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Sustainability
How Propane Can Reduce a Port’s Environmental Impact
Propane can be used in a wide variety of port applications, including port and terminal tractors, forklifts, light- and medium-duty vehicles, shuttles and even small marine vessels.
Sustainability
Manufacturers’ Sustainability Scores Improved 38% Since 2016
Transportation
Ware2Go Offsets Carbon Emissions
Last-Mile
Fast Shipping Times Still Wanted Despite Sustainability Needs
Fuel Efficiency
Daimler, Volvo Pushes Hydrogen-Based Fuel Cells
Sustainability
Lenzingg Group Integrates Circular Economy in Textile Supplier Sector
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Pros to Know
Pros to Know: Creating Best-in-Class Solutions for Your Supply Chain with Owen Smith, Omnitracs
Mackenna Moralez sits down with Owen Smith, vice president of sales - new business, Omnitracs to discuss what it takes to develop best-in-class solutions for supply chains and how he helped clients adjust to changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Risk/Compliance
L.I.N.K. Live | SDCE Editors Talk Colonial Pipeline, Semiconductor Shortage and Last-Mile Logistics
Marina, Brielle and Mackenna recap top news items of the week.
Automation
4 Ways to Align Automation and Analytics
It’s possible to match up analytics and automation to the maturity of your business, and adding the right pieces at the right time creates a virtuous cycle.
Latest
Sustainability
Hapag-Lloyd Reduces Sulphur Oxides by 70%
As supply chain companies look to transform into sustainable entities, Hapag-Lloyd reveals accomplishments like fuel savings and innovative propulsion concepts.
Sustainability
L.I.N.K. | MIT Answers What is the Circular Economy
MIT's Sustainable Supply Chains Lab project manager Kellen Betts dives into the circular economy in the supply chain.
Sourcing & Procurement
How to Make Returns More Sustainable in the Age of COVID-19
Retailers who employ dynamic technology, find the right partners and make returns as seamless as possible can help mitigate the environmental costs.
Sustainability
How Will Biden's Climate Change Summit Affect the Supply Chain?
Earth Day this year has prompted the new White House administration to hold a climate change summit. Read what associate editor Brielle Jaekel says will be the effects through the supply chain.
Carbon Footprint
Sustainability, Social Value, Procurement and the Corporate Agenda
Translating good intentions into tangible actions with meaningful impact is where business leaders can improve their sustainability outlook.
Carbon Footprint
Onfleet, Pachama Partnership Creates Carbon Emissions Offset Initiative
The initiative will calculate the CO2 impact of Onfleet customers’ delivery operations and offset them through the purchasing of carbon credits.
Carbon Footprint
How Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Proprietary Algorithms Drive Sustainability Across the Supply Chain
Sustainability is beginning to gain traction across global supply chains where the impact can be especially significant when supported by leading-edge technologies, like AI-empowered digital decision making.
Carbon Footprint
Winddle’s Supply Chain Management Platform Automates GHG Tracking
This new functionality enables customers to easily evaluate their global supply chain carbon impact, and precisely analyze it according to sourcing scheme and products categories.
Carbon Footprint
L.I.N.K. | ALOM Says Near Sourcing Pushes Sustainability
Associate editor Brielle Jaekel and ALOM's founder and CEO discuss how the supply chain can be sustainable and how the company plans to hit its carbon neutral goal.
Fuel Efficiency
E-Commerce Boom Drives Demand for Sustainable Supply Chains
The transport and logistics sector needs sustainable supply chains not just for corporate governance and operational savings, but also for retaining customers who are becoming more environmentally conscious.
Sourcing & Procurement
CFOs Transitioning From Crisis Management to Growth
More than 75% of respondents reported diversity, equity and inclusion and environment, social and governance as being “priorities” or “important” within their organizations.
Carbon Footprint
C.H. Robinson’s Emissions IQ Aims to Advance Sustainability in Logistics
In its pilot phase, Emissions IQ has already helped 125 companies reduce their carbon emissions by a total of 350,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalents.
Carbon Footprint
ALOM Latest to Strive for Net Zero Carbon Footprint
Supply chains are becoming more sustainable, as ALOM becomes the latest company in the supply chain to aim for a net-zero carbon footprint by 2030.
Carbon Footprint
Ryder System Moves Forward with Sustainable Initiatives
Ryder System has achieved significant sustainable accomplishments by investing new technologies and cultivating talent.
Carbon Footprint
Owens Corning Adopts Next-Generation Hooder Film from Signode to Reduce Water, Condensation Damage
Owens Corning turned to Signode to install its next-generation hooder film to reduce water and condensation damage to Thermafiber Mineral Wool.
Micro-Fulfillment
Micro Fulfillment Centers Reduce Traffic Congestion and Air Emissions in Cities
A new report by Accenture with Frontier Economics found that last mile delivery ecosystems could reduce harmful emissions and traffic congestion within cities by using micro fulfillment centers.
Carbon Footprint
DHL Releases Accelerated Roadmap to Achieving Climate-Neutral Logistics by 2030
DHL invested $7 billion euros over the next 10 years to reduce CO2 emissions, expand its zero-emission e-vehicle fleet and climate-neutral buildings and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 in line with the Paris Climate Agreement.
Sourcing & Procurement
Procurement: The Secret Weapon in the Global Fight Against Climate Change
If climate change is compelling companies to place sustainability central to their business strategy, then we must center procurement in this transformation.
Trucking
FedEx Aims to be Completely Carbon Neutral by 2040
FedEx Corp. is aiming to be completely carbon-neutral by 2040, designating more than $2 billion of initial investment in three areas: vehicle electrification, sustainable energy and carbon sequestration.
Carbon Footprint
Everything You Need to Know About Buying Energy in 2021
For those industrial and logistics leaders looking to get the most from their energy dollars in 2021 and beyond, here are five recommendations you can act on immediately that will go straight to your bottom line.
Fuel Efficiency
DHL Freight, Volvo Trucks Move to Fossil-Free Road Transport
The move to fossil-free road transport will focus on longer distance heavy transports by making the transition to electrification as seamless and efficient as possible.
Carbon Footprint
Flock Freight, Carbonfund.org Partner to Achieve Carbon Neutrality with Shared Truckload Mode
All emissions produced by FlockDirect truck shipments will be accounted for in full and eliminated through the purchase of carbon offsets with the goal of offsetting 20,000 metric tons in carbon emissions in 2021.
Carbon Footprint
How to Leverage Solar Power to Boost Sustainability in a Warehouse/Distribution Center
Supply and Demand Chain Executive recently caught up with Patrick Smith, vice president of IGS Solar, to take a closer look at what to consider when implementing solar technology.
Carbon Footprint
The Efficiency, Cost Savings and Sustainability Equation
Optimizing Internal Standards + Leveraging Industry Standards = Cost Savings, Efficiencies and Sustainability
Carbon Footprint
Supply Chain and Sustainability - Will This Marriage Last?
It takes a mature approach to building lasting value to ensure that "sustainable supply chain" becomes a vital component of strategic competitive advantage.
