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Protecting Your Supply Chain From Forced Labor

Businesses and suppliers alike must take preemptive action to rid their supply chains of forced labor, or face irreversible damage to their consumer base.

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.

Alternative Energy Is Key to Accelerating the Vaccine Cold Chain

In order to successfully eradicate the COVID-19 virus and mitigate proliferation of new strains, we need to significantly improve safe storage and distribution of the vaccines so that more people can be inoculated faster.

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sit in a freezer. Photo: Bloomberg.

Fight Between Commodities Giants and Shippers Leaves Seafarers Stuck

A standoff between commodities giants and shipping companies is prolonging the labor crisis at sea, with an estimated 200,000 seafarers still stuck on their vessels beyond the expiration of their contracts and past the requirements of globally accepted safety standards.

Emissions from a cargo ship at dusk. Photo: Shutterstock.

Digital Financing Is the Answer to Slow ESG Progress

For companies pushing their suppliers to improve environmental impact, working capital can be an invaluable tool.

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If Tesla Is the Apple of Electric Vehicles, Volkswagen Bets It Can Be Samsung

Volkswagen has big plans for becoming the world’s largest maker of electric vehicles. But analysts aren't sure Tesla can be dethroned.

Source: Bloomberg

Used Electric Car Batteries Are Heading to Factories and Farms

Retired electric vehicle batteries that are repackaged into energy-storage systems are being targeted at industrial consumers who’ve been slower to adopt the technology than utilities or homeowners.

A lithium-ion automotive battery pack sits on a chassis. Photo: Bloomberg.

Will U.S. Manufacturers Benefit From a Stronger ‘Buy American’ Policy?

President Biden’s executive order reaffirming the “Buy American” policy for federal government contracting is meant to close the loopholes that have permitted some foreign sourcing of goods and services. But can U.S. manufacturers step up the pace of production to take advantage of the action?

An American flag is displayed on a loading dock. Photo: Bloomberg.

Sugar Cane Lego Blocks? No More Plastic Fantastic as Toymaker Goes Green

Lego has a team of 100 people dedicated to developing its green toys, and they need to make sure the company has an environmentally friendly product it can put on store shelves by 2030.

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Podcast | Biden’s Trade Priorities: The First 100 Days, and Beyond

With the pandemic still raging and the U.S. domestic economy slumping, how will President Biden address critical issues of international trade?

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an address to the nation. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: The Current and Future State of the Restaurant Industry

Justin Marx, chief executive officer of supplier Marx Foods, discusses how his restaurant customers are faring in the pandemic, as well as their prospects for recovery in the months ahead.

The Current and Future State of the Restaurant Industry

Local Hazards Grow as States Ship Their Garbage Overflow

As U.S. cities struggle to rein in garbage while propping up pricey recycling efforts, more companies are profiting from America’s growing waste problem and leaving local communities to face the environmental consequences.

Aerial view of a landfill. Photo: Tom Fisk/ Pexels.

A Billion Tons of Food Was Wasted in One Year, UN Says

Waste is happening at every point, from the field to the dinner table.

Photo: Bloomberg

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