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Pandemics, wars and natural disasters jeopardize trade and supply chain security. Even in the best of times, international supply chains often lack the necessary transparency, especially when it comes to poor working and environmental conditions.
Two ways to counteract these problems are to produce more products locally, or to exert more control over supply chains. The Cologne-based timber company Betterwood, which transports sustainable wood from Peru to Germany, shows how this can be done. Or the pharmaceutical company Sandoz, which is the only plant in Europe that still produces penicillin.
For decades, the rainforest in Peru has been destroyed by people illegally clearing it for farming and grazing land. Catherine Körting wanted to change this. She found a way to contribute to the preservation of the rainforest by selling tropical timber. With her company Betterwood, she sells fair-trade and controlled tropical timber in Germany. Together with her partner companies in Peru, she ensures that only as many trees are felled as the ecosystem can bear. She knows exactly where the wood is felled and by whom. She keeps track of those who store the wood and ship it from Peru to the warehouse near Cologne. “Our traceability extends from the standing tree to the final destination,” she says.
Shortages in the supply of medicines have become increasingly common in recent years. When vital medicines are no longer available, the negative consequences of relying on long supply chains become apparent. Most antibiotics sold in Germany now come from Asia. Many pharmaceutical companies have moved their production there for cost reasons.
The pharmaceutical company Sandoz is different. It produces penicillin in Kundl, Austria – the last manufacturer in Europe. Austrian government subsidies of 50 million euros for the production of active ingredients were an important step towards ensuring security of supply for the whole of Europe. Millions of units of the valuable antibiotics are produced in the plant’s huge halls. And the company continues to grow: in the future, it should be possible to supply the entire European market with penicillin from Sandoz.
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Very needed, thanks
The documentary was informative and highlights how complicated supply chains are in our world. Another thing, I wanted to highlight is how conservations of ecosystems to help mitigate climate change.
Dont worry Trump will fix everything 💯💯💯💯💯 Trump should become a world president making all the other presidents answer to him
After Covid people should have learned our supply chain is the weak spot…..you need to stock up and keep stocked up. Stack it to the rafters. Plant a garden. The only person you can rely on is yourself. The government isn’t going to save you. And you shouldn’t be a burden on your neighbors. Put it under the bed, stack it on the upper shelves. A couple cans extra every time we go to the store. You foolish if you don’t prep.
why only palm oil, timber and coffee??? how about EU farmer? seed oil?
Its all by design
We need a Moon colony to administer earth’s most volatile systems, natural or economic.
Thank you DW for “ knowledge beyond the headlines “ 👍❤️
@DW Documentary about Maderacre, the company is under investigation for illegal logging. The owner, Erasmo Wong, is a known far-right supporter in Peru and owns a far-right fake news media outlet called "Willax". He is also under investigation for money laundering and drug trafficking. Please review your sources.
protecting our world requires hard work and persistent dilligence.
Fast furniture IKEA is the worst culprit for promoting wasteful consumption of wooden products. They launder illegal timber.
Of course they do, but the need for military conflict by leaders supersedes this.
You left out sanctions used to support US hemogy.
this is pure propaganda of west
sanction too , post covid sanctions have weakened economy
I don't kno but it was caused and started by the inside world probably but at first 2021 it was on top or something n I seen something on TV in new York
Great coverage
That's why my stuff hasn't been coming for five months.
What? I tot the west no longer competitive awaiting a day the majority of the world dont need your products anymore. Sayonara
"Determine which trees can be cut down without disturbing the sensitive ecosystem". Way too much BS per minute for me.
excellent video.
Got a lady to check forest, when she know nothing about the rainforest…
So they cut of rainforest in proper way and in the same time big corpo cut the same rainforest in bad way. There is no more trees in germany?
its all for profits hehe