Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

Race Is on to Mine Metal Powering Electric Vehicles

June 23, 2017

The race is on to supply more of the cobalt needed for batteries in the fast-growing market for electric vehicles - and that means fresh competition for the big players Glencore Plc and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Sustainability in Supply Chains Is Driven by Positive Business Outcomes, Study Says

June 22, 2017

Environmental Leader

An overwhelming percentage of manufacturing suppliers say that they undertake sustainability measures because they have tangible business value.

Vertical Farming Gets Real: Bowery Raises $20M for Its 'Post-Organic' Warehouse Farm

June 21, 2017

Forbes

As indoor farming goes from fantasy to reality, Bowery Farming raised $20m for its "post-organic" vertical farm from a group of investors, including General Catalyst, GGV Capital and GV (formerly Google Ventures), better known for betting on technology than on agriculture.

Apple Issues Bond to Finance Clean Energy, Advance Closed-Loop Supply Chain

June 20, 2017

Bloomberg

Apple Inc., which issued the biggest green bond ever sold by a U.S. corporation last year to finance projects fighting global warming, is doing it again.

Opinion: The Paris Climate Agreement - Global Supply Chains to the Rescue

June 19, 2017

Steve Banker, Forbes contributor

On June 1, President Trump announced that the U.S. was withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This treaty committed the U.S. - and 194 other countries - to reducing rising global temperatures.

Total Eclipse: Oil Giant Sees Its Future in Electricity

June 19, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

France's Total SA, one of the world's largest oil companies, sent its top executives to Silicon Valley last summer, where they met with tech investors and futurists. At Tesla Inc.'s Bay Area factory, a Total executive tweeted a photo of a gleaming, red Model S - an electric car that burns no oil products at all.

The Role of Supply Chain in Driving Growth and Innovation

June 16, 2017

Mike McLaughlin, EVP Food Supply, Clif Bar & Co.

McDonald's, L'Oreal Combine Purchasing Power to Nix Supply Chain Risk From Deforestation

June 16, 2017

Environmental Leader

Eight major corporations including McDonald's and L'Oreal recently joined the supply chain platform of CDP - a nonprofit that drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests - to request information from key suppliers on how they are managing risks linked to deforestation. The companies say they are combining their purchasing power to achieve deforestation-free commodity supply chains.

States Tell EPA They'll Fight Should U.S. Relax Vehicle Emissions Rules

June 15, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

More than a dozen state attorneys general wrote to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency vowing a legal fight to block regulators from easing vehicle-emissions standards, the latest broadside in a battle over the Trump administration's move to reopen a review of the regulations.

Four Ways to Capitalize on Circular Supply Chains

June 14, 2017

Industryweek

The pace at which companies are adopting circular economy business models has been accelerating for the last two decades - and it has evolved from a specialist concept to a mainstream business strategy.

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.