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How Modern Software Empowers Procurement with Agility and Resilience in Times of Crisis

ivalua

In this way, they can be ready to face a crisis like Covid-19 or various other potential challenges — extreme weather caused by climate change, consumer demand for sustainable and ethically produced goods, trade wars or political tensions, to name a few. . Watch the full webinar on-demand here.

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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.

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Government Contracts Inflation Update

Procurement Notes

Department of Labor (“DoL”), Bureau of Labor Statistics (“BLS”) Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (“CPI-U”). There are four major categories of purchases covered in the CPI-U: food, energy, commodities like cars and clothes, and services like rent and healthcare.” [1] CPI First, consider the U.S. January 2023 +6.4%