Operation HOPE and Survey Monkey have collaborated to launch the HOPE Minority Small Business Index. The Index is intended to help shed “light on what it’s like to be a…
Happy International Women’s Day. Three studies that measure gender equality and the pandemic’s impact (both positive and negative) on women’s work environments were recently launched. Gender Balance Index This index,…
As a nod to the growth of e-commerce and the gig economy over the past year, Freightwaves has launched Modern Shipper, which can be found at www.modernshipper.com. Craig Fuller, founder…
S&P Global Platts has announced the launch of APSI 5, a new dry bulk weighted average index for Supramax class bulkers. According to the press release: APSI 5 is the…
The 2021 Access to Medicine Index, produced by the Access To Medicine Foundation, which was just released, is an independent ranking of 20 of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies on…
Accross the states, there has been widespread reporting on the slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations. One problem, according to Reuters, is the challenge of organizing and delivering vaccines to smaller…
Of all the types of risk that can impact supply chains, perhaps risk of natural hazards is the most harmful because there is little that can be done to control…
DHL and the NYU Stern School of Business today released the DHL Global Connectedness Index 2020 (GCI), and this year provides an assessment of globalization during the spreading COVID-19 pandemic.…
On Nov. 30, 2020, S&P Global and IHS Markit announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction which values IHS Markit at an…
An interesting new tool that shows cost of achieving specific outcomes compared to national averages, in terms of philanthropic giving, allows a company to benchmark their spending, improve budgeting, engage…