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“We Are Sharpening Our Focus”: Tesco Group Chief Executive Ken Murphy on Sustainability Report 2026

Tesco has published its Sustainability Report 2026, outlining progress against climate, packaging and healthier food targets while setting out a refreshed set of sustainability commitments focused on building a more resilient food system.

Essity Expands UK Recycled Fibre Capacity with New £30m Prudhoe Facility

Essity has opened a new recycled fibre facility at its Prudhoe manufacturing site in the UK, marking a major investment in sustainable tissue production and circular manufacturing capabilities.

Illva Saronno Holding Rebrands as Disaronno Group Following 2025 Growth

Disaronno Group has announced the rebranding of Illva Saronno Holding to Disaronno Group as part of a strategy to strengthen the company’s global identity across its spirits, wines and ingredients businesses.

Ericsson and atNorth join industry leaders to launch Nordic Compass initiative

Major Nordic corporations and foundations have launched Nordic Compass, a pan-Nordic alliance designed to strengthen European competitiveness through coordinated initiatives across capital markets, deep tech, defence, and energy.

Perfetti Van Melle Cuts Waste by 63.5% Through Forecasting Overhaul with BearingPoint

Perfetti Van Melle has reduced write-offs of finished products and raw materials by 63.5% following a financial planning transformation project delivered with BearingPoint.

Diageo Opens Littleconnell Brewery as Guinness Demand Drives Further €400m Expansion Plans

Diageo has officially opened its new Littleconnell Brewery in Newbridge, County Kildare, as part of a near €1 billion capital investment programme across the island of Ireland between 2020 and 2029.

DP World Drives Corridor Connectivity

DP World is advancing integrated sea–rail–road logistics networks as supply chains evolve, helping customers improve resilience, visibility, and efficiency amid ongoing disruption across global trade corridors.

SAP Autonomous Enterprise Explained: A Unified AI Platform with Industry-Specific Agents

SAP has unveiled a new Autonomous Enterprise strategy designed to embed AI agents directly into enterprise workflows, combining business data, governance and automation to support more autonomous business operations.

“Ivalua has built a truly unified source-to-pay platform”: Q&A with Ian Thompson, VP Northern Europe, Ivalua

We speak with Ian Thompson, VP Northern Europe at Ivalua, about the growing risks of supplier concentration, the importance of end-to-end visibility, and how AI-driven insights are helping organisations build more agile and resilient supply chains in an increasingly volatile global environment.

Heidelberg Materials Expands Autonomous Heavy Equipment Across Global Mining Operations

Heidelberg Materials is expanding the global deployment of autonomous heavy mobile equipment across its quarry and aggregates operations as the company increases investment in automation and AI-driven operational technologies.

ERM and Carbmee Partner to Help Manufacturers Turn Scope 3 Data into Decarbonisation Action

ERM and Carbmee have partnered to help manufacturing companies improve Scope 3 emissions management by combining AI-driven carbon intelligence with supply chain decarbonisation expertise.

“We See Massive Future Value”: Coupa CEO Leagh Turner on Rossum Acquisition to Expand AI-Driven Autonomous Spend Management

Coupa has acquired intelligent document processing (IDP) provider Rossum as the company looks to expand AI-driven automation across procurement, invoicing and source-to-pay workflows.