Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

Tests Underway to Recover, Re-Use Flexible Plastic Packaging

September 30, 2016

With adequate screening and optical sorting capacity, flexible plastic packaging can be efficiently captured in a single-stream materials recovery facility, potentially creating a new stream of recovered materials while improving the quality of other recycling streams.

Coalition Formed to Promote Climate Resilience Planning

September 23, 2016

Environmental Leader

Big data gives environmental and resource managers an invaluable tool to increase efficiencies and better manage risk.

California Climate Law Expected to Become More Aggressive, Costly to Business

September 13, 2016

Environmental Leader

California, which now has the most aggressive carbon reduction targets in North America, will impose stricter limits on emissions from factories, power plants and vehicles under legislation signed last week by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Challenges Facing Online Jewelers Are Many Faceted

September 8, 2016

Maksud Agadjani, Owner, TraxNYC

Due to changing lifestyles and disposable incomes, the global jewelry market continues to rise, with much of that growth being driven by the move to e-commerce. The world's jewelry market is projected to surpass $257bn in 2017 and grow at a compound annual growth of five percent over the next few years. Currently, online jewelry sales only account for four to five percent of the market, but the e-commerce sector is expected to reach around 15 percent by 2020.

Support Grows to Include Ocean Shipping Emissions in EU CO2-Control Initiative

September 8, 2016

Maritime Executive

A proposal to include emissions from shipping in the European Union's 2030 emissions reduction target through the E.U. emissions trading system (ETS) has gained cross-party support among members of the E.U. parliament.

CDP to Rate Corporate Supply Chain Leaders on Climate Action

September 2, 2016

CDP

The supply chain program at CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project, has published the methodology behind what it says is the first ever system to assess how companies manage carbon and climate change across their supply chains.

Coke, Pepsi Square Off in Water War

September 1, 2016

Environmental Leader

The cola wars may be ancient history, but Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are facing off again. This time, it's about water.

Technology, Which Enables Sustainability, Often Has Its Own Negative Environmental Impact

August 26, 2016

Environmental Leader

While technology can improve companies' environmental, health and safety performance it can also produce a huge environmental footprint of its own.

All Too Often, 'Sustainability' Is Empty Marketing Buzzword

August 25, 2016

Apparel

Sustainability is a huge macro trend and it's no surprise that the language and goals of the larger sustainability movement have made their way to apparel. Unfortunately, with it comes the same polarizing ambiguity that has plagued the broader sustainability movement in other industries. Cynics roll their eyes while dismissing sustainability as a latest marketing façade designed to push products on uninformed customers while true believers insist it's a more responsible way forward for apparel manufacturing that is genuinely improving lives and saving the earth.

New Tech Promises to Cut Costs, Carbon Emissions in Plastics Manufacturing

August 23, 2016

FuelFix

A new technology could dramatically reduce the costs and carbon emissions in the manufacturing of the world's plastics supplies, according to researchers from Exxon Mobil and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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.