The energy transition will need a secure, abundant and affordable supply of critical minerals, according to the World Economic Forum’s Fostering Effective Energy Transition report for 2023. Ensuring this will also help build resilience into the transition. Read more in…
Record high food prices have triggered a global crisis that will drive millions more into extreme poverty, magnifying hunger and malnutrition, while threatening to erase hard-won gains in development Read more in Word Bank Food Security Update By Word Bank…
Many of the global economic ripple effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine won’t be felt for weeks or even months. Russia is, for instance, one of the world’s largest exporters of fertilizer, accounting for about 14 percent of the global…
Eight global supply chains account for more than 50% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Only a small proportion of these emissions are produced during final manufacturing. Most are embedded in the supply chain—in base materials, agriculture, and the freight transport…
A proposed US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation would require participants in the food value chain to maintain sortable end-to-end electronic records to be made available upon request within 24 hours during a food-borne outbreak or food recall investigation.…
For companies, especially those in consumer-facing sectors, end-to-end supply chain emissions are much higher than the direct emissions from their own operations. By implementing a net-zero supply chain, companies can amplify their climate impact, enable emission reductions in hard-to-abate sectors,…
Coronavirus has posed tremendous global disruption in the end-to-end global supply chain. When we think about supply chain disruption, consider the products you use every day. Each product entails many elements before it reaches you. Read more in news.usc.edu Five…
A new last-mile delivery robot will be taking to streets soon. It will also be taking to bike lanes, if its creators have their way.Refraction AI, creator of a low-cost, lightweight delivery robot named REV-1, built its bot to operate…
Customer scrutiny of the practices of large corporations is increasing at a rapid clip. More than ever, there’s pressure on retailers to reassure buyers that the tantalum used in their smartphones and laptops is not mined in war zones and…
Farms often throw away perfectly good crops because of cosmetic standards set by supermarkets, he explains. And farmers are reluctant to fight the grocer giants, because their livelihoods depend on the contracts. read more in techinsider Which countries are the…
