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.
Site Matches Effluent Producers and Users; Software Analyzes Supplier Footprints
Consulting firm CH2M HILL is launching WaterMatch, a free social networking site to help industry and agriculture find source of effluent for water ...
Logistics Firms Move Towards Sustainability Checks on Supply Chain
Using supply chain scorecards to measure a supplier's sustainability is becoming widespread throughout the transport and logistics industry, as companies such as DHL and Eurostar aim ...
CDP Launches Supplier Emissions Scoring
The Carbon Disclosure Project and FirstCarbon Solutions have launched an initiative to score the CDP Supply Chain program, with performance scores introduced for the ...
Toyota, Honda Plants Among Hundreds Closed by Thai Floods
Honda and Toyota have stopped all production in Thailand as that nation's floods continue to rip through industrial parks, and now threaten Bangkok.
Thailand is ...
Calvert names Toyota, VW, Ford ESG Champs
Sustainable investment firm Calvert Investments has named Toyota, Ford and Volkswagen as models of environmentally and socially responsible business practice in a report.
The report "...
Ford, Microsoft Announce Supply Chain Info Drives
Microsoft and Ford have both launched efforts aimed at increasing the amount of information available on their vendors' commitments to social and environmental policies.
Starting in 2013, ...
Procter & Gamble Cuts Scope 2 GHGs, but Scope 1 Rises
Procter & Gamble's scope 1 CO2 emissions rose from 2.8 million to 2.9 million metric tons in 2011, but scope 2 emissions fell ...
Practice Greenhealth Launches Green Medical Procurement Tool
Practice Greenhealth has released version 1.0 of its Standardized Environmental Questions for Medical Products, which can be used to guide procurement of environmentally preferable medical products.
The ...
John West Customers Click to Trace their Tuna
John West, a leading brand of canned tuna and salmon in the U.K., has launched an online tracker to help customers sniff out ...
Mattel Unveils Sustainable Procurement Principles
Mattel Inc. has launched new sustainable sourcing principles to guide the company's procurement of paper and wood fiber used in its packaging and products.
The toy company ...
Scope 3 GHG Reporting Standards Finalized
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol today published two standards to help businesses measure, manage and report GHG emissions beyond their own operations, including ...
Half of Multinationals to Choose Suppliers Based on CO2 Emissions
A full half of multinational companies plan to select suppliers based on carbon performance, according to a study by Carbon Trust Advisory.
The research ...
A Message to the Food Industry: Be Selfish
sel-fish - adjective devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interest, benefits, welfare, etc.
Outside of the relatively ...
Maersk Line to Test Sulfur-Cutting Exhaust Cleaner
Shipping giant Maersk Line is to test a new exhaust gas cleaning system that it says could cut sulfur emissions by more than 97 percent.
The scrubbing ...
Sustainability Drives Competitive Advantage in Food Industry Supply Chain
Parents - mainly mothers - determine most household food purchases. Questions race through their minds as they navigate the labyrinth of products, ...
DEFRA Scraps ‘Sell-By’ Dates To Cut Food Waste
U.K. agency DEFRA has released updated guidance to help ensure the right date marks are used on food labels, to make it easier for ...
Cup Recycling Takes Stage at Starbucks’ 2011 Cup Summit
Video from Starbucks' 2011 Cup Summit in Boston. The ...
Unilever UK Achieves Zero Landfill Status
Consumer products brand Unilever has become a "zero to landfill" manufacturer in its U.K. operations, the company has announced.
The company now recycles 97 percent of its ...
A Lean, Mean and Keen Approach to a Sustainable Merchandising
If you do your best to buy “green” products when you visit the local grocery store, you’re not alone. Products that are ...
Dunkin' Donuts Cuts 4.6m Pounds a Year From Cup Waste
Dunkin’ Donuts has eliminated 4.6 million pounds of waste a year by reducing the weight of two disposable cups, according to the firm’s first ...
