As the Trump administration rolls back rules meant to curb global warming, new disclosures show that the country’s largest companies are already bracing for its effects: disrupted supply chains, disabled operations — and new ways to make money.
In a new report researchers argue that even before President Trump launched his trade wars, the era of offshoring and disruption that left many factory towns reeling was over.
State-of-the-art technology for managing global supply chains is beginning to percolate down to the individuals who need it most: small farmers in developing economies.
The world’s biggest growers of palm oil say they’re stepping up efforts to produce the contentious commodity more sustainably, but consumers are unwilling to pay.
Demand in the region fizzled late in 2018 due to a combination of emissions-testing bottlenecks and economic headwinds — and more pain could lie ahead.