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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. Customers can return their cleaned and empty containers to retail stores for recycling and reuse. But making green claims is risky and not as simple as it may seem.

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Government Contracts Inflation Update

Procurement Notes

8] Additionally, “[t]he PPI program covers approximately 72 percent of the service sector’s output[.]” [9] The PPI focus is at the wholesale (not retail) level. Further, higher labor costs also support higher consumer demand. Consequently, higher labor costs can also create inflationary pressure at the consumer level.