Sustainable supply chains - Articles - Page 13

Trumpet Your Company's Efforts on Corporate Social Responsibility, Report Says

October 29, 2012

When it comes to corporate social responsibility, consumers want more than aspirational mission statement, according to research by Cone Communications. They want to know what companies are doing.

IBM Tops Newsweek Poll of Greenest U.S. Companies

October 26, 2012

IBM

IBM has been recognized for the second consecutive year as the greenest company in the U.S., according to the Newsweek 2012 Green Rankings survey. A panel of independent judges ranked major companies based on numerous criteria, including their environmental impact, environmental management and sustainability disclosure. The survey is regarded as one of the most comprehensive analyses of environmental leadership, and IBM was one of 500 large U.S. organizations evaluated.

RFID Help Norwegian Company Manage Recycling of Plastic Bottles, Aluminum Cans

October 17, 2012

RFID Journal

Norsk Resirk, a nonprofit Norwegian company that processes discarded plastic bottles and aluminum cans, has completed the first phase of a plan to utilize passive ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID tags and readers to improve its management of recyclable materials.

Assessing and Balancing Trade-offs in Supply Chain Optimization

October 12, 2012

Chet Chaffee, Vice President, Life Cycle Assessment, FirstCarbon Solutions

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.

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

October 3, 2012

The New York Times

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.

Campaign Builds Steam to Keep Wind Protection Tax Credit

September 27, 2012

Environmental Leader

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

September 25, 2012

The Los Angeles Times

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.

Much Work Remains to Be Done Finding Cheaper, More Sustainable Ways to Fuel Trucking

September 4, 2012

CFO

Without trucks, the supply chain would screech to a halt. Yet, the rising cost of fueling these workhorses, not to mention the toll truck emissions take on the environment and public health, are forcing shippers and carriers alike to retool their fleets.

Panama Canal Goes Green - Mandating Future Construction Be Sustainable

August 30, 2012

The Maritime Executive

The Panama Canal will implement more sound "green building" practices in future construction in order to improve compatibility with the environment, according to the canal's development authority.

Control Area Regulates Ship Emissions Off Canada, U.S., French Collective

August 7, 2012

Maritime Executive

The North American Emission Control Area (ECA), under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), went into effective Aug. 1, 2012, bringing stricter controls on emissions of sulphur oxides, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter for ships trading off the coasts of Canada, the United States and the French overseas collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.