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BCG reports profit and employee growth Boston Consulting Group (BCG) was able to maintain a healthy growth rate of 8% for full-year 2020, recording $8.6 billion in revenue. It also added a further 1000 employees globally. The firm invested $150m to help both public and private sector organisations respond to COVID19, plus $300m into its social impact and sustainability efforts.
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Procurement to lead US cyber security efforts The US government will leverage procurement as a key element
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official said the administration
Food Northwest joins PCC food waste efforts
would look to “procurement
Food Northwest has joined
of its cyber security startegy. An
to be a leader in this space” to address “both private-sector and government challenges in finding, buying, and using innovative, usable, and secure software and hardware — and systems”.
the Pacific Coast Collaborative in an effort to reduce the pernicious impact of food waste - highlighting the need for supply chain action. The trade association joins the West Coast Voluntary Agreement to Reduce Wasted Food, which aims to cut food waste in half by 2030.
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