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#3 Myths of African food supply chains
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04/28/21 • 26 min
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.
#12 The role of market power in global value chains
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05/17/23 • 27 min
In this episode will have a look at the role of market power in global value chains. Competition is a driver for innovation, it increases efficiency and leads to better outcomes for consumers. But what happens to global value chains if competition is lacking? What can be done on a regulatory level to prevent monopolies - or oligopolies? That’s what we want to discuss. Our guest in episode 12 is Pamela Mondliwaa. She is working at the state owned Industrial Development Corporation in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she is a industrial development planner.
This episode is the last in this series. We hope that we provided you with a wide range of topics on how supply chains effect the global south and all of us. Thank you all for listening.
Competition and Power in Global Value chains: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1024529420975154
The Political Economy of Structural Transformation: Political Settlements and Industrial Policy in South Africa: https://academic.oup.com/book/39853/chapter/340016803
Competition, Productive Capabilities and Structural Transformation in South Africa: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41287-020-00349-x
#11 What is the effect of environmental standards on agricultural value chains?
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04/21/23 • 30 min
Mangos or rice, chocolate or even wood - just to mention a few agricultural products that are heavily exported from several countries in the Global South to the Global North. A growing number of them are grown, harvested and processed in line with environmental standards and labels. These standards are meant to improve environmental conditions. And consumers might think a environment friendly label also improves the social conditions: It just sounds plausible - because whoever cares for the environment also cares for the workers and the small smallholder farmers, right? Well: many certification schemes do consider more dimensions of sustainability - but not all. And there is an increasing evidence that some environmental standards do even worsen the social and economic conditions of firms and farms in the Global South.
In this episode we want to have a look at this evidence. Our moderator Nicolas Martin is discussing this with Aarti Krishnan. She is a development economist working on value chains and green growth at the University of Manchester.
https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/aarti.krishnan-2
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=CS46MiwAAAAJ
Krishnan, A., De Marchi, V., & Ponte, S. (2022). Environmental upgrading and downgrading in global value chains: A framework for analysis. Economic Geography, 1-26.
Krauss, J. E., & Krishnan, A. (2022). Global decisions versus local realities: Sustainability standards, priorities and upgrading dynamics in agricultural global production networks. Global Networks, 22(1), 65-88.
#10 Friendshoring: Rather a myth than reality
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01/24/23 • 22 min
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shown us that the world is in a period of upheaval. Long-standing international laws – like respecting national borders – are being broken. Millions of Ukrainians are fleeing.
And as a result of Russia’s aggression, traditional relations are being questioned. Countries are reconsidering with whom and how much trade and interdependence they still want to allow. And a new term is making the rounds: Friendshoring – trading with friends only.
What it means, how to interpret it, and where supply chains are heading in times of geopolitical rivalry – that is today’s topic of discussion. Our guest is Holger Görg, Interim President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and also Director of the Kiel Centre for Globalisation.
https://www.ifw-kiel.de/de/experten/ifw/holger-goerg/
https://www.idos-research.de/en/jb-sustainable-supply-chains/
#9 Is the electric age a game changer for South Africa’s automotive industry?
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09/26/22 • 26 min
The car industry is an important income generator for South Africa. As a side note, the first vehicles were manufactured there already in the 1920’s – almost century ago. Back then, Ford and General Motors built assembly plants. So, there are already established supply chains within the country. Now the global auto industry is electrifying vehicles and batteries are needed everywhere. Being a country with rich mineral resources, could this be a once-in-a-lifetime chance for more and better jobs and increased prosperity? Moderator Nicolas Martin discussing with Justin Barnes executive director of TWIMS. Established by the Toyota Wessels Trust, TWIMS is a not for profit initiative dedicated to the development of manufacturing executives in Africa.
https://twimsafrica.com/justin_barnes/
https://www.idos-research.de/en/jb-sustainable-supply-chains/
#8 Asia’s Global Supply Chains – Caught Between War and Pandemic
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07/29/22 • 32 min
In the eighth episode of “Shaping Sustainable Supply Chains” we want to discuss the role Asia will play in global supply chains after the pandemic.
We wanted to talk about this at the end of February. But shortly before the scheduled recording, Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine changed the picture completely.
Since then, the world is simply not the same. That’s why we want to broaden the picture and ask: What are the most recent trends and what is the role of Asia in global supply chains?
In this episode our moderator Nicolas Martin is joined by Svenja Falk and Ana Ruiz Hernanz from Accenture Research.
Svenja Falk is the managing director, where she oversees market and trend studies and where she is the brains behind strategic decisions. Ana Ruiz Hernanz brings in the economic perspective, and she also knows how to navigate data, given that she works as a data scientist and analyst at Accenture Research.
https://www.unido.org/idr-2022-background-papers
https://www.accenture.com/us-en/insights/strategy/ukraine-future-supply-chains-europe
https://www.idos-research.de/en/jb-sustainable-supply-chains/
#7 Decent work through South-South Value Chains?
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05/11/22 • 24 min
That’s the topic of our seventh episode of “Shaping Sustainable Supply Chains". Moderator Nicolas Martin is joined by Stephanie Barrientos from Manchester, England, where she leads the “Shifting South Project” at the University of Manchester where she is now an Emeritus Professor. Stefanie has dedicated a big portion of her career to development issues, focusing on labor and working conditions. And from South Africa Shane Godfrey is in the show. Shane Godfrey recently retired as director of the Labour, Development and Governance Research Unit at the University of Cape Town.
https://www.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/research/groups/gpn-trade-labour/shifting-south/
https://www.idos-research.de/en/jb-sustainable-supply-chains/
#6 Renewables pull: climate neutrality and supply chains
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11/26/21 • 28 min
Can it be that tomorrow’s heavy industries will be located where the sun shines stronger and longer and the wind blows night and day? How will climate friendly policies change the international division of labor in energy intensive industries? This is what we want to discuss today in our sixth episode of shaping sustainable supply chains.
Heavy industries such as iron and steel or chemicals are among the biggest energy consumers. According to the World Economic Forum, global heavy industry and transport account for almost one-third of global CO2 emissions. In Germany, the direct emissions of the chemical, steel and cement industries alone make up one eight of the total greenhouse gas emission.
To dive into this topic moderator Nicolas Martin will discuss with his guest Sascha Samadi. He is an economist and senior researcher at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, where he works in the Department for Energy and Industrial Systems of the Future. The second expert in the discussion is Clemens Schneider. He is working in the same department and focuses on industrial systems.
Gielen, D. Saygin, D. Taibi, E., Birat, J.-P. (2020): Renewables-based decarbonization and relocation of iron and steel making – A case study. Journal of Industrial Ecology 2020, pp. 1–13. doi: 10.1111/jiec.12997
IEA (2021): Ammonia Technology Roadmap. https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/6ee41bb9-8e81-4b64-8701-2acc064ff6e4/AmmoniaTechnologyRoadmap.pdf
Samadi et al. (2021): Renewables Pull – Verlagerung industrieller Produktion aufgrund unterschiedlicher Kosten erneuerbarer Energien, in: Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen, 71. Jg., H. 7-8, S. 10-13. https://epub.wupperinst.org/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/7793/file/7793_Samadi.pdf (in German)
SCI4climate.NRW (2021): Conceptualisation of the potential Renewables Pull Effect, Wuppertal. https://www.in4climate.nrw/fileadmin/Downloads/Ergebnisse/SCI4climate.NRW/Englisch/conceptualisation-of-the-potential-renewables-pull-effect-cr-sci4climatenrw.pdf
Agora Energiewende and Wuppertal Institute (2021): Breakthrough Strategies for Climate-Neutral Industry in Europe: Policy and Technology Pathways for Raising EU Climate Ambition. https://static.agora-energiewende.de/fileadmin/Projekte/2020/2020_10_Clean_Industry_Package/A-EW_208_Strategies-Climate-Neutral-Industry-EU_Study_WEB.pdf
#5 Due diligence regulations in supply chains
Shaping Sustainable Supply Chains
09/01/21 • 30 min
Many European countries have passed due diligence laws. They are supposed to tackle human rights violations - like child labor, or poor working conditions - along the entire supply chain. The European Union is also working on such a law which will also focus on environmental risks in supply chains.
But the new legislation also carries risks. This is what we want to highlight in this episode. We want to focus on the agricultural sector and specifically on smallholder farmers which present particular situations with regards to such regulation with our special focus on the agricultural sector.
Listen to moderator Nicolas Martin and his guest Dr. Bettina Rudloff from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).
Dr Rudloff specialises in European trade and development issues. And she advises stakeholders who negotiate or are affected by trade agreements, so will bring the bigger picture to our show.
Dr. Michael Bruentrup focuses on the local perspective. He is an agricultural economist and expert on rural development and food security at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). He has been doing research on the ground for more than 30 years with a focus on West African cotton producers. But he's also been researching other smallholder farmers and agricultural workers and their labour conditions.
https://www.die-gdi.de/michael-bruentrup/
https://www.swp-berlin.org/wissenschaftler-in/bettina-rudloff
#4 Mineral Value Chains - bad image, great potentials
Shaping Sustainable Supply Chains
06/28/21 • 32 min
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?
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.
https://www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/due-diligence-act-responsibility-in-supply-chains
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1086026619897532
https://www.swp-berlin.org/wissenschaftler-in/christina-saulich
https://www.swp-berlin.org/wissenschaftler-in/svenja-schoeneich
https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/jean-pierre-imbrogiano
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The average episode length on Shaping Sustainable Supply Chains is 29 minutes.
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The first episode of Shaping Sustainable Supply Chains was released on Dec 15, 2020.
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