Wednesday, July 18, 2012 · Patrick Burnson
BSR’s Future of Fuels – a new collaborative initiative with leading experts from the private, nonprofit, public, and academic sectors—will, for the first time, give companies the information they need about all of the sustainability impacts of their transportation fuel…
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 · Hau Lee, Erica Plambeck, and Pamela Yatsko
To date, more than 200 corporate giants have explained to the seven-person Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs why their manufacturing facilities or suppliers in China violated the country’s air and water laws. At least 50 companies have taken corrective actions…
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 · Kimberly Knickle
This is the second installment of a two-part forecast written by Kimberly Knickle, practice director, IDC Manufacturing Insights
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 · Kimberly Knickle
This is the first of a two-part forecast written by Kimberly Knickle, practice director, IDC Manufacturing Insights
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 · Jeff Berman
Even though the calendar says it is November 30, this atypical balmy weather in the Northeast is making me feel it is more like May 30. And given this unusual, but welcome, climate, it seems appropriate that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is…
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
The Port of Los Angeles and the International Association of Ports and Harbors plan to develop incentive program strategies to participate in the Environmental Ship Index Program starting next year.
Thursday, November 3, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
According to new research released at the Business for Social Responsibility Conference, more than eight in 10 respondents (84 percent) are optimistic that global businesses will embrace CSR/sustainability as part of their core strategies and operations in the next five years
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 · Dr. Dale S. Rogers is Professor, Logistics & Supply Chain Management and Co-Director of the Center for Supply Chain Management at Rutgers University College of Business
More and more companies now recognize that creating a sustainable supply chain is more than just the right thing to do—it's a requisite to business success. Sustainability today resembles the quality movement of three decades ago. As with quality, there was initial…
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 · Erica Plambeck and Lyn Denend
In 2007, SCMR featured an article on Walmart’s burgeoning sustainability program, focusing on eight specific initiatives being undertaken at the company. Four years later, the author of that article, Erica Plambeck of Stanford, and colleague Lyn Denend revisit those…
Monday, December 20, 2010 · SCMR Staff
Jack Short, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum, the transport think tank at the OECD in Paris, believes that the agreement reached in Cancún will not increase pressure on the transport sector to reduce its CO2 emissions
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 · Patrick Burnson
Regardless of the outcomes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 16) in Cancun, Mexico this month, businesses face increasing pressure to identify environmentally-sound alternatives for managing operations risks, particularly when it comes to the…
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 · Patrick Burnson
Company sustainability ratings are proliferating as the environmental, social, and governance agenda steadily migrates from the margins to the mainstream of capital, procurement, and consumer markets
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