Global Supply Chain News

Nowadays, with this new tax, a challenge begins and a new state of mind has been born for consumers and firms.

This black tax concerns firstly Supply Chain to reduce the carbon footprint and emissions of dioxide, but it will be spread of every sector of the firms such as Marketing, Production and so on…

Mr. Vivek Sood, an analyst in Supply Chain, co-wrote Green Supply Chain – an Action Manifesto – and said about Green Marketing “The purpose… Read the rest

Un an après la crise grecque qui avait mis à mal l’Union Européenne et plus précisément, sa monnaie ; l’euro, les marchés mondiaux recommencent à s’affoler. Le 5 juillet, l’agence de notation Moody’s baissait la note du Portugal pour la reléguer en note spéculative, semant un vent de panique sur les marchés financiers et suscitant la colère du peuple portugais et européen. Ces derniers jours, les spéculateurs ont en ligne de mire l’Italie et le fait que malgré son impressionnant déficit,… Read the rest

Opponents of carbon tax protest because of possible economic impacts but maybe there are much more advantages on other fields like environment and international leadership. Indeed, in an international background, it is a real innovation. Indeed, some countries such as France tried to introduce a carbon tax but had to give up because of protests and problems that may have encountered the European Union. Therefore, Australia could be a pioneer in introducing a carbon tax and, so, it could become… Read the rest

Julia Gillard, the Australian Prime Minister, introduced today a burning issue; the carbon tax.

From the Australian Parliamentary Library: “Carbon tax is a tax on energy sources which emit carbon dioxide. It’s a pollution tax, which some economists favour because they tax a bad rather than a good (such as income). Carbon taxes address a negative externality. Externalities arise when an individual production or consumption activity imposes costs or benefits on others.” 

The price of this tax would be between… Read the rest

Green Supply Chains – A CEO’s Handbook presented to global leaders in Taiwan

Cutting edge academic research in Green Supply Chain is very sparse. Even rarer is an actionable handbook giving comprehensive know-how on achieving green supply chains. Global Supply Chain Group’s presentation at the Green Supply Chains Workshop organized by the National Tsing Hua University in Hsin-chu was a world first combination of the two.

“Any corporation can become carbon neutral by outsourcing every carbon producing activity. To… Read the rest

Global Supply Chain Group is pleased to announce that the Managing Director of the Company, and one of the leading lights in the global supply chain and logistics world, Mr. Vivek Sood has been reappointed to the board of the august institution – Supply Chain Asia.

Mr. Sood is a frequent speaker at various forums, conferences, seminars and workshops on Supply Chains around the world. He has also written the seminal book on sustainable supply chains titled ‘GREEN SUPPLY… Read the rest

Supply Chain Asia Annual Forum 2009 in Singapore is a huge success with a talk on Green Supply Chain by Vivek Sood of Global Supply Chain Group

Sharing the stage were senior executives and thought leaders from various walks of life: Mr. Vivek Sood – Managing Director of Global Supply Chain Group, Peter O’Brien – Head, Asia Pacific Distribution & Supply Chain Practices, Russell Reynolds Associates, and Associate Professor Mark Goh – Director, Industry Research, The Logistics Institute Asia Pacific.… Read the rest