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Sedex | October 14, 2020

In an industry first, responsible business membership organisation Sedex has launched a new virtual assessment tool that enables businesses to continue assessing suppliers and protecting workers in their supply chain during the coronavirus pandemic. The Virtual Assessment is a human rights due diligence tool that a social auditor uses to assess the performance of a site remotely through the use of video conferencing, gaining as much insight as possible into site conditions, management systems an...

Wayfair | August 06, 2020

Wayfair dramatically reversed its trend of quarterly losses in the hundreds of millions in the second quarter when pandemic-driven online home spending ratcheted up the company's immense and admittedly underutilized logistics network, reported executives Wednesday. The company posted $274 million in net income in Q2 after losing $286 million in Q1 and more than $1 billion 2019.The e-tailer reported an 83% year-over-year increase in net revenue in Q2 while doubling the wholesale dollars...

UPS | July 13, 2020

Global logistics giant UPS’s extensive sustainability initiatives are predicated on the ability to enact meaningful change during this period of technological advancement in business, heightened awareness of the climate crisis, and the international focus on social and environmental betterment led by the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).“Through continuous transformation, we are capitalising on disruption to shape a future in which more people pro...

AECOM | October 19, 2020

AECOM, the world’s premier infrastructure consulting firm, today launched MobiliticsTM for Pandemic Response, an updated version of its groundbreaking transportation scenario-planning tool originally launched in 2018. This latest iteration helps transit agencies, departments of transportation, and other clients across the U.S. assess how pandemic infection rates, stay at home orders, availability and deployment of a vaccine, economic recovery and re-opening, and other factors are expected ...