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Report Analyzes Total Sustainability Impacts, Market Outlook for Commercial Transportation Fuels

A report from BSR is designed to help large-scale fuel purchasers make viable decisions that lessen impacts to the environment and society and enhance economic growth and development.

Assessing and Balancing Trade-offs in Supply Chain Optimization

Optimizing supply chain operations to cost less and be more effective has long been a top priority for businesses. Now, companies must consider new sustainability measures such as carbon. Identifying, tracking and managing supply chain emissions is quickly becoming essential to optimization efforts, with the primary goal of detecting inefficiencies in fuel, electricity and water consumption and then correcting those inefficiencies to help eliminate waste and reduce costs. But improving one benchmark in an optimization effort may adversely impact another. It's rare that everything aligns perfectly.

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EC to Monitor Carbon Emissions from Shipping, But Critics Say Measure Is Insufficient

The European Commission has announced that it will propose, in early 2013, measures to monitor, verify and report on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shipping. This measure will apply to all ships calling at EU ports and could also be the basis for a global approach towards cleaner shipping.

Wider Acceptance of 'Green' Buildings Requires Better Documentation of Benefits

Wider financial, environmental and social benefits need to be documented for green building if it is to maintain the growth seen in the past decade, according to research by McGraw-Hill Construction.

European Emissions Law Flies Into Heavy Flak from U.S. Senate

Just before its break, the U.S. Senate quickly and quietly passed the "European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011," the latest attempt to exempt American airlines from paying fees imposed by the European Union to cover the greenhouse gases their planes emit while flying to and from European airports.

The Cutting Edge of Supply-Chain Sustainability

Dan Cassler, assistant chair of the Information Logistics Technology Department at the University of Houston, offers an update on supply-chain sustainability - and details both the benefits and pain to be derived from such efforts.

Campaign Builds Steam to Keep Wind Protection Tax Credit

Starbucks, Johnson + Johnson, Sprint and 16 other companies have sent a letter to Congress, urging elected officials to extend the wind production tax credit (PTC) before it expires at the end of 2012.

Manufacturers, Petroleum Interests Spar with California Board Over Greenhouse Gas Credits Auction

Corporate executives and workers from dozens of refineries, glass-makers and other business groups bombarded members of the California Air Resources Board with complaints about an upcoming auction of credits allowing them to release greenhouse gases.

Joint Venture to Build Waste Control Solutions into Supply Chains

HAVI Global Solutions, active in consulting, design and execution services for global supply chains, packaging and promotions, has joined with Alpha Waste Solutions, a waste and recycling management company, to provide "closed loop" sustainability, recycling and waste solutions to regional and national companies.

How Business Should Respond to SEC's Rule on Conflict Minerals

No one appears completely happy with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new rule on tracking the presence of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in high-tech and other types of products. Comments on SEC's action range from outright opposition to quibbling over details.

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Stanford Slates Responsible Supply Chains Conference

Stanford University's Graduate School of Business will host a one-day conference on socially and environmentally responsible supply chains. Entitled "Shared Value and Supply Chains - Strategies for Success," the event will take place on Oct. 10, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:20 p.m., and be followed by a networking reception.

How Business Should Respond to SEC's Rule on Conflict Minerals

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