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FedEx Trials EV Tractor to Move Shipments Between U.K. Delivery Hubs

FedEx will be using Mercedes-Benz Trucks' eActros 300 tractor for linehaul operations at the company's Parkhouse station in Stoke on Trent.

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'Huge Opportunity' for Last Mile, Drayage Fleets in Transition to EVs

Telematics company Geotab tracked an 81% increase in EV adoption among U.S. commercial fleets between 2022 and 2023.

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Workers Who Reported Abuse from Essential Oil Supplier Say They've Faced Retribution

Women who sorted resin for the Somaliland supplier claimed that they would work 12-hour days, six days a week, in facilities with no toilets or running water.

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Watch: Getting a Grip on Supply Chain Visibility

Abe Eshkenazi, chief executive officer of the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM), discusses the challenge of achieving true end-to-end visibility across global, multi-tier supply chains.

Watch Getting A Grip On Supply Chain Visibility

As Regulators Pause, Supply Chain Managers Move Forward with Climate Reporting

While the SEC’s recent rule remains tangled up in legal challenges, major corporations are moving forward with voluntary climate reporting through their supply chains.

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Port of Seattle Opens Applications for WMBE Business Accelerator Program

The program is designed to give women- and minority-owned small businesses the chance to learn the skills needed to work and grow within the maritime industry.

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U.K. Department Store Trials Clothing Repair Service in Bid to Cut Carbon Waste

John Lewis stores will charge £10.95 ($14.15) to fix small rips and tears, £28.50 for a broken zipper on items like cushion covers, and £99.95 to restore a handbag.

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Dior, Armani Under Fire for Misleading Consumers Over Abuse of Workers

Prosecutors in Milan found that Armani and Dior had subcontracted out production of their handbags to Chinese-owned companies in Italy that violated a litany of ethical labor regulations.

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Case Study: An NGO Helps Multinationals to Tackle Modern-Day Slavery with AI

A case study exploring how Hope for Justice and Slave-Free Alliance partnered with Exiger to leverage its supply chain visibility platform and pinpoint modern-day slavery problems across complex supply chains.

Exiger Tim Nelson And Brandon Daniels Case Study An Ngo Helps Multinationals To Tackle Modern Day Slavery (540p)

GM Shareholders Reject Proposal to Evaluate Child Labor Practices

GM's board of directors asserted that the company's policies already reflect a "zero-tolerance" approach to child labor.

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Preparing for the Future With ‘Extreme Scenario Planning’

The best way that industrial supply chains can prepare for an uncertain future is to imagine the most extreme outcomes playing out — in opposite directions.

The Dnister river in Halych town, western Ukraine. Photo: iStock.com/Bilanol

How Manufacturers Can Prepare for $100-per-Barrel Oil

In the past two decades, the cost of oil exceeded $100 per barrel in six different years, and there’s no reason to think that 2024 is safe from such a recurrence.

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