Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

Where Are the Standards and Metrics to Help Supply Managers Monitor Sustainability Efforts?

May 24, 2012

Supply management professionals are uniquely positioned to influence a company's environmental sustainability efforts as well as the performance of supply base partners in this area. But where are the standards and metrics?

Apple Polishes Its Sustainability Credentials with Commitment to Renewable Energy

May 23, 2012

News Factor

Some Apples will be green. Apple data centers, that is. The technology giant has announced that its new half-million-square-foot data center in Maiden, N.C., will only use electricity that has been generated by renewable energy. The company said that the Maiden facility will be "the most environmentally sound data center ever built."

U.S. Orders Tariffs Beginning at 31 Percent on Chinese Imports of Solar Panels

May 22, 2012

The Los Angeles Times

The Obama administration ordered tariffs of 31 percent and higher on solar panels imported from China, escalating a simmering trade dispute with China over a case that has sharply divided American interests in the growing clean-energy industry.

Survey Details How Manufacturers Seek to Improve Their Supply Chains

May 18, 2012

IDC Manufacturing Insights

The key supply chain challenge today is the juxtaposition of complex and extended supply networks with increasingly fast and volatile demand networks - and the increasingly ineffective role for inventory as a way to buffer cadence mismatches.

Surging Domestic Energy Sector Puts New Demands on Transportation

May 18, 2012

Brent Hudspeth, Senior Director Consulting, Transplace

Report From SCOPE Spring 2012

May 18, 2012

Toby Harris, Conference Director, SCOPE Spring

GE Capital Fleet Services Debuts Mobile, Tablet App for Fuel-Cost Calculation

May 17, 2012

GE Capital Fleet Services

GE Capital Fleet Services has launched IntelliGauge, a mobile fuel and carbon-dioxide calculator which allows users to compare the fuel costs of their current vehicles against future models.

Ryder Expands Wisconsin Food Packaging and Distribution Center

May 16, 2012

Ryder System Inc.

Ryder System Inc. has made a number of enhancements to its food-packaging and distribution center in Beaver Dam, Wis.

Trends in Industrial Real-Estate

May 11, 2012

Rob Wheeler, Vice President for Industrial Services, Cresa Chicago

High Interest Seen in LNG-Powered Vehicles for Industrial Freight, But Adoption Remains Slow

May 8, 2012

PLS Logistics

Natural gas prices are at a 10-year low, and this has increased industry interest in the feasibility of natural gas vehicles for transporting freight. While compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles are appropriate for "return-to-base" vehicles like school buses, garbage trucks and local delivery trucks, liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles, because of their increased range, are currently a better option for long-haul, heavy-duty trucking.

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.