October 18th is Anti-Modern Slavery Day. This annual reminder gives businesses the opportunity to reflect on how their supply chains may be impacted by modern slavery and what steps they can take to eliminate it.
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Given their use in everyday items such as mobile phones and jewelry, as well as in tools used to manufacture other products, conflict minerals are more widespread than you may think. Businesses must take steps to ensure the minerals found in their products are sourced responsibly.
Join Luc Beerens, Global Sustainability Director at Mars Food, on October 17 for an information session on supply chain transparency! Organized by our partner SGS, this event will share just how transparency can help build consumer trust
https://www.sgs.be/en/events/2019/10/transpone-17-october-2019-supply-chainWe look forward to attending the Schneider Electric Innovation Summit Barcelona on October 2-3! Innovation Summit Barcelona brings together the latest innovation and leading-edge technology to explore the most influential topics in our industry.
https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/about-us/events/innovation-summit-barcelona.jsp#
Transparency in the supply chain is a hot, cross-industry topic that especially affects the automobile industry. In this context, the transition to e-mobility poses technological and infrastructural challenges to the Volkswagen Group: in order to ensure sustainable mobility, the responsible procurement of raw materials, especially of cobalt, lithium, nickel, lead and rare earths, has the highest priority.
Join us in London next week with Microsoft for their Retail & Consumer Goods Executive Experience! We will be speaking on October 2 about how to collect and share your supply chain data with your customers who care about sustainability
https://www.microsoftevents.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x7459268abcd
While multi-tier supply chain transparency is challenging to achieve, it can reap serious benefits for businesses that invest the time and resources. Taking progressive steps to achieve visibility at multiple tiers can benefit businesses in five ways.
