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How 2011 Prepared Us for Today

ivalua

Downstream customers, such as the big 3 automakers in the US, who relied on Japanese suppliers had to find alternate channels to meet their production requirements. Downstream customers were able to fill orders by finding substitute suppliers throughout the global ecosystem. Technology facilitated all these activities.

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Your Guide to Sustainability Labeling and Avoiding the Risk of Greenwashing

The Softly Spark

Sustainable products are experiencing growth in both profits and consumer demand. Consumers can enter the lot number of their purchase into the platform and find out where their sheets originatedfrom the farmers who grew the cotton to the artisans who finished them. REI clearly states what is acceptablethey dont take everything.