Supply Chain

Agility’s take on the changing global supply chain

The Business Case for Sustainability

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

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  • Supply Chain

Harnessing Solar Power in the Middle East

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

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  • Environment
  • Supply Chain

Best Practices for Sustainable Supply Chain

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

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

Small is Beautiful

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

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  • Environment
  • Supply Chain

Modern Slavery

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

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  • Fair Labor
  • Supply Chain

Fair Labor in the Middle East

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

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  • Fair Labor
  • Supply Chain
  • Trade

Supply Chain Sustainability at the heart of Corporate DNA

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

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

Social Purpose: New Model of Shareholder Engagement

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

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  • Supply Chain

Innovation in Sustainability

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

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  • Digital/Tech
  • Environment
  • Supply Chain

Value Engineering

Operating in volatile areas of the Middle East & Africa Exploration and production are high-cost and high-risk in volatile areas …

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  • Africa
  • Logistics How-To
  • Supply Chain
  • Trade
  • Warehousing

A Collaboration to Support Women’s Education in Africa

Agility recently partnered with the Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) to fund the schooling of 100 female students in rural …

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  • Africa
  • Community
  • Ethics
  • Supply Chain