Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

Port of Rotterdam Pilot Uses AI Microgrid to Trade Renewables

October 6, 2020

The Port of Rotterdam is testing technology to manage and trade renewable energy consumption, finding the effort has already made a significant cost savings.

How Technology Provides a Crucial Link in Ethical Supply Chains

October 2, 2020

Dan Lionello, SCB Contributor

With companies relying increasingly on complex global supply chains, their need for verifiable manufacturing ethics and supplier transparency is growing.

Carbon Border Tax Emerges in EU as Weapon to Protect Green Deal

September 30, 2020

Bloomberg

The first glimpse is emerging of a levy the European Union is drawing up to ensure its Green Deal environmental rules aren’t undone by nations with weaker standards.

Are Batteries the Trade War China’s Already Won?

September 29, 2020

Bloomberg

The global battery market will be worth about $116 billion a year by 2030 — up from around $28 billion now. But the U.S. is on course to capture only a small piece of that.

Amazon, GM Among Firms to Share Private Diversity Data

September 29, 2020

Bloomberg

More than thirty of the largest U.S. companies have agreed to new disclosures of previously private race, gender and ethnicity workforce data.

In the Pandemic, Factories’ Commitment to Human Rights Is Slipping

September 28, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

As if damage to people and supply chains by the coronavirus pandemic and economic freefall weren’t bad enough, add to it the greater difficulty of monitoring human rights violations in distant farms and factories.

Amazon’s Fleet of Used Airplanes Makes Green Pledge Harder to Keep

September 25, 2020

Bloomberg

Airlines say their newer generation jets are 20% more fuel efficient than the models they’re phasing out, many of which end up in the fleets of cargo carriers.

Airbus Unveils Hydrogen Designs for Zero-Emission Flight

September 23, 2020

Bloomberg

The European planemaker unveiled three designs it’s studying to build hydrogen-powered aircraft as it races to bring a zero-carbon passenger plane into service by 2035.

‘Boxing Clever’: Realizing the Benefits of Intelligent Cartonization

September 22, 2020

Paccurate

Cartonization is getting more attention from businesses as rising volume demand and shipping restrictions drive up costs, and as warehouses surge-hire less-experienced packers to keep up.

Amazon Tries to Make the Climate Its Prime Directive

Amazon Is Trying to Make the Climate Its Prime Directive

September 22, 2020

Bloomberg

Amazon 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.

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