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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…

Business change will be “fast and furious” in 2012 with procurement executives leading the adoption of new disruptive cloud technologies, a new report claims.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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…

Marks & Spencer has unveiled details of a project to optimise its global supply chain management functions.

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.