Get in line.
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Exporters and importers alike are facing more bureaucracy as the full effect of many of the Brexit changes come into effect.
The UK has set ambitious net zero targets, but is overlooking its imported emissions.
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For the UK to achieve its net zero targets, it needs to take action on its carbon-intensive, poorly regulated supply chains.
Like much else, scientific labs have been shut down by the pandemic.
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Supply chain issues, emergency science, social distancing requirements and a lot more free time offered both challenges and opportunities for research scientists.
Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell is signalling hard decisions ahead.
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Transitory or persistent? That’s still the big question facing central bankers over inflation.
A priority given to beer and bubbly shows the strong link between Christmas and alcohol.
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While shelves empty and the “booze trains” run, humanity’s ancient festival dream of equality and justice awaits.
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Most of Australia’s books are distributed by just one company. The stress of COVID has hit this supplier, and your local bookshop.
A portion of the Coquihalla Highway near Hope, B.C., is destroyed following heavy rains and mudslides in B.C.
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Food supply chains had already taken a serious hit by panic-purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The B.C. floods remind us how effective supply chain management planning can help avert crises.
Supermarkets could soon display smart packaging, raising potential issues around data privacy and bias.
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Researchers are looking into the potential technological threats to data safety and privacy from the smart supermarkets of the future.
Shopping bags are getting heavier – on your wallet.
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Inflation soared 6.2% in October from a year earlier, the fastest pace since 1990.
Environmental, social and governance problems in a company’s supply chain can be hard for investors to track.
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Two supply chain experts see a major flaw in how ratings agencies measure companies’ environmental, social and governance performance.
Shipping containers are moved from the Fairview Cove Container Terminal In Halifax in May 2021.
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The world needs robust supply chains that are founded on sustainability, collaboration, trust, transparency, visibility and diversification of supply.
Ships waiting to dock at Los Angeles.
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All the extra profits that shipping companies have made from high freight rates should be put to good use.
Global plastic supply chains have been altered by COVID-19.
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The problem of increasing plastic waste has been exacerbated by the pandemic, requiring better regulation and monitoring to solve.
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Don’t expect to buy online in early December and have your parcel delivered by the 25th.
Consumers are still finding bare store shelves.
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An expert on global supply chains explains why shortages of many products have persisted throughout the pandemic.
A factory in Qindao, Shangdong making coal briquettes.
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Xi Jinping has been talking tough on decarbonising China, but blinked after an energy crisis threatened to derail the world economy.
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Short fixes won’t last.
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Three ways the government could address the lorry driver shortage with longer-term solutions.
The global economy depends on shipping containers.
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Before the container was standardized, loading and unloading goods was very labor-intensive, inefficient and costly.
It’s all to play for. Well, sort of.
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Everything from lorry driver shortages to container ship problems are conspiring to make it a tight Christmas for retailers.