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The Shipping Industry Wants to Be Taxed for Its Carbon Emissions

It’s rare for an industry powered by fossil fuels to call for a tax on its own carbon emissions. Yet the shipping sector is doing just that.

Emissions from a cargo ship at dusk. Photo: Shutterstock.

For Sustainable Packaging, Russia’s Largest Food Retailer Is Leading the Way

Russia’s food retail industry — specifically, suppliers of products, packaging and materials — is better equipped for sustainability following the publication of comprehensive sustainable packaging recommendations by the country’s largest operator of supermarkets and convenience stores.

CEVA Logistics Joins United Airlines’ Eco-Skies Alliance

CEVA Logistics, a global provider of 3PL, has announced its involvement as an inaugural participant in United Airlines’ Eco-Skies Alliance, a program involving corporations working with the airline to power future sustainable travel and transportation.

Vertical Farming: A Solution to Waste and Inefficiency in the Food Supply Chain?

The global food supply chain is in trouble.

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The Chip Industry Has a Problem With Its Giant Carbon Footprint

Demand for semiconductors is surging as life becomes increasingly digital, but all that computing power comes at a cost.

An employee displays a 300mm silicon-carbide wafer. Photo: Bloomberg.

C.H. Robinson Launches Solutions to Help Companies Cut Carbon Emissions

C.H. Robinson, a global logistics solutions provider, has launched a series of services in order to aid companies in their sustainability efforts.

Biden Infrastructure Plan Seeks $571 Billion in Transport Funds

President Biden’s proposed infrastructure bill calls for $571 billion in additional transportation spending over current federal levels, and $50 billion to make infrastructure more resilient to climate change.

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Watch: How Can We Eliminate Hiring Bias?

Rhett Lindsey, founder and chief executive officer of Siimee, discusses the roots of hiring bias, and details the change in mindset that companies need to undergo in order to eliminate it.

How Can We Eliminate Hiring Bias?

Four Key Elements of Corporate Sustainability

Corporate sustainability can quickly become a broad and overwhelming topic. To remedy this and help drive results, it’s important to start with a focus on four key areas: greenhouse gas emissions, energy, waste and water.

Podcast | How Can We Achieve ‘Transportation Justice’?

For all the attention that we pay to the movement of goods from origin to destination, do we ever give thought to the communities that lie in their path?

A dockworker monitors a shipping container being loaded onto a freight train. Photo: Bloomberg.

GM and Ford Will Fight Startups in the Commercial Van Market

The cargo van isn’t sexy, but thanks to Amazon and e-commerce, startups and established carmakers are falling over themselves to make these proletarian haulers.

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Podcast | Women in Logistics 2021: A Rail Industry Pioneer

Meet a woman of color who has broken down barriers in the railroad industry — among many other accomplishments.

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