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…: 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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Click to read more…: Introducing the Open Data Exchange Standard for Global Supply Chains
Introducing the Open Data Exchange Standard for Global Supply Chains
Collaboratively led by Mapped in Bangladesh, Open Supply Hub and Wikirate, we have started building an open data exchange standard for global supply chains. Here’s why: With the newly passed…
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Click to read more…: Mapping Renewable Energy Supply Chains for a Just Transition
Mapping Renewable Energy Supply Chains for a Just Transition
“There is an underlying assumption that being a renewable energy company means you are sustainable – it creates a false assumption about the impact of your operations and value chain.…
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Click to read more…: An Introduction to 15 Free Supply Chain Due Diligence Tools
An Introduction to 15 Free Supply Chain Due Diligence Tools
As companies look to meet the demands of supply chain due diligence and ESG reporting legislation, one of the first and most difficult questions is: which tools, platforms and service…
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Click to read more…: Supply Chain Data is Not For Sale: Why Open Supply Hub is a Non-Profit
Supply Chain Data is Not For Sale: Why Open Supply Hub is a Non-Profit
The establishment of Open Supply Hub (OS Hub) as a non-profit organization comes down to one word: trust. An original idea is a powerful thing—and when you’re nurturing one, as…
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