BloombergMore from BloombergAir CargoAmazon Is Trying to Make the Climate Its Prime DirectiveAmazon last year committed to zeroing out its carbon footprint by 2040, or eliminating the greenhouse gas emissions caused by its activities. The goal is daunting, and there’s no specific plan for how to reach it.September 22, 2020Air CargoFedEx Seeks to Add Small Self-Flying Planes for Remote AreasFedEx Corp. is looking at using small self-flying cargo planes to serve remote areas after experimenting with a technology startup on autonomous aircraft.September 22, 2020Last Mile DeliveryAmazon Plans to Put 1,000 Warehouses in Suburban NeighborhoodsWith the holidays approaching, Amazon is consumed with honoring a pre-pandemic pledge to get products to Prime subscribers on the same day.September 21, 2020Air CargoJet Fuel Is Now So Cheap It’s Being Blended for Use by ShipsThe fuel that powers passenger planes is normally among the most expensive oil products, but in a sign of the times the coronavirus has turned it into a blending component for typically cheaper shipping fuel.September 21, 2020All LogisticsGermany Is Re-Engineering Europe’s Most Important RiverIn an "Olympics of water engineering," the German government wants to change the current of the Rhine so that ships can load an extra 200 or more tons.September 18, 2020Global Supply Chain ManagementChip Industry Wants $50 Billion to Keep Manufacturing in U.S.The U.S. chip industry says as much as $50 billion in federal incentives will be needed to halt a decades-long trend of manufacturing moving overseas as China spends heavily to become a leading semiconductor producer.September 18, 2020Sustainability & Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe Gas Industry’s Survival Plan: Make Fuel From Cow PoopBy diverting cow waste into biodigesters in the process of making natural gas, the effect is a net climate win.September 17, 2020All LogisticsRobots Driving Forklifts Score Venture Capital, Create JobsSilicon Valley investors are increasing bets on a Pittsburgh company that turns a venerable machine of the past century of industrialization — the forklift — into a driver of the e-commerce boom.September 17, 2020Global Supply Chain ManagementU.S. Company Stops Sale of Chemical Used in Mexico Heroin Supply ChainA U.S. company selling a chemical across Mexico that is essential for making heroin stopped all sales in the country after an investigation found it was easily diverted to produce the drug fueling a U.S. epidemic.September 16, 2020All TechnologyConsumers Can Now Track Carbon in an Ear of Corn From Farm to TableCompanies will be soon able to track the carbon emissions from an ear of corn to a pork chop, allowing them to market products to environmentally conscious eaters.September 15, 2020Previous PagePage 247 of 357Next Page
