Environmental LeaderMore from Environmental LeaderForecasting & Demand PlanningQ&A: Rethinking Food Waste at Hilton"We want to be responsible operators and buyers," says Max Verstraete, vice president of corporate responsibility for Hilton. The hospitality company, which has 14 brands covering more than 5,000 properties in 104 countries and territories, buys a lot of products. "Whether it’s furniture or ketchup bottles for room service trays, TVs, electronics — pretty much anything you can think of — we’re probably buying," he says.December 7, 2017Last Mile DeliveryUPS Testing Sustainable Delivery System in EuropeUPS is testing a depot-to-door delivery system in central London. The Low Impact City Logistics project will reduce traffic congestion and emissions associated with urban package delivery by using a power-assisted delivery trailer. If successful, it could change the way packages are delivered in cities in the U.K.December 5, 2017Global Trade ManagementLargest Cocoa-Producing Countries Agree to Work With Hershey, Nestle, MarsGovernments of the two largest cocoa-producing countries — Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana — pledged themselves to “Frameworks for Action” with leading chocolate and cocoa companies at COP23 this month to end deforestation and restore forest areas in the cocoa supply chain.November 29, 2017SC Finance & Revenue ManagementClean Air Act Violations Lead to Fines, $300M in Improvements Spending for ExxonMobilViolations 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.November 9, 2017Business Strategy AlignmentQ&A: Aligning Water Goals With Fiscal ResponsibilitySustainability and profitability go hand-in-hand at Cox Enterprises, a $20bn company headquartered in Atlanta with major subsidiaries in the communications, media and automotive industries.November 7, 2017Global Supply Chain ManagementStudy: Sustainable Packaging Market Growth Driven by Preference, RegulationsIncreasing environmental consciousness among consumers, along with more stringent regulations, are driving the sustainable packaging market, and will continue to do so at least through 2024, according to a new study from Zion Market Research.October 24, 2017All TechnologyIoT Will Facilitate Speedier Farm to Fork, Research SuggestsWith pressure on land and food resources set to increase, the Internet of Things (IoT) will play an increasingly important role in helping the sustainable agriculture sector become more efficient and productive.October 18, 2017Global Supply Chain ManagementEPA Improves Its Water Pollutant Monitoring ToolThe EPA is improving access to the Water Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool; the tool allows users to determine who is discharging water pollutant, what (and how much) pollutants they are discharging, and where they are discharging.October 12, 2017Global Trade ManagementEco-Labeled Foods Face High Fraud Risk, Research ShowsOrganic and eco-labeled food products face high risk of food fraud because they command a higher price, and the growing market for sustainable and premium foods increases the risk, according to market research group Ecovia Intelligence.October 10, 2017Sustainability & Corporate Social ResponsibilityQ&A: Developing Smart Partnerships to Reduce WasteIngersoll Rand, a global diversified industrial manufacturer and 2017 Environmental Leader Award winner, is moving steadily toward zero waste-to-landfill for its sites. Already, in Galway on the western side of Ireland, the company's Thermo King plant no longer sends anything to the dump.October 4, 2017Previous PagePage 4 of 21Next Page
