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Kraft Foods has unveiled a five-year programme designed to improve the sustainability of its cocoa supply chain.

A single acquisition-related mega-deal fuelled a record surge in global outsourcing market performance during the third quarter, analysts report.

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.

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.

Microsoft has announced that it will require its vendors to file annual sustainability reports.

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.

Morton Salt has announced that Elizabeth Nohe has joined the company in the newly-created role of vice president, supply chain.

The long-running increases in precious metals commodity prices will come to an end this quarter, market watchers have predicted.

Soaring global demand for high-techology products could lead to supply chain problems for key metals, scientists have warned.

Key commodities were broadly lower in September as fears grew about the extent of the global growth slowdown, market experts report.