Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

The End of Waste-Generating Supply Chains

Breaking Down the EU's Latest Sustainable Business Benchmarks

August 3, 2021

The EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy is a classification system that defines which economic activities contribute towards six essential environmental objectives.

The Winners and Losers in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

August 3, 2021

Bloomberg

A Senate plan to spend $550 billion on U.S. infrastructure stands to benefit industries heavily dependent on transportation, with companies including Amazon.com Inc., FedEx Corp. and Comcast Corp. among the biggest winners.

How Automated Packaging Makes E-Commerce Better

July 29, 2021

Konstantin Bohmeyer, SCB Contributor

Oversized boxes lead to lost capacity, higher transport costs and negative environmental impact.

August 3, 2021, 10:00 AM ET

The Value of a Global Digitized Health Community

July 28, 2021

OneNetwork

Join Iain Barton, Rene Berger, Chad Davenport, Cobus Rossouw, and Greg Brady for an insightful discussion on current challenges and new technologies and processes that will improve the distribution of humanitarian aid and disaster relief globally.

AI Could Dramatically Speed Up Environmental Action

July 28, 2021

Bloomberg

Artificial intelligence has big potential to help cut plenty of planet-warming emissions.

Top Coffee, Sugar, Soy Ports Hunt Climate Clues to Stem Risks

July 28, 2021

Bloomberg

As Brazil contends with its worst drought in almost 100 years, its ports and their regulator are intensifying efforts to quantify the risks of climate change for the nation’s sea hubs.

Powering Procurement in the Electric Utility Industry

July 28, 2021

Sandeep Shah and TK Subramanian, SCB Contributors

With the renewed emphasis on green energy, and a national net-zero greenhouse gas emission imperative planned for 2050 by the Biden Administration, significant investments must be undertaken to improve procurement processes.

World’s Food Supplies Get Slammed by Drought, Floods and Frost

July 26, 2021

Bloomberg

Extreme weather is slamming crops across the globe, bringing with it the threat of further food inflation at a time costs are already hovering near the highest in a decade and hunger is on the rise.

Investors Back ClimateAi to Tackle $1.3 Trillion in Climate Risk Across Supply Chains

July 23, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

ClimateAi, a firm applying artificial intelligence to climate risk modeling, announced the launch of its Enterprise Climate Planning (ECP) platform.

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Watch: Why Slavery in Supply Chains Grew During the Pandemic

July 20, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Ingrid Verschuren, head of data strategy with Dow Jones, reveals the findings of research showing a surge in modern slavery during the lockdown prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.