Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

Q&A: How GM Ties Daily Sustainability to Business Value

March 27, 2018

Sustainability initiatives are most impactful when they are core to a company’s business model and operations.

Showcase Your Company's Supply Chain Excellence — Final Days to Submit

March 26, 2018

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and SupplyChainBrain welcome your entries for the 14th Annual Supply Chain Innovation Award (SCIA) competition.

McDonald’s Announces Major Environmental Goals for 2030, Sending a Signal to the Restaurant Industry

March 23, 2018

The Washington Post

The golden arches got a little greener this week. Or at least, they will by 2030.

New Way to Recycle Lithium-Ion Batteries Could Be a Lifeline for Electric Cars and the Environment

March 23, 2018

Los Angeles Times

The promise of a global electric-vehicle transformation has a looming problem.

Ocean Economy Will Be Worth $3Tr by 2030, U.K. Report Says

March 22, 2018

Supply Management

The U.K. needs a long term plan to capitalize on the growing opportunities provided by marine sector, government advisors have said.

Ship Owners’ Multibillion-Dollar Quandary: Buy Cleaner Fuel or a Fuel Cleaner?

March 21, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

The owners of 60,000 cargo ships are bracing for tighter emissions rules that are forcing them to make a multibillion-dollar choice: Start buying cleaner-burning fuel or invest in a device that treats the ship’s exhaust before letting it out.

Tablets, Lasers and Time to Market: How Levi Strauss Reinvented the Way It Makes Jeans

March 20, 2018

Fortune

On a quiet street at the very edge of San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill neighborhood is a red-brick building bursting with blue. This 88-year-old structure, which carries no external signage of any kind, is what Levi Strauss & Co., the 165-year-old inventor of the blue jean, calls its Eureka Innovation Lab.

Your Next Sneakers Will Come From Trees

March 16, 2018

Bloomberg

Allbirds, the Silicon Valley startup behind a wildly popular wool sneaker, is pivoting from sheep to trees.

How America's Clean Coal Dream Unravelled

March 15, 2018

The Guardian

High above the red dirt and evergreen trees of Kemper County, Mississippi, gleams a 15-story monolith of pipes surrounded by a town-sized array of steel towers and white buildings. The hi-tech industrial site juts out of the surrounding forest, its sharp silhouette out of place amid the gray crumbling roads, catfish stands and trailer homes of nearby De Kalb, population: 1,164.

What's Disrupting Retail Today?

March 14, 2018

Fab Brasca, Group VP Solutions Strategy, JDA

Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) and their impact on supply chain management. New customer expectations for green and ethical products and practices are transforming the way companies do business — and requiring more supply chain transparency than ever before. As solutions continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies around the world are leveraging sustainability and CSR to stay ahead of the competition in their industries.