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When Globalization Meets Just-in-Time in the Medical Supply Chain

Michael Einhorn, chief executive of Dealmed, has been troubled for a good long while about the strategies commonly deployed when it comes to the supply chain for medical supplies.

A health care professional prepares a medical swab test. Photo: Getty.

Eight Ways Businesses Can Stop Child Labor in Their Supply Chains

Companies have been prioritizing environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals in an effort to meet stakeholder demands. As Year Three of the COVID-19 pandemic approaches, however, this goal is becoming more difficult to meet.

Child laborers harvest fair-trade organic cotton in a field near Benvar, Burkina Faso. In Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in the world, lucrative premiums for organic and fair traden cotton has — perversely — created incentives for exploitation. Photo: Bloomberg.

What Is CO2 Removal? How to Avoid Buying Dodgy Carbon Offsets

The challenge of carbon removal is overwhelming.

A driver prepares to attach a chassis to a zero emission electric truck at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Protesters to End Border Blockades as Trudeau’s Threats Hit Home

Vaccine-mandate protesters at two border crossings in Western Canada plan to leave after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government invoked emergency powers that could freeze their bank accounts and suspend their insurance.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: Extending ESG Compliance Across the Entire Supply Chain

Brandon Owens, vice president sustainability with Insight Sourcing Group, describes the challenge of meeting environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements in global supply chains, especially with regard to measuring the carbon emissions of independent vendors and suppliers.

Extending ESG Compliance Across the Entire Supply Chain

Canada Bridge Reopens After Five-Day Protest

The Ambassador Bridge that links Canada with the U.S. has reopened, clearing the largest trade artery between the two countries after a five-day protest shut it down.

Commercial trucks and passenger vehicles drive across Ambassador Bridge on the Canada-U.S. border in Windsor, Ontario. The bridge connects Windsor to Detroit and facilitates over 30% of all Canada-U.S. road trade. Photo: Bloomberg.

Coping With the ‘New Normal’ for Supply Chain Due Diligence

Governments, investors and consumers are demanding increased visibility into every link of the supply chain, to ensure that corporate funds aren’t inadvertently supporting fundamentally unethical behavior.

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 | The ABCs of ESG: Are Supply Chains Making Progress?

Can global businesses meet ethical standards for behavior even as they’re struggling to survive?

Three wooden alphabet blocks spell 'ESG,' which stands for environmental, social and governance. Photo: Svetlana Lazhko/ Canva.

Seven Procurement and Supply Chain Technology Trends for 2022

Which market forces will disrupt enterprises with complex supply chains in 2022? Following are seven key predictions.

A businesswoman uses her smartphone. Photo: Ono Kosuki/ Pexels.

How Trucker Protests Shut the Canadian Border and Rocked the Economy

Canadian protests that began by championing the rights of truckers have spread into sprawling, ad-hoc anti-establishment demonstrations across the country — shuttering crucial trade links, confounding police and giving hints that the efforts could spread.

Demonstrators gather as rows of trucks sit parked during a protest against vaccine mandates in Ottawa, Ontario. Photo: Bloomberg.

Driving Truck Fleets Forward With Proactive ESG Strategies

Looking to the future of truck leasing, industry consultants and executives have begun advocating solutions that will significantly reduce emissions over time.

U.S. Truckers Plan Anti-Vaccine Convoy to Washington

A group of American truckers are seeking to import a Canadian movement to protest against vaccine mandates, with thousands of members on social media pledging to bring the demonstration to Washington, D.C.

A freight truck drives at sunrise. Photo: Getty Images.

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