General SCM > Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility | SupplyChainBrain

Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility: Page 176

Mercedes Steps Up Electric-Van Push to Counter Deutsche Post

Mercedes-Benz is ramping up its offering of electric delivery vans after Deutsche Post AG switched from customer to competitor with the successful rollout of a no-frills battery-powered vehicle.

Tesla's Electric Semi Truck Gets Orders From Wal-Mart and J.B. Hunt

Some of the country's biggest trucking fleets are among Tesla Inc.'s first customers for its all-electric big rig.

A Guide to Building Environmentally Sustainable Procurement Capabilities

The term "sustainable development" was coined in Our Common Future, released in 1987 by the Brundtland Commission, a UN-backed organization created to unite countries in the pursuit of sustainable development. As defined by the Commission, there are three main pillars of sustainable development: economic growth, environmental protection and social equality.

112217 A Guideto Building

A Pharma Giant Looks for Help in Pushing Suppliers to Slash Carbon Emissions

Three years ago, GlaxoSmithKline set up an online Supplier Exchange to enlist suppliers in a bid to meet carbon-reduction goals. Now it's found a familiar partner to manage that community.

112117 A Pharma Giant Looks

The U.S. Is on the Threshold of the Biggest Oil and Gas Boom Ever

The U.S. is set to enjoy the biggest increase in oil and gas production the world has ever seen over the next few years, according to a new report.

Best Practices in Oil and Gas Supply Chain and Procurement

As low oil prices continue to put downward pressure on oil and gas companies, supply chain efficiencies are needed more than ever in the industry, particularly in the non-hydrocarbon area.

111717 Best Practicesin Oil

Why Surge Pricing and Collaborative Logistics Go Hand in Hand

Surge pricing, where the value of a particular item or a service increases according to demand, may soon be coming to logistics - and bringing green benefits in multiple ways.

111617 Why Surge Pricingand

As Wind Power Sector Grows, Turbine Makers Feel the Squeeze

Vestas Wind Systems and Siemens Gamesa are giants of the wind-power industry, building mammoth turbines that rise high into the air and power more and more homes. But disappointing earnings reports from the two companies last week indicated that even they are struggling to adapt to a fast-changing sector.

Rare Victory for Rainforests As Nations Vow to Stop 'Death by Chocolate'

The governments of Ghana and the Ivory Coast are formulating plans to immediately put a stop to all new deforestation after a Guardian investigation found that the cocoa industry was destroying their rainforests.

The Decisions Behind Monsanto's Weed-Killer Crisis

In early 2016, agri-business giant Monsanto faced a decision that would prove pivotal in what since has become a sprawling herbicide crisis, with millions of acres of crops damaged.

111417 The Decisions Behind Monsantos

EU Unveils Proposal to Cut Vehicles' Carbon-Dioxide Emissions

The European Union proposed last week a 30-percent cut in carbon-dioxide emissions from cars and vans in the decade through 2030, seeking to prod auto makers toward cleaner technologies led by electric vehicles and curb climate change.

Clean Air Act Violations Lead to Fines, $300M in Improvements Spending for ExxonMobil

Violations of the federal Clean Air Act can lead to hefty fines, and even heftier spending on improvement plans, as ExxonMobil was reminded last week: The company settled with the Department of Justice, the EPA and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for a civil fine of $2.5m and an agreement to spend approximately $300m on air pollution improvements.

110917 Clean Air Act Violations

Page 176 of 311

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