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More action needed to encourage sustainable palm oil
Despite more manufacturers and retailers across the world signing up to buying more sustainable oil than two years ago, progress has still been slow, according to the WWF palm oil scorecard, prompting key individuals to suggest that government interven…
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Procurement professionals lead adoption of cloud technology
Business change will be “fast and furious” in 2012 with procurement executives leading the adoption of new disruptive cloud technologies, a new report claims.
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Kimberly-Clark supply chain chief plugs into RadioShack
RadioShack has announced that it has appointed Kimberly-Clark supply chain chief, Robert E. Abernathy, to its board of directors. Abernathy’s election expands the RadioShack’s board’s membership from eight to nine directors.
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Analysis: Selling procurement to top graduate talent
Figures released in the UK last week revealed that unemployment had risen to 2.62m – with the current rate of 8.3% representing the highest recorded figure since 1996.
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McDonald’s breaks with bad egg supplier
Fast food giant McDonald’s has dumped a supplier of eggs, the kind used in egg McMuffins, after a government agency found filthy conditions on its site and an animal rights group exposed cruel treatment of the chickens.
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Supplier assures planemakers of robust supply chain
French aerospace suppliers Zodiac have spoken up to express confidence that the industry would be able to keep up with planned production increases at Airbus and Boeing, despite the financial pressures in the market.
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Outsourcing trend growing says Mitie
Mitie, a UK based outsourcing company that provides outsourcing services to some of the world’s biggest public and private sector businesses, has said that there is a growing trend towards larger outsourcing contracts as companies continue to look for …
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KPMG touts ‘globally-recognised’ sustainability benchmarking
KPMG International and Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) has begun touting an alliance designed to help companies measure and enhance their corporate sustainability performance. The tie-up combines the benchmarking capability of SAM and KPMG’s Climate…
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Marks & Spencer shops for supply chain optimisation technology
Marks & Spencer has unveiled details of a project to optimise its global supply chain management functions.
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"Revolution" on its way for UK government procurement
The British government has announced a series of reforms that it claims will “revolutionise” the way it buys goods and services from the private sector.
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