Due diligence laws are coming into fashion. The aim to hold companies more accountable for their products across the entire supply chain.
In this episode we will look at the agricultural sector and ask: Due diligence regulations in supply chains: well intentioned, but also a risk for sustainability?
In this episode we will have a look at a vital issue for our planet and talk
about raw-minerals like platinum and copper.
We will raise the question: Is sustainability a chance for the mining industry to get rid of its dirty image?
Mining often happens under poor working conditions, the transport of raw materials is
energy intensive and the recycling of used minerals is yet often not
profitable and sometimes illudes todays state of the art. In this podcast
we want to ask. How is it possible that mineral supply chains can
become more sustainable? Are voluntary goals of the industry enough or
do they need stronger legislative guidelines?
In this episode moderator Nicolas Martin is welcoming three guests. Christina Saulich and Svenja Schöneich - two global
value chain experts at the German Institute for International and Security
Affairs (SWP) and Jean-Pierre Imbrogiano, a postdoctoral researcher at
the Department of Economics and Management at the University of
Helsinki.
Our podcast investigates multiple societal dilemmas arising in global supply chains and offers insights into evidence-based solutions for overcoming these challenges. Our mission: Revealing actionable shifts towards more sustainable and fair global supply chains.
In the last two episodes, we looked at models and policy frameworks for
supply chains. Going forward we will dive into different supply chains in
different regions. Today, we look at food supply chains in Africa. Food plays -
like everywhere else on this planet - a big role on the African continent. Partly
because it's still scarce in many places. Hunger is still the biggest health risk
in Africa. But partly also because the middle class is growing rapidly and
people are eating more and more diversified.
Listen to moderator Nicolas Martin and our guest Dr. Saweda Onipede Liverpool Tasie from the Michigan State University in the US. There she is an Associate Professor at the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics and an expert on
development policies.
Our podcast investigates multiple societal dilemmas arising in global supply chains and offers insights into evidence-based solutions for overcoming these challenges. Our mission: Revealing actionable shifts towards more sustainable and fair global supply chains.
In our second episode we have a look at supply chain disruptions and african-european relations
The Covid-19 pandemic has uncovered the weakness of global supply chains. It also put a heavy spotlight on the international dependence on China: The sudden halt in supply in the People's Republic in the early days of the pandemic has caused trouble for many industries. Some products, especially in the medical sector were scarce - like ventilators or masks – the prices of many others increased heavily. Some governments were shocked by these developments. So they asked and even gave incentives to bring production home.
That’s the western version of the pandemics' effects on supply chains. In our second episode of the podcast Shaping Sustainable Supply Chains we talk about the African view on the developments.
Moderator Nicolas Martin wants to know how Bernice McLean assesses the situation. Bernice McLean is located in Johannesburg. She is a supervisor of the industrialisation divison of NEPAD the development agency of the African Union. Joining the discussion from Berlin is Dr. Melanie Müller. She is a senior associate with a focus on Southern Africa and head of a research project on transnational approaches for sustainable commodity supply chains at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).
Our podcast investigates multiple societal dilemmas arising in global supply chains and offers insights into evidence-based solutions for overcoming these challenges. Our mission: Revealing actionable shifts towards more sustainable and fair global supply chains.
In our first episode listen to Gary Gereffi – the godfather of global value chains. In Durham, North Carolina he is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Global Value Chains Center at Duke University. The host of the first episode is Tilman Altenburg. He is head of the programme Transformation of Economic and Social Systems at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).
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The Research Network Sustainable Global Supply Chains aims at contributing to the sustainability of global supply chains through research. It initiates new research, pools the expertise of leading scientists around the world and makes new findings accessible for political decision-makers and other stakeholders.
The research network is hosted by four research organisations: the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), The German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.