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Kraft cooks up plan to boost cocoa sustainability
Kraft Foods has unveiled a five-year programme designed to improve the sustainability of its cocoa supply chain.
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Siemens deal drives outsourcing market to record high
A single acquisition-related mega-deal fuelled a record surge in global outsourcing market performance during the third quarter, analysts report.
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Procurement JV to save telecom groups €1.3bn
A procurement joint venture between Deutsche Telekom and France Télécom-Orange which came to life yesterday will save the two organisations as much as €1.3bn.
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SEC takes aim at conflict mineral disclosure rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission will convene a public roundtable today to discuss the agency’s on-going efforts to create workable disclosure rules for companies involved in the trade or use of conflict minerals.
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Microsoft to require sustainability reporting by vendors
Microsoft has announced that it will require its vendors to file annual sustainability reports.
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Apple supplier shuts down plant in eastern China
One of the world’s biggest suppliers of high-end metal casings for laptops and smartphones, Catcher Technology, said on Monday that it had shut down a plant in eastern China over environmental concerns.
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Morton Salt appoints new supply chain chief
Morton Salt has announced that Elizabeth Nohe has joined the company in the newly-created role of vice president, supply chain.
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Precious metals commodity price bull run set to stumble
The long-running increases in precious metals commodity prices will come to an end this quarter, market watchers have predicted.
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High-tech product demand threatens supply of key metals
Soaring global demand for high-techology products could lead to supply chain problems for key metals, scientists have warned.
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Commodity markets ‘weighed down’ by Euro sovereign debt crisis
Key commodities were broadly lower in September as fears grew about the extent of the global growth slowdown, market experts report.
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