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State policy encouragement, together with the growing prestige of corporate sustainability, is pushing Chinese manufacturers to scale up their operational and supply chain sustainability programmes, new research reveals.

The anti-capitalist movement, Occupy, which had set up camps in major cities across the western world are planning to block ports on the west coast of the US on Monday, in an attempt to cripple a major part of the global supply chain.

Organised criminal groups are increasing targeting the oil industry, senior energy industry executives have warned.

Prices in the $3tn-plus global petrochemicals marketplace fell more than 3% to $1,162 per metric tons (/mt) in November, according to newly published market estimates.

Trouble is brewing in the coffee industry as 2011 draws to a close as a row over supplies threatens to rumble on into the New Year.

The UK National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called on European Union policy-makers to help curb the “power imbalance” in food supply chains.

The impact of the recent and ongoing flooding in Thailand is restricting the supply of computer hard drives for US manufacturing business, a new report reveals.

New research from the UK-based Carbon Trust Advisory has predicted that multi-national organisations will significantly increase their focus on supply chain carbon in the next two to three years.

Volkswagen AG (VW), the German car producing giant, has announced that it is aiming to source more parts for its global operations and triple its annual component sourcing from India over the next few years.

Volkswagen AG (VW), the German car producing giant, has announced that it is aiming to source more parts for its global operations and triple its annual component sourcing from India over the next few years.