General SCM > Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility | SupplyChainBrain

Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility: Page 137

Podcast | Have Supply Chains Forgotten About Sustainability?

When it comes to pursuing supply-chain sustainability and social responsibility, has the pandemic caused companies to take their eye off the ball? Read more.

0302 Emissions Reporting

U.K. Names Eight Freeports in Bid to Boost Post-Brexit Trade

U.K. Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a roster of eight English freeports, low-tariff business zones being created to stimulate trade and investment in the wake of Brexit and the coronavirus crisis.

Photo: Bloomberg

Rails Tout Climate Edge Over Trucks, Wooing ‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden

U.S. freight railroads are trying to take advantage of a train enthusiast president who’s concerned about global warming with a lobbying campaign depicting their industry as a solution to climate change.

1221 Rail Company

How Ethical Supply Chains Will Survive the Pandemic

Ethical brands must carefully select risk framework and standards that enable them to pivot supply-chain operations if needed.

Source: Bloomberg

Texas Reckoning: Living With Yesterday’s Tech, Built for Last Century’s Climate

It’s not the new technology of renewable power that’s destabilizing the electric grid. It’s the new weather.

0226 Powerline

New Link Traces Beef From Amazon Rainforest to Grocery Stores

Meatpacking powerhouses like JBS and Marfrig Global Foods have borne the brunt of watchdog efforts to root out illegal deforestation in Brazil’s beef industry. But a new report is transferring attention further down the supply chain.

Source: Bloomberg

Ship Giant Maersk Bids Farewell to New, Fossil-Fuel Only Ships

A century after the global shipping fleet ran largely on coal, the world’s largest shipping line is taking a historic step toward not using fossil fuels for propulsion.

Photo: Bloomberg

Four Ways to Transform Recycled Waste Into Commodities Gold

Many businesses don’t realize that up to 40% of their trash — from post-consumer plastics such as hangers and water bottles, to metals, fibers, and even food grease — can be diverted from landfill to generate income.

A plastic water bottle floats near the port city of Balikpapan in Indonesia. Photo: Bloomberg.

Three Reasons to Prioritize Supply-Chain Sustainability This Year

Within the supply chain, many businesses are acknowledging the many benefits that sustainable operations offer, and are pushing to advance their green initiatives.

Crushed plastic bottles and containers sit bound in a bale ready to be recycled. Photo: Getty.

In Texas’s Black-Swan Blackout, Everything Went Wrong at Once

The greatest forced blackout in U.S. history was the result of a systemic and multifaceted failure — and there are no promises of when power will be restored.

Photo: Bloomberg

Why It’s So Hard for the Solar Industry to Quit Xinjiang

Chinese solar companies are among 175 around the world that signed a non-binding pledge by a U.S. trade group to avoid forced labor. It will be much harder for them to actually cut ties with Xinjiang, the western China region facing increasing scrutiny for human-rights abuses.

Source: Bloomberg

Here's How Diverse Supply Chains Deliver Competitive Advantage

Supplier diversity isn’t a new concept, but it’s one that will come into sharp focus in 2021.

0216 Diverse Hiring

Page 137 of 310

Featured Product

Photo: iStock/Anastasiia Yanishevska

How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

Mobile geolocation service for track delivery, cargo shipment and freight transportation. Logistic Import Export business (Elements of this image furnished by NASA)

Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

Franchise business e-commerce online e-marketplace or digital marketing branch expansion for growth or use technology to analyze product consumer data website management plan for sale service concept.

Moving Robots Site-to-Site