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Europe Can Endure Painful Transition to Live Without Russian Oil

The European Union would endure a short and painful transition if it halted Russian oil and coal imports, but with the help of its international partners the bloc could end its dependence on Moscow, a new study shows.

Pipework inside a gas storage facility in Kasimov, Russia. Photo: Bloomberg.

Evergreen Hires Firm That Saved the Day at Suez to Free Ship

Evergreen Marine Corp. has hired the company that freed the giant container ship Ever Given last year when it ran aground for almost a week, disrupting global trade for months, to do the same with its vessel stranded near the U.S. capital.

The Ever Given container ship stuck in the Suez Canal. Photo: Bloomberg.

Five Signs Your ESG Strategy Is Flawed — and Five Ways to Fix It

Organizations must undertake constant reviews to ensure that their methods are effective in reaching environmental, sustainability and governance (ESG) goals.

A silhouette of transmission towers and power lines at dusk. Photo: Pok Rie/ Pexels.

Carmakers Seen Producing 5 Million Fewer Vehicles After Russian Invasion

A closely watched auto-industry forecaster lopped more than 5 million cars off its projections for global production this year and next, largely due to fallout expected from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Volkswagen SUVs are guided into storage bays inside one of the automaker's Autostadt delivery towers at VW headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. Photo: Bloomberg.

When Will the Chip Shortage End? U.S., EU Spend Billions in Race to Beat China

Sanctions are causing a shortage of microchips in Russia. Meanwhile, the U.S. and Europe are spending billions in a race to reduce reliance on imports just as China plans to turn itself into a chip powerhouse.

A detail of a silicon wafer is shown on the production line. Photo: Getty.

The World’s Cargo Ships Are Sailing Into Worse Climate Risks: Report

Dangerous, expensive disruptions to shipping and many of the world’s roughly 3,700 ports are on the rise along with global temperatures. These events will increasingly threaten the sea routes that convey 80% of traded goods by volume, according to an analysis by Environmental Defense Fund.

Barges docked on the Mississippi River as Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Destrehan, Louisiana. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: When Will the Vehicle Supply Chain Recover?

A discussion about the current state and future of the vehicle supply chain, with Shay Scott, executive director of the Global Supply Chain Institute, and professor in the University of Tennessee’s Master's of Science in Supply Chain Management online program.

When Will the Vehicle Supply Chain Recover?

The Growing Necessity for Supply Chain Sustainability

If 2021 was the year companies innovated to overcome supply chain disruption, 2022 might be the one in which they create more sustainable networks.

To Fight Modern Slavery, Start With Tier 2 Suppliers

Companies that lack supply chain visibility beyond first-tier suppliers can’t confirm if or where labor exploitation is occurring.

The Slavery Footprint app, created by Made in a Free World, generates estimates of an individual's reliance on slave labor from data on trafficked humans and labor-abuse rates at manufacturers and suppliers. Photo: Bloomberg.

U.S. Oil Production Will Cushion Price Hit to Economy, Eventually

Any increased capital spending by U.S. oil and gas producers in response to the surge in crude price should help soften the blow to the economy from an expected pullback in consumer spending. It just won’t be anytime soon.

Trucks refuel at a gas station. Photo: Getty Images.

Can Europe Weaken Putin’s Power Over Global Energy?

The war in Ukraine has already revealed that the modern financial system can be weaponized in ways never before seen. Now the same might be true of the energy transition.

Salt mounds at a lithium mine in Jujuy, Argentina. Photo: Getty.

War in Ukraine Triggers Global Food Emergency

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means the food inflation that’s been plaguing global consumers is now tipping into a full-blown crisis, potentially outstripping even the pandemic’s blow and pushing millions more into hunger.

Wheat kernels in a field. Photo: Pexels.

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