Rattling Supply Chains

“Rattling Supply Chains: The Effect of Environmental Trends on Input Costs to the Fast Moving Consumer Goods Industry” shows what effect trends for climate change, legislation, forestry and biofuels could have on the prices of commodities like oil, natural gas, soy and sugar, necessary for companies providing consumer food, beverages and household products.

The authors encourage companies to make strategic scenario-based plans to avoid the report’s projected scenario of earnings reductions of 13-31 percent by 2013 and 17-47 percent by 2018.