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Traceability is the Foundation of Supply Chain Due Diligence

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In December 2023, the European Parliament and the European Council reached a provisional agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), a sweeping law that mandates companies to actively monitor and rectify any human rights and environmental risks within their global supply chains.

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NOT Your Dad’s Supply Chain: 4 Trends Every Retail Exec Should Know for 2024

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In 2024, it won’t be your dad’s supply chain. These four emerging trends elevate the urgency for supply chain execs to move distributed order management (DOM) to the top of their lists. #1: Retailers need additional tools to fully integrate these stores’ back-of-house (BOH) operations into the rest of their supply chain.

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With Supply Chain Still in Flux, Executives Focus on Sustainability, Automation

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For almost as long as retail has existed, the supply chain has contentedly operated behind the curtain. But that all changed with the COVID pandemic, the ripple effects of which brought supply chains into the spotlight. Now the supply chain is a top consideration not just for retail executives but consumers as well.

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Alibaba Supply Chain Exec Recommends Futureproofing with AI, Blockchain and Crowdsourcing

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But the supply chain disruptions that it exacerbated have not fallen by the wayside as easily as disposable masks did, with the global movement of goods continuing to be impacted by one challenge after another — from war and terrorist attacks to drought. The COVID-19 pandemic has, for all intents and purposes, ended.

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RILA Debuts Greenhouse Gas Measurements Database for Consumer Products

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The DPED contains emissions data for more than 180 consumer and commercial product types, including top-load washing machines, coffeemakers, air conditioners, lighting fixtures and chainsaws. The DPED’s goal is to foster uniform metrics for comprehending and managing scope 3, category 11 direct-use emissions across the industry.

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Meet Our 40 Under 40 Winners of 2024

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And at the brand level, we have the honor of spotlighting executives from both established legacy retailers as well as emerging direct-to-consumer brands. Manager, Tinuiti Kris Bybee, Vice President of Finance, Tractor Supply Company Amanda Moschel, Senior Manager of Store Design, ULTA Beauty Carley Stypula, Sr.

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Canada’s New Supply Chain Bill Creates Obligations for Retailers

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Human rights advocates are applauding Canada’s new supply chain law. 1, 2024, applies to both domestic and international businesses that meet at least two of these three thresholds: CAD $40 million in gross worldwide revenues; $20 million in assets; or an average of 250 employees or more. The law, which goes into effect Jan.

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