The Brief – October 2023

Regulation’s Impact on ESG and Supply Chain Risk Management—Part One

Goals of ESG and Supply Chain Risk Legislation

By Bill McBeath

Friday, October 27, 2023

The past decade has seen an explosion in regulations affecting supply chains, products, and corporate responsibility. We look at various goals of these regulations, such as anti-counterfeiting, recall efficiency, anti-slavery, GHG emissions reduction, defunding conflicts, restricting harmful substances in products, biodiversity, circular economy, and anti-corruption. [ Read: Regulation’s Impact on ESG and Supply Chain Risk Management—Part One ]

Achieving Transparency, Risk Reduction, and Impact  with ESG Investing—Part One

Types of ESG Investing, how it generates value, and how ESG is measured

This article series looks at the potential opportunities of ESG investment – both for profitability/shareholder value and the social good. ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) investments have grown exponentially in recent decades. [ Read: Achieving Transparency, Risk Reduction, and Impact  with ESG Investing —Part One ]

Quantifying the Value of Blockchain-Based Supply Chain Networks—Part Two

Structure and Challenges of the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Pharmaceutical supply chains face a number of challenges that could be mitigated by the adoption of multi-enterprise supply chain application network technology. Here we describe the structure of pharmaceutical supply chains and key challenges faced, such as: diverse and divergent incentives among different supply chain participants, complexity and opacity of product and financial flows, strict regulations, perishable products, and elusive patient adherence. [ Read: Quantifying the Value of Blockchain-Based Supply Chain Networks: Part Two ]