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Resilience, Agility, and Sustainability: The New Pillars of Future-Proof Supply Chains

3BL Media

Global supply chains are no longer just the "back-end" of businesses—they're now the front line in a world of constant disruptions. From the COVID-19 pandemic to geopolitical conflicts and extreme weather events, supply chains have been tested like never before. Companies like Toyota have shown the way forward.

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Making a Sustainable Impact in a Supply Chain Career

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Schneider Electric Embracing new challenges, seizing opportunities, and making a positive impact on the environment are all possible in the world of Supply Chain. Discovering New Horizons When I joined Schneider Electric in 2011, I never imagined the diverse opportunities that lay ahead.

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How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste

GreenBiz

How Perdue, Smithfield and Silver Fern Farms are reducing packaging waste. Food companies have a dual responsibility when it comes to waste reduction aspirations: optimizing their operations to minimize food waste while reducing the amount of other materials — especially the waste associated with packaging — sent to landfill.

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The rise of the chief sustainability officer

Corporate Knights

She pushed executives to see climate issues not just as an emissions problem, but as the source of new business opportunities through innovations in sustainable materials and processes, such as producing ethanol from plant waste and reducing the volatile organic compounds in paints. CSOs’ central role is likely to only grow.

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Mondel?z 2022 Snacking Made Right Report: More Sustainable Ingredients

3BL Media

Created along the wheat supply chain with farmers, cooperatives, millers as well as agronomists, environment specialists, and NGOs, the Harmony program seeks the commitment of local farmers to follow more sustainable practices in wheat farming. We are also supporting Danone’s Margarita program with smallholder dairy farmers in Mexico.

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How I Got Here: Jon Hixson

3BL Media

United States 2005-2011: Director of Government Affairs Cargill, Inc., Singapore 2011-2014: Director of Government Affairs, Asia Pacific Cargill, Inc., Living and working in Asia In 2011, we moved our family to Asia for an opportunity to work as the director of government affairs for Cargill in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Study Confirms: HelloFresh Meal Kits Cause Lower Carbon Emissions Than Meals From Supermarkets

3BL Media

Lean on-demand supply chain enables more sustainable food solutions than supermarkets. The analysis considers the entire supply chain including food production and delivery. Additionally HelloFresh’s significantly shorter supply chain eliminates unnecessary middlemen and logistics.