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Sphera Releases Tool to Ensure Compliance With E.U. Chemical Regulations
Regulatory demands from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will increase in complexity in 2018 with the forthcoming European Substance Volume Tracking (SVT) regulations, and EHS software provider Sphera has released an enhanced version of its Intelligent Authoring software that the company says will ensure companies are able to stay in compliance with the new regulations.
Construction Contractors to Map Supply Chains for Modern Slavery
Several large construction contractors are collaborating to map their supply chains for modern slavery.
A Supply Network for the Amazon Age
The biggest companies by market capitalization 15 years ago were deeply rooted in the physical world. No. 3 Exxon sold you the gasoline to drive to no. 5 Walmart back in 2001. Even Microsoft, the no. 2 company, dealt largely in the OS and software for your notebook or desktop PC.
How Can We Save American Manufacturing?
American manufacturing is in need of a reboot.
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U.S. Farmers Fear Trade Policy Changes
Kirk Liefer is readying his soybeans for shipment down southern Illinois's Kaskaskia River. The Kaskaskia feeds into the Mississippi, which, to a great extent, feeds China: About one-quarter of the U.S. crop goes straight to the world's biggest food market, where it gets eaten by half the planet's pigs and provides cooking oil for a rapidly growing middle class.
At Ongoing Standing Rock Protests, Not Just Any Toilet Will Do
The scale and duration of the protests that have unfolded here over the fall and winter by those determined to block the Dakota Access oil pipeline have created endless logistical challenges.
Will 'Made in Italy' Replace 'Made in China'?
China's textile industry is a world beater, accounting for over 60 percent of world chemical and synthetic fiber production. Cotton production is lower, but still large, at over 20 percent of the global total, ranking only behind India in 2016. The trend, however, is downwards as China is caught between rising domestic costs, persistent technical and distribution advantages elsewhere.
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E.U. Shipping Emissions Vote Met With Industry Disapproval
By majority vote, the Members of the European Parliament have agreed to include shipping in the European Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) Directive as of 2023, unless there is a comparable system agreed under the auspices of the IMO by the end of 2021.
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The North Face, Patagonia to Phase Out Perfluorinated Chemicals
Gore Fabrics says it will eliminate perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) of environmental concern from its products by 2023.
Vanilla Shortage Starts Race for Substitutes
Short supply and soaring prices are forcing flavour companies to find natural alternatives.
Advanced Analytics Drives Double-Digit Growth, Survey Says
Nearly two-thirds of companies with well-established advanced analytics strategies report operating margins and revenues of 15 percent or more, according to a report developed by Forbes Insights, in collaboration with Ernst & Young.
Steel Resurgence Seen Fizzling as China's Property Market Slows
Steelmakers aren't out of the woods yet. A year-long rebound risks fading as a slowdown in China's property market deepens, exposing bullish sentiment as overblown, according to a U.S.-based hedge fund manager and former Citigroup Inc. analyst.
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