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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Laing O’Rourke’s supply chain chief quits
Roger Seshan has left the construction firm to pursue opportunities in the power sector.
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Vendors choke progress on supply chain emissions
Just 38 per cent of suppliers have set emission reduction targets, which is hampering efforts by purchasers to reduce carbon emissions in the supply chain.
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Global economy at ‘significant risk’ over resource scarcity
Business leaders and global policy makers must consider the impact dwindling natural resources will have on future decisions.
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Former Co-op Farms head steps up as groceries code adjudicator
Christine Tacon will oversee the conduct of supermarkets and their suppliers, and will have the power to investigate where she believes there has been a breach of the Groceries Supply Code of Practice.
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Tesco calls on suppliers’ support
According to reports on The Grocer, Tesco is writing to suppliers and asking for up to 50% of the cost of the new strategy which is targeting millions of customers through eight Clubcard Bonus mail-outs.
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Tesco calls on suppliers to support marketing campaign
According to reports on The Grocer, Tesco is writing to suppliers and asking for up to 50% of the cost of the new strategy which is targeting millions of customers through eight Clubcard Bonus mail-outs.
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Laing O’Rourke supply chain director quits
In a statement the company said that Roger Seshan, who held the position of group asset optimisation and supply chain director, had left in order to take up a project development role within the power sector.
Seshan had been appointed as the companie…
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Combined heat and power takes off
Sometimes referred to as “cogeneration”, CHP is the sequential or simultaneous generation of multiple forms of useful energy (usually mechanical and thermal) in a single, integrated system. These systems can help reduce the cost of heating, cooling, o…
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Corporates plug into Combined Heat and Power installations
Sometimes referred to as “cogeneration”, CHP is the sequential or simultaneous generation of multiple forms of useful energy (usually mechanical and thermal) in a single, integrated system. These systems can help reduce the cost of heating, cooling, o…
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Rising equities boost US pension plans
According to the BNY Mellon Investment Strategies & Solutions Group (ISSG), for the month of December, the funded status for the typical plan increased 1.9% to 76.3%. The BNY Mellon Pension Summary Report for December 2012 noted that, for the year…
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