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89% cite conflict risk as supply chain fears hit record high and costs surge

21 April 2026

Global supply chains are entering a period of sustained and systemic disruption, with procurement and supply chain professionals reporting the highest levels of short and long-term anxiety on record, as geopolitical conflict and escalating trade instability drive sharp increases in costs across logistics, energy and critical inputs.

Global supply chains are entering a period of sustained and systemic disruption, with procurement and supply chain professionals reporting the highest levels of short and long-term anxiety on record, as geopolitical conflict and escalating trade instability drive sharp increases in costs across logistics, energy and critical inputs.
Four men stand in the foreground of a stage, holding up documents in red folders. They are positioned in front of a large banner that reads 'SARDAR BEANT SINGH STATE UNIVERSITY, GURDASPUR' and commemorates the '5th Foundation Day April 01, 2026.'

CIPS Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Sardar Beant Singh State University, Punjab

10 April 2026

CIPS has formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sardar Beant Singh State University (SBSSU), Gurdaspur, Punjab marking a significant step in strengthening procurement and supply chain education within India’s higher education ecosystem.

CIPS has formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sardar Beant Singh State University (SBSSU), Gurdaspur, Punjab marking a significant step in strengthening procurement and supply chain education within India’s higher education ecosystem.
Four men stand in the foreground of a stage, holding up documents in red folders. They are positioned in front of a large banner that reads 'SARDAR BEANT SINGH STATE UNIVERSITY, GURDASPUR' and commemorates the '5th Foundation Day April 01, 2026.'

CIPS Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Sardar Beant Singh State University, Punjab

10 April 2026

CIPS has formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sardar Beant Singh State University (SBSSU), Gurdaspur, Punjab marking a significant step in strengthening procurement and supply chain education within India’s higher education ecosystem.

CIPS has formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sardar Beant Singh State University (SBSSU), Gurdaspur, Punjab marking a significant step in strengthening procurement and supply chain education within India’s higher education ecosystem.
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Driving action on child labour with a grant to ActionAid

26 March 2026

Support from the CIPS Foundation is helping to make a positive impact on the lives and education of children as young as five who are caught up in Ghana’s cocoa industry

Support from the CIPS Foundation is helping to make a positive impact on the lives and education of children as young as five who are caught up in Ghana’s cocoa industry

Helping a life-changing social enterprise to tell more than Half the Story

25 March 2026

CIPS Foundation is supporting biscuit company Half the Story by professionalising their procurement and supply chain operations. The fact that they make biscuits is just ‘half the story’. They are a social enterprise who provide meaningful work, and support to people who have faced major barriers to work, including homelessness, to rebuild their lives.

CIPS Foundation is supporting biscuit company Half the Story by professionalising their procurement and supply chain operations. The fact that they make biscuits is just ‘half the story’. They are a social enterprise who provide meaningful work, and support to people who have faced major barriers to work, including homelessness, to rebuild their lives.
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CIPS foundation awards funding to Human Practice Foundation

25 March 2026

CIPS Foundation has awarded funding to HPF to help them operate more effectively as a charity, but also support the HPF Coffee Programme.

CIPS Foundation has awarded funding to HPF to help them operate more effectively as a charity, but also support the HPF Coffee Programme.