Insights

Warehousing is in the midst of a tech-driven revolution as companies race to identify and adopt emerging technologies that cut …

• Digital/Tech
• Logistics How-To
• Supply Chain
• Warehousing

Africans make up 12% of the world’s population but only 2.5% of the world’s passengers. Why the gap? Africa has …

• Africa
• Trade

As the World Economic Forum comes to Ha Noi for this year’s ASEAN meeting, we’re reminded of how far Viet …

• Emerging Markets
• Trade

After many years in early stage venture capital funding, I’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly of the …

• Digital/Tech
• SMEs
• Start-Up/Ventures

From 2007 to 2014, trade by ASEAN nations grew by a value of nearly US$1 trillion to a total of …

• Digital/Tech
• SMEs

As environmental, social, labor and governance imperatives come into sharper focus, the business case (again) for putting sustainability at the core …

• Supply Chain

Goals to cut CO2 emissions include a pathway agreement with Maersk to cut emissions by 15 percent per Agility container by …

• Environment
• Supply Chain

A look at the Gulf region where solar energy has been a tough sell in the face of cheap electricity …

• Environment
• Supply Chain

Best practices for sustainability in supply chain also mean tough questions for companies. Agility’s Mariam Al-Foudery lays out some key …

• Environment
• Fair Labor
• Logistics How-To
• Supply Chain
• Warehousing

A sustainable vegetable garden in the arid demilitarized zone between Sudan and South Sudan brings relief to workers supporting the …

• Environment
• Supply Chain

The United Nations calls modern slavery – human trafficking, child labor and debt labor – the world’s second-largest criminal industry. …

• Fair Labor
• Supply Chain

Businesses are greening their warehouses to lower costs and reduce resource in pursuit of zero-net energy (ZNE) even without the …

• Environment
• Warehousing

Agility’s fair labor program in the Middle East was a groundbreaking initiative more than 10 years ago and has helped …

• Fair Labor
• Supply Chain
• Trade

Expert Tensie Whelan argues that sustainability as an intrinsic part of corporate DNA drives operational efficiency and innovation, and delivers …

• Environment
• Ethics
• Logistics How-To
• SMEs
• Supply Chain
• Trade

Blackrock, the largest investor in the world, says it’s time to consider ‘social purpose’ along with profits. Laurence Fink, CEO …

• Supply Chain

Sustainability is driving innovation in a variety of business areas including product reformulation and process modification. Researchers say companies that …

• Digital/Tech
• Environment
• Supply Chain