CorpU has joined with Supply Chain Insights LLC to launch a series of online courses for supply-chain managers.

Unilever has taken the No. 1 spot in the 12th Annual Supply Chain Top 25 rankings from Gartner Inc.

BSR's Future of Fuels initiative has launched a Fuel Tool to help commercial truck fleet owners reduce the climate and sustainability impacts of their long-haul vehicles.

Today, most major companies publicly report their emissions to CDP, an international corporate emissions platform. As sustainability managers know, corporate emissions come from a variety of sources, which are grouped into "scopes."

Chemical companies are usually considered quite conservative. But according to McKinsey and Company research, the chemical sector is among the highest-performing industries. Total return to shareholders for chemicals is nearly double that of the world equity market, and the CAGR for the period from June 2008 to March 2015 for the chemical industry runs about 9 percent, compared to 6 percent for all markets. Clearly the industry has been doing something right.