Sustainability > Waste Reduction | Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Insta Photos Adobe Stock 384894758

A Reflection on Peak Returns Season

As the industry moves into 2025, businesses must refine their reverse logistics strategies to balance customer experience, fraud prevention, and environmental responsibility, ensuring a more efficient and sustainable future for returns management.

Gorodenkoff Adobe Stock 465500986

State of Warehousing: Most Agile Warehouses Will be Most Successful

The current and future state of warehousing encompasses the impact of AI and automation, taking consideration of cybersecurity risks, balancing human and tech-driven solutions, and adopting sustainable practices.

Pros To Know 2025 [color]

Pros to Know Award: Supply Chain Leaders Over-Deliver in All Facets of Logistics

Every year, Supply & Demand Chain Executive's Pros to Know award celebrates the true supply chain professionals to know. Let's meet the winners.

Adobe Stock 386956436

What 2025 Means for the Climate Crisis and Businesses

The transition to the low-carbon economy has already begun. The question now is, how quickly will this shift happen?

Adobe Stock 378384325 (1)

How Emerging Technologies are Shaping Sustainable Supply Chains

Now is the time for supply chain leaders to ensure their organizations are not only compliant but also efficient, resilient and competitive in a rapidly changing environment.

Adobe Stock 458505468

A Sustainable Approach to Year-End Warehouse Cleanouts

As the end of the year approaches, warehouse managers have an opportunity to organize storage space and manage inventory, and utilize partnerships to maximum compliance, efficiency and environmental impact.

Adobe Stock 370280312

IntegrityNext Launches AI-Powered Products for Multi-Tier Supply Chain Visibility and Deforestation Compliance

These new solutions include AI-driven capabilities and are designed to enable customers across all industries to comply with one of the most demanding supply chain regulations in recent years, as well as to drive multi-tier transparency across the supply.

Adobe Stock 826609378

TrusTrace Unveils Automated Deforestation Compliance Solution

TrusTrace unveils its advanced Deforestation Compliance Solution, designed to help companies meet and prove deforestation-free shipments in alignment with the EU’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

Pros to Know Award: Nominations Open

This award recognizes influential individuals whose accomplishments offer a roadmap for other leaders looking to leverage supply chain for competitive advantage. Submissions close Dec. 27.

Adobe Stock 458870423

Nearly 90% of Consumers’ Sustainable Home Delivery Choices Impacted by Economy: Study

Descartes Systems Group releases findings from its 2024 Home Delivery Sustainability Report: The Environmentally Conscious Consumer Under Pressure survey, which examined online consumer sentiment of retailers’ sustainability practices in delivery.

Stock Wastewater

Food, Beverage Industry to Play Critical Role in Securing U.S. Domestic Freshwater Supply

Daily water withdrawals are expected to increase in the food and beverage (1.7 BGD) by 2050.

Women In Supply Chain Vertical Color

Women in Supply Chain Award: How Mentorship, Collaboration and Self-Advocacy Pave the Way for Future Female Leaders

Meet the winners from this year's Women in Supply Chain award. For these winners, it’s about mentorship, self-advocacy, collaboration and closing the gender gap to pave the way for future female leaders in logistics.

Ipopba Stock adobe com

ISN Study Underscores Lack of ESG Management Processes

Sixteen percent of companies indicate having strategies for greenhouse gas reduction in place, and nearly 18% are calculating and reporting both Scope 1 and 2 Emissions data, according to ISN.

Miha Creative Adobe Stock 484607009

California Greenhouse Gas Emissions Decline Across Most Sectors: CARB

2022 greenhouse gas emissions shows a drop across most sectors that is the equivalent of removing more than 2.2 million gasoline-powered cars off California’s roads for one year, according to a report released by the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

Adobe Stock 199850553

Creating the Blueprint for a Greener Supply Chain

The challenge in sustainability today is as nuanced as the technology available to improve sustainable practice and meet the growing needs of companies, regulations and consumers alike.

Adobe Stock 171568254

Focus on Responsible Sourcing Fuels Business Growth: Research

The 2024 State of Supplier Diversity report by Supplier.io reveals responsible sourcing as a cornerstone of business strategy, fueling core operations and accelerating global expansion.

Adobe Stock 573247486

Competitive Advantage Is Top Motivator for Corporate Emissions: Survey

In its second annual survey of corporate sustainability leaders, Optera reveals that corporate sustainability efforts have made remarkable strides over the past year.

Adobe Stock 277502999

Considerations for an Optimized Waste Governance Strategy

Having a robust waste governance strategy in place that incorporates sustainable practices across the product value chain and company operations offers multiple advantages to a business

Adobe Stock 265922432 (1)

Evaluating Sustainability Metrics with Supply Chain Modeling

Taking a truly proactive approach to supply chain design that enables sustainability and profitability is easier today than ever before thanks to solutions that can model sustainability risk factors and evaluate.

Adobe Stock 474872857

Delivering ESG: Double Materiality as CSRD Legislation Looms

Addressing the risk, being accountable for the impacts on environment and people and unlocking the vast opportunities in the era of Assurance 4.0 should be the new norm.

Adobe Stock 488533276

5 Strategies to Tackle the Scope 3 Emissions Challenge

By implementing these five key strategies, companies can engage their supply chain partners to address a significant portion of their carbon footprint and meet regulatory compliance.

Adobe Stock 445371474

Ship Green Launches Carbon Calculator for the Shipping Sector

Ship Green CIC provides a cost-effective carbon calculator for shipments at lower rates than commercial alternatives, that agents will be able to integrate into their software, quotations, invoices and websites.

Adobe Stock 751235097

How Collaboration Platforms Lead the Charge for Decarbonization

As we look to the future, trends in the development and adoption of collaboration platforms for sustainable supply chains are poised to accelerate.

Adobe Stock 378384325

3 Critical Investments for a More Sustainable Supply Chain

Through targeted investments, increased transparency and data-backed compliance and reporting we can ensure true environmental and social impact in addition to growth.

Adobe Stock 568960145

3 Steps Towards a Sustainable Warehouse: Alexis Asks

As the demand for sustainable practices grows, warehouses that invest in energy-efficient solutions and strategy will be better positioned to thrive. Here are 3 steps to take you in that direction.

Adobe Stock 491177543 (2)

Supplier.io Unveils New Report on ESG Risks

The findings show that most businesses face significant ESG risks, emphasizing the need for greater supply chain transparency to enhance resilience and sustainability.

Adobe Stock 843129092

Rethinking Hazmat Packaging for a Sustainable Future

While innovation can be found throughout the supply chain, innovation in the dangerous goods (DG)/hazmat industry has remained lackluster at best. However, change is finally here.

Adobe Stock 267323225 (2)

Supplyframe Introduces Sustainability Capabilities for Electronics Industry

Supplyframe announces Electronics Product Carbon Footprint (PCF), a new source for sustainability intelligence that provides global manufacturers instant access to product carbon footprint for more than 300 million electronic parts.

Adobe Stock 308488964 (2)

Decarbonizing Road Freight with Renewable Diesel

Companies across the freight industry can do their part to foster renewable fuel procurement by establishing supply chains and promoting the environmental benefits of RD to customers and partners.

Adobe Stock 353972924

Why Digitalization is Critical for Supply Chain Due Diligence

By adopting a multi-enterprise platform, retail businesses can ensure they remain ahead of global regulations and consumers’ expectations today and into the future.

Adobe Stock 582426066

Proxima and Scope 3 Peer Group's Findings from Scope 3 Maturity Benchmark

With 80% of emissions coming from Scope 3, there is concern that there may only be 1-2 sourcing cycles for some critical supply areas where there is a need to align ambition with practical action.

Metamorworks Adobe Stock 484354328

3 out of 4 Companies Feel Pressured to Become More Sustainable

Nearly three out of four companies surveyed by Aras say they feel pressured by customers, investors, and even their own workforce to operate more sustainably, according to Aras study.

Adobe Stock 464121386

Why ESG & Supplier Diversity are the Key to Responsible Business

To truly reap the benefits of responsible business, organizations must integrate both ESG and supplier diversity into their supply chain strategy.