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3 companies that are innovating their way to sustainable logistics

Its crucial role in the global supply chain is unquestioned, but freight transportation is also one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions.

The commercial transportation sector — which includes trucks, planes, ships and trains — currently makes up about 15% of annual global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Supply chain experts said the transportation sector could soon be the largest contributor to global greenhouse gases. That’s...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/3-companies-that-are-innovating-their-way-to-sustainable-logistics

¿Tienen sentido los camiones eléctricos para los intermediarios digitales? 

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Las grandes flotas pueden permitirse probar camiones eléctricos que cuestan hasta cuatro veces más...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tienen-sentido-los-camiones-electricos-para-los-intermediarios-digitales

Can electric trucks make sense for digital brokerages?

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Big fleets can afford to try out electric trucks that cost up to four times as much as diesel...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/can-electric-trucks-make-sense-for-digital-brokerages

FOSC chat: Convoy collaborates with sustainability partners like CHEP

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC:  Driving greater sustainable outcomes through technology

DETAILS: Dan Lewis, co-founder and CEO of Convoy, interviews George Brehovsky, director of supply chain at CHEP, about promoting sustainability in the supply chain using technology. 

SPEAKER: Lewis is the co-founder and CEO of Convoy

SPEAKER: Brehovsky...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-convoy-collaborates-with-sustainability-partners-like-chep

FOSC chat: Shortage of pallets driven by increase in inventory

Rachel Premack and George Brehovsky sit on the FreightWaves stage during The Future of Supply Chain event.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Forecasting demand and moving product during the pandemic.

DETAILS: Rachel Premack, editorial director at FreightWaves, and George Brehovsky chat about the shortage of pallets, how to manage inventory efficiently and how long CHEP’s pallets can be reused.

SPEAKER: Brehovsky is the director of supply...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-shortage-of-pallets-driven-by-increase-in-inventory

Convoy partnership adds to CHEP’s long story of sustainability

The sustainability culture at CHEP, a global leader in pallet and container pooling services, was upheld as an aspirational standard for the industry during this week’s episode of Net Zero Carbon. But this culture is baked into CHEP’s history. 

“CHEP was founded when the allies left all these pallets for moving equipment during World War II in Australia,” said Tyler Cole, FreightWaves’ director of carbon intelligence. “It started as a way to get rid of waste with all the excess pallets laying...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/convoy-partnership-adds-to-cheps-long-story-of-sustainability

CHEP’s efforts for a cleaner world —  Net-Zero Carbon

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On this episode of Net-Zero Carbon, Danny Gomez, managing director of financial and emerging markets at FreightWaves, sits down with Dennis Raffa, program lead of the Zero Waste World initiative in North America for CHEP.

The two talk about how CHEP, a pallet company founded in Australia during World War II, is helping to create a “zero-waste world.” Raffa sheds light on how the company’s history and culture have helped start the sustainability program he runs. 

The specific activities happening...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cheps-efforts-for-a-cleaner-world-net-zero-carbon

5 warehousing sustainability trends for 2021

Warehousing trends include sustainability and automation.

Warehouse and logistics companies are trying to shore up their sustainability efforts as they struggle to change their inventory strategies from just in time to just in case during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are five trends in sustainable warehousing to look for when the dust settles.

Automation

As warehouse labor gets progressively tougher to find and the pandemic continues, warehouses are shifting to technology and automation to do some of the work. Wearable devices, such as those provided by...

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‘Where have all the pallets gone? On shelves in warehouses, every one’

Forwarders are reporting a “serious” pallet shortage in the UK, adding to shipment costs.
Shippers and hauliers are having to buy new pallets, instead of sourcing second-hand.
One forwarder explained: “There are various reasons – there has been lots of stuff sitting on pallets in warehouses, as there is so much stock there.
“And during lockdown, pallet traders sold many to power stations to be incinerated just to get cash flow, depleting the …

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Major changes programmed for logistics: threats or opportunities?

Environmental change is not the only key trend which will significantly shape business models, but it is important to look at coming change together to see how businesses will need to progress.
“The changes we know are coming are digitalisation, emissions reduction, constraints of labour and changing consumer behaviour driven by e-commerce,” said Frank Verhoeven, chief executive of Vos Logistics.
“The questions then are how will they affect us; when; are they …

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