as two “anchor investors” […]