Sustainable Supply Chain Archives - Page 6 of 6

RPA Adds Pilgrim’s Pride, Ready Pac Produce, YottaMark

August 4, 2009August 4, 2009 by Gina Roos

Six companies have joined the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) to help advance reusable and sustainable packaging. These include three end-user companies Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., Ready Pac Produce, and Tanimura & Antle, as well as the California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA), StopWaste.Org, and YottaMark Inc. RPA expects that Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., ... Read more »

Study Reveals Companies Lack Supply Chain Sustainability

July 18, 2009July 20, 2009 by Gina Roos

Nearly two-thirds of supply chain and operations professionals say they have marginal or no visibility across all tiers and levels of their value chain, although 90 percent say their management subscribes to enhanced trading partner visibility, flexibility and sustainability across the entire supply and demand chain, according to a new report ... Read more »

Reuse of RFID Tags Adds Supply Chain Efficiency

July 6, 2009October 11, 2019 by Paul Nastu

A study from the Reusable Packaging Association has found that radio frequency identification (RFID) tags designed for single-use actually are able to withstand multiple trips without deterioration in performance. RFID tags are used to electronically track shipping containers, pallets, cases, and even individual products throughout the supply chain. A major ... Read more »

Dell, HP, Better Place, Tririga Earn Sustainability Awards

May 29, 2009February 7, 2011 by Gina Roos

Procter & Gamble, Dell, HP, Better Place, Tririga, Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance and Harris Corp. are the winners of the 2009 AMR Research Leadership Awards. The research firm, focused on global supply chain and technologies, awards companies for top performance in four categories: corporate social responsibility, sustainable leadership, technology leverage, ... Read more »

Electric Utility Alliance Develops Voluntary Green Standards

May 18, 2009 by Gina Roos

Targeted at reducing the environmental impact of a utility’s supply chain, the Electric Utility Industry Sustainable Supply Chain Alliance has developed a set of voluntary standards based on input from suppliers, non-Alliance electric utilities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Edison Electric Institute, and environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The ... Read more »

Wal-Mart Wants to Eliminate All Packaging Waste by 2025

April 20, 2009October 18, 2009 by Gina Roos

Wal-Mart wants to eliminate all waste by reducing, recycling or reusing everything that comes into its 4,100 American stores by 2025, and for Asda, its British operation, the target is 2010, reported UK Times Online. The giant retailer aims to reduce the amount of packaging in the supply chain 5 ... Read more »

IBM Launches New Supply Chain Service

April 9, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

As much as 80 percent of supply chain greenhouse gas emissions occur outside of a company’s own operations, but companies can reduce overall emissions from shipped finished goods by 10 percent if they require suppliers to implement energy use and monitoring guidelines, according to IBM Global Services. With more and ... Read more »

Omron, IBM “Green” Transportation Partnership Reduces CO2 Emissions and Costs

April 2, 2009 by Gina Roos

Omron Corp., based in Japan, and IBM have partnered to provide “smart” solutions that lower energy use, reduce carbon-dioxide emissions and increase efficiency in transportation operations. The new solutions will help businesses decide which types of shipping and transportation to use and the best travel routes for reducing costs and ... Read more »

RPA Calculator Analyzes Cost Savings of Reusable Packaging

March 19, 2009October 18, 2009 by Gina Roos

The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) has unveiled a Reusable Packaging Economic Calculator to help businesses determine the cost savings of converting to reusable packaging from single-use corrugated packaging. In addition to quantifiable costs savings, reusable packaging also increases productivity, and helps companies meet their environmental and sustainability goals, says the ... Read more »

Study Identifies Methods to Reduce CO2 Emissions in Logistics, Transport

February 26, 2009October 18, 2009 by Gina Roos

The World Economic Forum and Accenture has released a report that quantifies and ranks opportunities to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions generated by the logistics and transport sector. Logistics and transportation activities contribute approximately 5 percent of the 50,000 megatons of carbon-dioxide emissions generated by all human activity annually, according to the report. ... Read more »

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