News / Climate change will hit global supply chains as rising temperatures cause drop in productivity

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As global leaders meet in Paris today to look at cutting greenhouse gas emissions and try to agree on new environmental targets, supply chain advisors have warned that rising temperatures will hit productivity in some of the world’s favourite sourcing locations.

Global risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft recently released a report which predicts that labour productivity in south-east Asia – rapidly becoming a major global manufacturing hub – could drop by as much as 25% if temperatures continue to rise.

The company’s head ...