Ever wonder: “Where do things come from?”
Us too.
Open Supply Hub is powering the transition to safe and sustainable supply chains by building the world’s most complete, open and accessible map of global production. Here’s what our team is learning, trying and thinking about along the way.
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Click to read more…: The Hidden Danger of Global Supply Chains: Lessons from the Lebanon Pager Attacks
The Hidden Danger of Global Supply Chains: Lessons from the Lebanon Pager Attacks
The pager attacks in Lebanon last month carry profound implications for our reliance on globalized, complex, and opaque supply chains. These events must prompt us all to ask three questions:…
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Click to read more…: Why Public Datasets Are Crucial for Building Inclusive AI
Why Public Datasets Are Crucial for Building Inclusive AI
Everyone has plenty to say about AI. Instead, they should be talking about the data that feeds into it. The dizzying speed of innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) technology may…
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Click to read more…: Addressing the Workers’ Rights Issues and Wage Challenges in Bangladesh’s Garments Industry: Insights from Open Supply Hub’s Community Manager in Bangladesh
Addressing the Workers’ Rights Issues and Wage Challenges in Bangladesh’s Garments Industry: Insights from Open Supply Hub’s Community Manager in Bangladesh
This post was initially prepared before the unrest and flooding of the last month became the focal point of work in Bangladesh. We hope the content can still be of…
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Click to read more…: The Importance of Living, Breathing Data Commons
The Importance of Living, Breathing Data Commons
What do libraries, the Human Genome Project, and Python (the programming language, not the snake) have in common? They each illustrate how access to a shared, freely available resource can…
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Click to read more…: How Open Supply Hub Empowers Garment Workers’ Unions in the Fight for Labor Rights
How Open Supply Hub Empowers Garment Workers’ Unions in the Fight for Labor Rights
In global garment supply chains, internationally operating fashion brands have harnessed tremendous power, illustrating how critical their involvement is in order to improve working conditions and address labor violations in…
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Click to read more…: From Bean to Cup: How Open Data Can Power the Transition to Safe and Sustainable Coffee Supply Chains
From Bean to Cup: How Open Data Can Power the Transition to Safe and Sustainable Coffee Supply Chains
Coffee is more than just a beloved beverage—it represents one of the top 10 most traded commodities with vast economic, social, and environmental implications. These impacts are mostly felt in…
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Click to read more…: We Can Only Protect What We Know: Understanding the Landscape of Brazilian Biomes & the Supply Chains Within Them
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We Can Only Protect What We Know: Understanding the Landscape of Brazilian Biomes & the Supply Chains Within Them
Brazil is often perceived as an exotic destination, linked with typical associations of monkeys and bananas or samba and carnival. In the popular imagination, the country is frequently associated with…
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Click to read more…: Using Open Supply Chain Data to Collaborate on Responses to Unrest in Bangladesh
Using Open Supply Chain Data to Collaborate on Responses to Unrest in Bangladesh
Looking to understand how the recent unrest and unfolding events in Bangladesh are affecting particular production locations or zones, and the communities they touch? Want to coordinate on collaborative information-gathering…
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Click to read more…: Times Have Changed: the Benefits of Supply Chain Transparency Now Outweigh the Risks
Times Have Changed: the Benefits of Supply Chain Transparency Now Outweigh the Risks
Supply chain transparency has emerged as a hot topic in recent years, sparking countless discussions about its possible, often outdated risks rather than the significant benefits that disclosing supply chain…
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