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What does the German Supply Chain Act Mean for Procurement?

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The German Supply Chain Act, or Lieferkettengesetz, is a new piece of legislation that came into effect January 2023 with an extended remit from January 1, 2024. In Germany, this figure amounts to approximately 3,000 companies and requires them to conduct due diligence to identify and address potential risks in their supply chain.

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2025 Canadian Trade Outlook: Trade Remedies

Import and Trade Remedies

Before we dive into the export controls outlook, here is an overview of the current state of politics in Canada, which includes a discussion of the legislative powers that remain while Canadian Parliament is prorogued until March 24, 2025. This data illustrated an increasing share of imports for this particular exporter.

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The Importance of Ethical Procurement Practices in Public Sectors

The Procurement School

They followed the Supply Chain Canada’s Code of Ethics for Professionals the letter for their entire career and had never encountered this situation before. For example, a Buyer was tasked with ordering scientific equipment and lab supplies for a university in Africa. All went well until the shipment arrived at the airport.

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Fall 2023 Canadian Trade & Customs Outlook: Customs Compliance and Compliance with Prohibitions on Forced and Child Labour

Import and Trade Remedies

From May to August 2023, the Government passed into law novel supply chain transparency legislation and introduced amendments and legislative proposals that are impacting, or will impact, compliance with Canadian customs, export controls, and economic sanctions legislation.

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Q4 2024 Canadian Trade Update

Import and Trade Remedies

We are in the midst of a cutover period (October 5 to 21), during which imported goods will continue to be released, but accounting activities and the CARM Client Portal will be unavailable. Importers (non-CSA) can expect their first Statement of Account (SOA) to be issued on October 25, which will be due on October 31.

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Analyzing climate risk models on AWS to prevent future food insecurity in Nigeria

AWS Public Sector

With the data, climate model researchers can now predict the increase in climate-related risk on assets, companies, industries, sectors, regions, commodities, supply chains, and even society. Nigeria is the ninth largest exporter of oil in the world. What’s a climate challenge that you’ve identified in the data?

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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

According to the MarketLinks blog, Sustainable Public Procurement and the Business Environment , “taxpayers around the world are increasingly holding governments accountable to spend public funds for their social and economic benefit in a sustainable manner. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No. Specifically, SDG 12.7