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From forced labor to security threats, 2025 brought a slew of trends impacting the safety and security of global supply chains.
Here are the 5 most popular safety-related articles on SDCExec.com in 2025.
- FCPA enforcement: Why now is not the time to revise risk tolerance measures. Now is NOT the time to revise a company’s risk tolerance or assume that the lessons of 48 years of FCPA enforcement can be ignored. James Parkinson, member of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, explains why.
- Why forced labor poses risk for global supply chains. True progress demands collective action across governments, companies, and civil society to build systems that protect vulnerable people at scale. In this expert column, Heather C. Panton, senior advisor, social impact and human rights, Thomson Reuters, details why addressing this issue isn’t just a moral obligation; it’s a business imperative.
- Facing uncertainty with flexibility in the supply chain. While the path forward may be uncertain, Same Burkhan, CEO and president at ITF Group, explains why businesses that adapt with agility and foresight will emerge stronger.
- Supply chain leaders express lowest level of optimism for upcoming quarter. Data from Dun & Bradstreet reveals more than one-third of businesses identified domestic growth as the top fallback strategy in the face of potential tariff escalations.
Growing resurgence in supply chain crisis. RapidRatings' 2025 Annual Risk Survey found that nearly seven in 10 (68%) supply chain professionals expect supply chain risks to escalate in 2025.
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