News / War, weather and global tension the chief threats to 2025 supply chains

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Logistics professionals have their work cut out this year as the highest-listed threats identified in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risk Report 2025 augur disruption to supply chains.  

“Disruption to a systemically important supply chain” is risk number 18 of the top 33 in yesterday’s report, compiled from responses from 900 global risk experts, policymakers and industry leaders surveyed in September and October. 

The three risks deemed most-pressing were war, extreme weather events and geoeconomic confrontation, with “diversifying supply chains” ...