How to reduce the hidden environmental costs of supply chains
- Written by Benjamin Selwyn, Professor of International Relations and International Development, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex
Me dia/ShutterstockGlobal supply chains account for 70% of world trade. They are the arteries of global capitalism, moving goods and services across borders multiple times before reaching consumers.
Since the early 1990s — as part of economic globalisation — these networks have enabled mass consumption by delivering cheap goods made usi...
