By Brian Straight ·
May 4, 2023
If you were dropped onto this planet and landed at McCormick Place in the heart of Chicago in the middle of March, you would probably conclude that planet Earth had been overrun by robots. Everywhere you turned on the ProMat conference floor, there was a robot lifting something, putting something away, or carrying something to another location.
By Namuun Purevdorj and Ars-Vita Alamsyah ·
May 9, 2022
To meet global and corporate carbon-reduction targets, transporters will have to significantly invest in and transition into alternative fuel transportation.
By SCMR Staff ·
March 28, 2022
He will be responsible for developing and leading the company's North American GoGreen strategic agenda.
By Jeff Berman ·
November 12, 2020
It goes without saying that President Donald Trump and President-Elect Joe Biden did not see eye-to-eye on pretty much anything while on the campaign trail. Now that the election is (apparently) over, some light is starting to be shed on Biden’s policy initiatives. One part of this that has already received some attention relates to the environment, with Biden indicating that after he is inaugurated in January the United States will rejoin the Paris Agreement, which the U.S. formally exited on November 4.
By Josué C. Velázquez-Martínez, Karla M. Gámez-Pérez, and Ken Cottrill ·
August 12, 2019
The recent announcement by UPS that it will start delivering packages on Sundays next year is another sign of the inexorable growth of e-commerce – and the number of delivery trucks on the roads. More vehicles equal more fuel consumed and more CO2 emitted, increasing the pressure on companies to invest in fuel efficiency technology.
By Alexis Bateman ·
April 18, 2019
The increasingly strident public outcry over the huge volumes of plastic waste clogging our environment demands a response from the companies held responsible for putting it there.
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 26, 2019
In the latest development, the port announced that its largest marine terminal is converting 13 diesel-powered yard cranes to hybrid power. The result is expected to be an annual 45-ton reduction in diesel-related air pollutants.
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 5, 2019
A new survey from HSBC finds that businesses are turning to sustainable supply chains to improve their bottom lines.
By Jeff Berman ·
August 2, 2018
The clothing retailer has laid out a strong supply chain sustainability strategy that can serve as a blueprint for other shippers to follow.
By Patrick Burnson ·
June 26, 2018
In a move that promises to create more efficiency and ocean container throughput velocity, the Port of Oakland’s largest marine terminal operator plans to introduce hybrid cargo-handling technology in the coming years.
By Bob Trebilcock ·
April 3, 2018
In his new book, MIT's Sheffi argues that companies need to find the right balance between investments in sustainability and maintaining their competitive advantage. Corporate sustainability, carbon reduction and the supply chain.
By Patrick Burnson ·
October 16, 2017
BSR’s Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG) recently announced the release of its 2016 Global Maritime Trade Lane Emissions Factors report, based on emissions reported by more than 3,200 ships from 22 of the world’s leading ocean container carriers that represent 87 percent of the global ocean container shipping industry by volume.
By Jeff Berman ·
June 6, 2017
Taking steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from its supply chain, retail giant Walmart recently announced it has rolled out an initiative, entitled Project Gigaton, which is geared towards helping the company achieve its goal of eliminating 1 gigaton, or 1 billion tons, of emissions from its supply chain by 2030.
By Jeff Berman ·
March 30, 2017
In light of the news that President Trump has inked an executive order that essentially nixes the climate polices drafted and enacted during the Obama administration, there are a few notable takeaways that seem to resonate from a supply chain perspective.
By LM Staff ·
August 31, 2016
EY Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) recently collaborated with the UN Global Compact on the study in an effort to better understand how companies are managing their supply chains in ways that support the objectives of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).