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Five Signs Your ESG Strategy Is Flawed — and Five Ways to Fix It

Organizations must undertake constant reviews to ensure that their methods are effective in reaching environmental, sustainability and governance (ESG) goals.

A silhouette of transmission towers and power lines at dusk. Photo: Pok Rie/ Pexels.

Growing Pains, Labor Woes: Five Supply Chain Challenges to Count On This Year

It’s time to take an honest look at what’s happening around us, learn from the past two years, and plan accordingly.

A worker surveys inventory on a warehouse shelf. Photo: C Technical/ Pexels.

The Growing Necessity for Supply Chain Sustainability

If 2021 was the year companies innovated to overcome supply chain disruption, 2022 might be the one in which they create more sustainable networks.

How Ocean Shippers Are Coping With High Rates and Unreliable Service Contracts

With no immediate relief in sight from sky-high ocean container freight rates, shippers are faced with the question of how to negotiate with carriers for adequate capacity at a manageable price.

A container ship is berthed at Port of Baltimore. Photo: Pexels.

Protesting Truckers Clog Up Washington’s Interstates

Washington police closed streets as a convoy of truckers protesting the government’s response to COVID-19 and other grievances clogged a major interstate artery leading through the nation’s capital.

Trucks before departing to circle the Washington Beltway during 'The People's Convoy' event in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Monday, March 7, 2022. Photo: Bloomberg.

To Fight Modern Slavery, Start With Tier 2 Suppliers

Companies that lack supply chain visibility beyond first-tier suppliers can’t confirm if or where labor exploitation is occurring.

The Slavery Footprint app, created by Made in a Free World, generates estimates of an individual's reliance on slave labor from data on trafficked humans and labor-abuse rates at manufacturers and suppliers. Photo: Bloomberg.

Podcast | Is Mexico Violating the USMCA on Biotech Imports?

Trade in agricultural products between the U.S. and Mexico is massive: the U.S. ships nearly $20 billion in farm exports to Mexico each year. But that relationship could be in jeopardy.

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Photo: Milton Martínez/ Ministry of Culture of Mexico City.

Watch: Are Companies Ready to Tackle Scope 3 Emissions in 2022?

Alan Holland, chief executive officer of Keelvar, describes the challenge of measuring the carbon emissions of suppliers in multi-tier global supply chains.

Are Companies Ready to Tackle Scope 3 Emissions in 2022?

U.S. Eyes Strict Emissions Rules for Heavy-Duty Trucks

The Biden administration is moving to enact stringent new emissions regulations for large trucks that have been operating for more than a decade under standards environmentalists complain are too lax.

Trucks enter and exit the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Trucker Convoy Returns to Washington in Covid Protest

A fleet of truckers protesting the government’s response to COVID-19 and other grievances returned to the Capital Beltway on Monday, ringing Washington to draw attention to their cause.

Trucks before departing to circle the Washington Beltway during 'The People's Convoy' event in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Monday, March 7, 2022. Photo: Bloomberg.

UN Plastic Pledge Is Bright Spot for Global Climate Diplomacy

As countries buffeted by high energy prices and political infighting at home backslide on climate promises made at the COP26 summit in November, a glimmer of hope for green progress came out of Kenya last week.

A plastic water bottle floats near the port city of Balikpapan in Indonesia. Photo: Bloomberg.

Logistics Labor Has a People Problem, Not a Worker Shortage

The logistics industry likes to think that it has a labor shortage, but it really has a people problem.

A warehouse worker uses a pallet jack to move boxes. Photo: Shutterstock.

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