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Extending Supply-Chain Innovation to the Small Farmer

State-of-the-art technology for managing global supply chains is beginning to percolate down to the individuals who need it most: small farmers in developing economies.

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Seven Ways the Cargo Ship Industry Is Cleaning Up Its Filthy Act

Air pollution from cars and factories has been regulated in much of the world since the 1970s. When it comes to the smoke-belching ships that carry global trade, the rules have been a lot looser.

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Sustainable Palm Oil Isn’t Hard to Find. But No One Buys It.

The world’s biggest growers of palm oil say they’re stepping up efforts to produce the contentious commodity more sustainably, but consumers are unwilling to pay.

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A Perfect Storm: Carmakers in Europe Face Uncertainty Beyond Brexit

Demand in the region fizzled late in 2018 due to a combination of emissions-testing bottlenecks and economic headwinds — and more pain could lie ahead.

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How Emissions Rules Could Actually Make Shipping Fuel Dirtier

Thousands of merchant ships will soon start burning fuel containing higher concentrations of sulfur — a quirky outcome of rules that are supposed to cut emissions of the pollutant.

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American Chain Restaurants Had a Tough Year and 2019 Looks Worse

After facing stagnant sales and weak customer traffic in 2018, U.S. restaurants will encounter more headwinds next year, including rising food and wage costs.

U.K. Plans to Bill Packaging Makers for Their Plastic Pollution

U.K. packaging manufacturers will have to pay for the full cost of dealing with the waste their goods produce under new government plans.

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Podcast | Blockchain in Action: Tracking Vanilla

The latest flavor of blockchain technology is vanilla, and the stakes are high: Vanilla is the world’s second most expensive spice — with a price higher than that of silver.

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Q&A | When to Embrace Sustainability — and When Not To

When is sustainability an investment? And when is it a cost? MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi shares some answers from his new book.

In Cancer-Linked Packaging Test, Whole Foods Ranks Worst

Whole Foods Market, hailed for its high standards for healthy food, ranked worst in a study of five major U.S. grocery chains for chemicals it uses in packaging.

Once-Profitable Holiday Trash Surge Could Now Bury Struggling Recyclers

Americans generate 25 percent more trash during the holidays and, historically, that’s been a gift to the companies that sell it to recycling processors overseas.

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How Used Vegetable Oil Could Power World Trade

Waste vegetable oil is the latest in a list of fuel innovations from a transportation industry that’s under intense pressure to lower its carbon footprint.

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