Sustainable Supply Chain
Sustainability can be maximized throughout the supply chain, beginning with concept and development then continuing through all phases of production and final customer distribution. Articles here focus on efforts by materials suppliers, product manufacturers and retailers to increase sustainability. These increased sustainability efforts are made to decrease the impact of the supply chain on future generations.
McDonald's Works to Mainstream Sustainability Across Global Supply Chain
McDonald has released its 2011 Global Sustainability Scorecard, indicating its progress to improving healthy eating choices on its menu (with fruit) but also its ...
CSR Standards Higher at Companies than Suppliers
Corporations set higher social responsibility standards for themselves than for their travel suppliers, according to a survey by business travel payment and data management firm ...
ACEEE Report Calls for Haulage Trailer Efficiency Guidelines
Trailer efficiency should be the first item on the list when the EPA and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration next consider fuel efficiency and greenhouse ...
Ignazio Messina & Co, Hamworthy Krystallon Install First Commercial Marine Scrubber
The first of four Ignazio Messina & Co.-owned vessels installed with marine scrubbing technology from manufacturer Hamworthy Krystallon has come on line.
Linea Messina is the first ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Turbine Standards, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Sustainable Wallcoverings
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), agreed to cooperate on the advancement of more efficient permitting for wind ...
Sustainability Roundup for Seafood Purchasers
Tradex Foods' November summary of hot topics in sustainability for seafood purchasers.
Improving Supply Chain Profit, Production & Sustainability
Elevating the discussion around sustainable supply chains, Microsoft recently announced it will mandate supplier sustainability disclosure in 2013. As Environmental Leader reported, Ford ...
Sustainability in the Electronics Supply Chain
A discussion on sustainability in the electronics supply chain. The roundtable is co-chaired by Riverwood Solutions' Jeff Wallingford and EMSNow's Philip ...
Amazon to Triple ‘Frustration-Free Packaging’ Shipments
Amazon aims to triple the number of items shipped under its "Frustration-Free Packaging" initiative next year, BusinessWeek reports.
Amazon kicked off the program, ...
Companies’ 2012 Sustainability Plans: Focus on Employees, Suppliers
Employee engagement and supplier sustainability performance are the corporate sustainability initiatives that will get the most time and resources in 2012, ...
Phone Recycling and Environmental Sustainability
AT&T promo video about designing products with the environment in mind and using environmentally safe packaging.
Asda Launches $1.3bn Sustainabilty Savings Drive
Sustainability initiatives carried out by U.K. grocery store chain Asda saved the company £70 million ($110 million) in 2010 and it has committed to new goals ...
Tiffany Details Diamond, Metals Purchasing
Tiffany & Co. last year bought over 80 percent of its serialized diamonds either directly from a mine, or from a supplier that only ...
Atos to Use SAP Sustainability App; Greenstone Updates Acco2unt
International IT services company Atos will use SAP BusinessObjects Sustainability ...
Packaging Key to Sustainable Society, EUROPEN Says
Packaging should be seen as an integral part of achieving a resource efficient society, according to a paper by packaging trade body EUROPEN.
Green Paper on ...
The Business Case for Product and Value Chain Management
A World Resources Institute panel discussion with business leaders about the new GHG Protocol Product Standard and Corporate Value Chain (Scope ...
Hasbro Aims for 90% Sustainably Sourced Packaging; Epson to Supply BPA-Free Receipts
Hasbro released a Paper and Forest Procurement Policy outlining its procurement decisions for product packaging, as well a 2011 goal to source at least 75 ...
NHS Supply Chain Cuts Delivery Distances, CO2
NHS Supply Chain, the outsourced procurement arm of the U.K.'s National Health Service, cut delivery distances from 11 million to 9.8 million miles ...
Kroger Progressing on Sustainable Fish Goal
Kroger has announced that 65 percent of its top 20 wild-caught seafood species are sourced from fisheries meeting its sustainability standards, ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Chemical Standard, Singapore Ecolabel, WEEE
ANSI on Wednesday unveiled a new standard that establishes criteria for comparing chemicals and processes. The standard, NSF/GCI/ANSI 355 Greener Chemicals and Processes Information Standard, was ...
