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The quiet collapse behind SA’s food price surge
By Wesley Niemann of the Department of Business Management at the University of Pretoria Modern food systems are extraordinarily dependent on logistics. A loaf of bread moves through a complex network of farmers, processors, packaging suppliers, warehouses, distributors, transport operators, ports, retailers and energy systems. When one part of that chain weakens, costs rise throughout
A new era of energy risk is reshaping the global economy and driving the just transition
Energy security fears used to be concentrated in heavy industry, manufacturing and transport. Today, energy risk is becoming embedded in the broader economy – and this is a structural tailwind for energy transition infrastructure. By Minal Patel, Global Head of Infrastructure and Duncan Hale, Private Markets Group at Schroders Australia In the past five years, two systemic shocks have
