Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

Toyota to Turn Cow Manure Into Hydrogen to Back Its Fuel Cell Vehicle Push

December 5, 2017

Fuel cell cars and trucks are a tiny piece of the U.S. clean vehicle market, due in no small part to the limited number of hydrogen fuel stations in California, one of the few places they’re sold. To help fix that Toyota is building a first-of-its-kind refinery to make large quantities of the zero-emission fuel from a dirty source: cow manure.

Automakers Pledge Ethical Minerals Sourcing for Electric Cars

December 5, 2017

The New York Times

Leading carmakers including Volkswagen and Toyota pledged last week to uphold ethical and socially responsible standards in their purchases of minerals for an expected boom in electric vehicle production.

How Companies Are Pushing Ahead on Climate-Change Targets

December 5, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

More of the world’s biggest corporations are taking the fight against climate change into their own hands, aiming to cut their energy costs, pre-empt regulation or burnish their reputations with investors and customers.

Bellona: Electric Revolution Must Start on Land

December 4, 2017

Maritime Executive

At the COP23 climate conference in Bonn last month, Oslo-based environmental NGO Bellona held a forum on electrification of shipping. While most discussions at the summit centered on zero-emissions land transportation, Bellona held a discussion on what it would take to bring the shoreside electric revolution to the seas.

New Nuclear Power Cannot Rival Windfarms on Price, Energy Boss Says

December 1, 2017

The Guardian

New nuclear power stations in the U.K. can no longer compete with windfarms on price, according to the boss of a German energy company’s green power arm.

Opinion: A Turning Point for Global Supply Chains and Carbon

December 1, 2017

Kevin O'Marah, SCM World analyst, Forbes contributor

Twenty-five years ago this month the Union of Concerned Scientists published what they hoped would be a game-changing wake-up call to the world.

UPS Inks Its Largest Investment in Renewable Natural Gas to Date

November 30, 2017

Air Cargo World

UPS is heading into the year’s end inking an agreement with Big Ox Energy to purchase the equivalent of 10 million gallons of renewable natural gas (RNG) per year.

'Borneo Atlas' to Help Palm Oil Buyers Check on Forest Damage

November 30, 2017

Reuters

Researchers have created for the first time a detailed map that will help buyers and consumers of palm oil work out whether the supply chain is harming forests on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo.

Largest Cocoa-Producing Countries Agree to Work With Hershey, Nestle, Mars

November 29, 2017

Environmental Leader

Governments of the two largest cocoa-producing countries — Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana — pledged themselves to “Frameworks for Action” with leading chocolate and cocoa companies at COP23 this month to end deforestation and restore forest areas in the cocoa supply chain.

Mercedes Steps Up Electric-Van Push to Counter Deutsche Post

November 28, 2017

Industryweek

Mercedes-Benz is ramping up its offering of electric delivery vans after Deutsche Post AG switched from customer to competitor with the successful rollout of a no-frills battery-powered vehicle.

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