Sustainability

Sustainability

AB InBev

Sustainability, Trends

AB InBev invests in blockchain start-up BanQu

Brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has made a new investment in blockchain start-up BanQu. The brewer is impressed by BanQu’s blockchain platform, which connects small farmers in disadvantaged markets to the global supply chains …

digichain

inNOWvate, Sustainability, Trends

Carlos Cordon: “Supply chain digitalization has unexpected benefits”

According to Carlos Cordon, a professor at the IMD Business School in Switzerland, innovation can lead to surprising results. “Supply chain digitalization offers lots of benefits, but often not the ones we expected,” stated Cordon, …

Winner-second-European-Supply-Chain-start-up-contest-2019-Circular-IQ-Roy-Vercoulen

inNOWvate, Sustainability, Trends

Circular IQ wins second European Supply Chain Start-up Contest

The Dutch start-up Circular IQ has won the second edition of the European Supply Chain Start-up Contest during the inNOWvate Supply Chain Event which was held in Amersfoort, the Netherlands on 22 May 2019. This …

Saltrex Waste

Sustainability, Trends

Saltrex Waste saves goods from incineration

Every year more than 771 million tonnes of goods are labelled as waste in the EU, over 40% of which are incinerated or end up as landfill – often undeservedly so, according to the international …

transparency fashion sector

Sustainability, Trends, Visibility

Consumers force fashion sector to improve transparency

Transparency and sustainability are hot topics in the fashion world, fuelled by industry scandals such as the deadly fire in a clothing factory in Bangladesh in 2013. Consumers are demanding insight into how clothes are …

shipping

Sustainability, Trends

New initiatives to speed up sustainability in shipping

A number of initiatives within both inland shipping and maritime shipping are currently aimed at rapidly making this mode of transport more sustainable. For example, Heineken has recently launched the first inland shipping vessel to …

Cargill

Sustainability, Trends

Cargill launches Sustainability Hub for supply chains

Cargill is setting up a Sustainability Hub to boost its sustainability-related activities. With initiatives including the launch of a South American sustainable soy policy, a commitment to human rights and an updated forestry policy, the …

sustainable economy

Content, Reports, Sustainability

The power of purchasing to drive a sustainable economy

To really improve sustainability, companies must look beyond their own in-house activities. On average, a company’s supply chain accounts for 5.5 times as many greenhouse gas emissions as its own operations. These figures come from a …

Supply Chain Start-up Contest

Sustainability, Trends

Supply Chain Start-up Contest 2019 already attracting lots of interest

The European Supply Chain Start-up Contest is once again generating lots of interest! Supply Chain Media is organizing this contest for the second year in a row, giving start-ups the opportunity to pitch themselves to supply …

CPG manufacturers

Sustainability, Trends

Leading CPG manufacturers linked to labour rights abuses in palm oil supply chain

One mill and four plantations belonging to Malaysia’s biggest palm oil producer, FGV Holdings, have been suspended due to labour rights abuses. This decision is part of an investigation by a panel at the global …

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