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on its platform fail to tackle nearly half of the posts from major, known deniers, according to new analysis from the Center for Countering Digital Hate .
Supply chains, particularly for some commodities, are notoriously murky. What makes them so untransparent? New laws in the U.S. and in Europe around due diligence for issues like forced labor, deforestation, carbon footprint have also changed the level of accountability that companies need to have when they report to their stakeholders, their customers and regulators. For the first time, companies are accountable for their supply chains down to the raw materials—that's where the risks are.
We've also seen industries where the choice is not to move away from a supplier, but to invest in the supply chain and improve practices. This is something we're seeing a lot in palm oil in Southeast Asia, in West African cocoa, where the product has to be sourced from these regions—some of the farmers and some of the buyers didn't have the right systems in place to do things like track payroll, and to adopt good agricultural practices.
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