Sustainable Supply Chain Archives - Page 3 of 6

Cargill, Cisco, DHL, Timberland among Green Supply Chain Winners

November 10, 2010December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

Cargill, Cisco, DHL, and Timberland are among a host of companies that have earned the Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s Green Supply Chain Award. The magazine’s ranking recognizes companies that are making sustainability a core part of their supply-chain strategies in areas including sourcing/procurement, fulfillment/logistics, operations, and product lifecycle management. ... Read more »

Hara Energy Management SW Upgrade Improves Supply Chain, Mandatory Reporting, Language Support

October 5, 2010 by Gina Roos

The latest upgrade to Hara’s environmental and energy management software solution enables organizations to better manage and optimize their energy and natural resource reductions across supply chains as well as adds global language and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandatory reporting rule support. The Hara Environmental and Energy Management (EEM) ... Read more »

ConAgra Foods CR Report: Carbon Intensity Down 2%

September 27, 2010January 9, 2018 by Gina Roos

ConAgra Foods’ carbon intensity, or metric tons of carbon per ton of finished product produced, fell by approximately two percent since fiscal year (FY) 2008, according to the company’s 2010 corporate responsibility report. In FY 2010, the company’s Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were less than 2 ... Read more »

Nestle to Spend $487M on Sustainable Coffee Supply Chain

August 30, 2010March 6, 2019 by Gina Roos

Nestle will invest CHF 500 million (approximately $487 million) to address responsible farming, sourcing and consumption across its coffee supply chain. Nestle purchases around 780,000 tons of green coffee a year or 10 percent of the world’s supply. Nestle’s Nescafé Plan is a global initiative that builds on the CHF ... Read more »

Wal-Mart Releases Greenhouse Gas Protocol Guidance

August 5, 2010August 5, 2010 by Gina Roos

In February, Wal-Mart committed to reduce the carbon footprint from its supply chain by 20 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by 2015. The project team that has been working to implement that goal is releasing a guidance document that details how these emissions reductions will be counted, reports the ... Read more »

SGM Supply Chain Project Cuts Energy Use by 80M kWh

June 17, 2010December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

Shanghai General Motor’s (SGM) supply-chain initiative has yielded a reduction of more than one million tons of water, more than 80 million kWh of energy and more than 55,000 tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. SGM, in partnership with the World Environment Center, launched the “Greening the Supply Chain Initiative” (PDF) ... Read more »

Ford to Measure Supply Chain Emissions

May 21, 2010 by Gina Roos

Ford Motor Company plans to initially survey 35 top global suppliers on their energy use and estimated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in an effort to reduce carbon emissions in the automotive industry. These suppliers represent nearly 30 percent of Ford’s $65 billion in annual procurement spending. The automaker will share ... Read more »

Ikea Reduces CO2 Emissions by 5%

May 19, 2010November 11, 2019 by Gina Roos

Ikea has reduced its total CO2 emissions by 5% and CO2 emissions from goods transport by 10% in fiscal year 2009 compared to the previous year, according to the company’s 2009 Sustainability Report. Ninety-five percent of the home furnishing retailer’s CO2 emissions is attributed to material extraction, suppliers, customer transportation ... Read more »

Greening the Supply Chain, Part 3

May 10, 2010September 13, 2010 by David Dornfeld

Our supply chain discussion started with some basic definitions of what is included in a supply chain from a manufacturing perspective, and then added what would be green elements for consideration. Last time I referred to Interface Carpets as a leader in sustainable business development because they have a corporate ... Read more »

Vodafone, BT Accused of Pollution in China

May 10, 2010May 10, 2010 by Gina Roos

A coalition of 34 Chinese environmental groups accuse global IT companies including Vodafone, BT and 27 others of not doing more to monitor the environmental impact of their manufacturing operations and that they should be held more accountable for pollution in China’s supply chain, reports The Guardian. The latest accusation ... Read more »

Greening the Manufacturing Supply Chain, Part 2

May 5, 2010September 13, 2010 by David Dornfeld

Last month, we started a discussion about supply chains with respect to environmental impacts related to the various actors in the chain. We’ll continue here with an example. But, first, a story from the trenches. I’ve mentioned Interface Carpets before as an example of a company dedicated to green manufacturing ... Read more »

AMD Resets Environmental Goals

April 20, 2010 by Gina Roos

In a move toward improving the transparency of its corporate responsibility reporting, AMD has launched a new Web hub page and brochure that outlines its environmental performance for 2009. A big factor that changed AMD’s environmental footprint in 2009, compared to 2008, was the transfer of its manufacturing assets to GLOBALFOUNDRIES, ... Read more »

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