While traditional supply chain management involves minimizing total operating expenses to maximize gross profits, businesses must increasingly invest in ethical supply chains to engage with today’s consumer. With the traditional equation to develop an optimal supply chain, the company or supply chain management organization considers a number of factors including central purchasing (for price savings and product standardization), inventory, risk …
The United Nations Development Programme outlined 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that aim to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. And, these goals are interconnected in that tackling one often leads to making progress on another, working to make the right choices to improve life for future generations in a sustainable way. …
It is no surprise that people tend to sleep less and wake up more throughout the night as they age. While more sleep is required and recommended for children than adults (according to the Centers for Disease Control), a recent study published in Neuron shows that older adults don’t simply wake up and sleep for shorter periods because they require …
1) Get Inspired So, you want to engage with social problems to find solutions. You recognize that there are clear benefits offered by social entrepreneurship to those involved with creating, promoting, and funding these ventures, and you see the potential value that social good ventures may bring to the world. You’ve decided that you have the creativity, motivation, entrepreneurship abilities, …
1. Your health Getting enough sleep contributes to abundant health benefits through release of tension. Also, the endocrine system works effectively with enough sleep, impacting hormones that control appetite. If you’re a short sleeper, your likelihood for obesity is 7.5 times greater and your likelihood for diabetes is 2.5 times greater! Full regeneration of the mind and body requires a …
“You simply say, go back to where you came from. I say, I don’t know where that is anymore.” -Behind the Netra This week we celebrated World Refugee Day to support those across the globe with the courage to flee violence and those with the compassion to welcome them. By 2016, there were a record number of people (nearly …
“By helping us keep the world in perspective, sleep gives us a chance to refocus on the essence of who we are. And in that place of connection, it is easier for the fears and concerns of the world to drop away.” -Arianna Huffington Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post, famously drew international …