More than half of the planned decarbonization of aviation was dependent on the development of sustainable aviation fuels, which has reached only 0.8% of airline fuel needs this year.

Of the 36 trackers that provided data, 16 ended up in landfills, nine ended up at incinerator facilities, and eight were last detected at waste transfer stations.

The EPA will seek to eliminate PFAS limitations that had previously been established under the Biden administration in 2024.

As AI becomes embedded across supply chain operations, companies need to plan for heightened expectations around transparency and governance.

Roughly 70% of consumers say that frustrating packaging makes them think less of a brand, while 35% say that fixing bad packaging would make them buy from a brand more often.

EU companies have sought to obscure their involvement in overfishing by making the ownership structures of their purse seiners substantially more opaque.

While a fully zero-emission supply chain remains a long-term ambition, incremental and measurable progress made over time can deliver both environmental and business benefits.

As supply chain decisions move beyond the realm of operations to become matters of core strategy, governance becomes essential for competitiveness and profit sustainability. 

Supply chains are now strategic financial levers, shaping corporate performance and resilience in 2026 and beyond.

True resilience is achieved when maintenance, procurement and logistics operate as a singular, cohesive organism.