Tag: supply chains
Risk management lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
Covid-19 has posed multiple challenges for risk management professionals. Agility, innovation and the ability to face uncertainty are key.
Boohoo board in the firing line over governance failings
Report by Alison Levitt QC criticises the fashion retailer’s board for presiding over “unacceptable” working conditions posing “a significant risk of disaster”.
Corporate support builds for mandatory human rights due diligence
Companies including Adidas, Nestlé and Ericsson have pledged their backing for “new binding standards which benefit all”.
Blockchain, supply chains and the post-Covid world
Covid-19 has underlined the vulnerability of supply chains. The blockchain can enhance resilience by improving the transparency and traceability of transactions.
Is human rights risk monitoring a weak link in your supply chain?
Current risk monitoring systems may not protect workers or provide an accurate assessment of risks. Here are the questions companies should ask themselves.
How blockchain can create more resilient supply chains in the post-Covid recovery
Blockchain improves the integrity of supply chains by providing companies and consumers with transparent and secured data.
Boohoo supply chain under scrutiny after Leicester lockdown claims
The fashion group’s share price plunged amid concerns over working conditions in its UK supply chain, raising questions about transparency and due diligence.
Lessons from CEOs: leading through the Covid-19 crisis and beyond
Many CEOs have found their crisis management frameworks inadequate, requiring more dynamic approaches that are better at “sensing and responding”.
Companies ‘failing to demonstrate oversight of vulnerable workers’
Research reveals a lack of data on vulnerable workers in supply chains, despite investor demands for better reporting and oversight.
Social factors ‘now key to good corporate governance’ says ICGN
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted social failures and “deep” inequality which must be addressed by business, warns the global governance body.