supply chain sustainability

Data, optimization key to eco-friendly supply chain, experts say

An aerial view of semi-trucks passing on major roads are moving goods.

Data and optimization can improve efficiencies in supply chains, save shippers money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to logistics experts who shared insights on Friday in honor of National Supply Chain Day.

“In transportation, it’s one of those rare industries where going green and being more sustainable is a one-for-one in cost reduction,” said Caleb Nelson, co-founder and chief growth officer at Sifted. “I don’t think most shippers understand that because the access to that data...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/data-optimization-key-to-eco-friendly-supply-chain-experts-say

Q&A with resale expert: The future of recommerce

The CEO of Treet dives into the future of recommerce.

Consumer demand for e-commerce has grown dramatically in recent years, at least partly due to the pandemic. Now recommerce, also known as reverse commerce, is seeing a similar boom.

Brands and consumers are starting to see and value the economic and environmental benefits of recommerce. Jake Disraeli is the co-founder and CEO of Treet, a company that sets up recommerce platforms directly on brands’ websites.

Leading up to FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain event in Northwest Arkansas in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/qa-with-resale-expert-the-future-of-recommerce

What is the future of sustainability in supply chain education?

Matt Waller shares insights about the role of sustainability in supply chain education.

Supply chains are striving to improve sustainability as companies downstream demand it. As sustainability gains importance in the eyes of companies, consumers and investors, educating the next generation of supply chain professionals will need to adapt. 

FreightWaves asked Matt Waller, dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business and a supply chain management professor at the University of Arkansas, about how supply chain education may evolve.

Waller is also a FreightWaves adviser and will speak...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-is-the-future-of-sustainability-in-supply-chain-education

Project44, Tracks team up to gauge hard-to-measure transportation emissions

Projectt44 partnered with Tracks to provide customers with supply chain emissions data.

Project44 has partnered with Tracks, a Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC)-approved tracking technology provider, to help customers gain clearer insights on their emissions.

Announced Thursday, the partnership aims to achieve greener supply chains for project44 customers by adding Tracks’ carbon emissions data to project44’s global supply chain visibility platform.

Many companies are trying to get an accurate picture of their supply chain emissions (scope 3), but that can be difficult...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/project44-tracks-team-up-to-gauge-hard-to-measure-transportation-emissions

Designing low-carbon supply chains — Net-Zero Carbon

This episode of Net-Zero Carbon dives into low carbon supply chains.

On this episode of Net-Zero Carbon, Tyler Cole, director of carbon intelligence at FreightWaves, chats with Ryan Purcell, senior director of supply chain, global health and development at Coupa Software, about designing low-carbon supply chains.

Purcell said Coupa aims to help companies transform climate goals into actions. Coupa is also helping companies understand their scope 3 emissions, or emissions that occur along their supply chains and after their products are sold to customers.

Broaden...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/designing-low-carbon-supply-chains-net-zero-carbon

Putting supply chain sustainability into action — Net-Zero Carbon

This Net-Zero Carbon episode dives into sustainable supply chains.

On this episode of Net-Zero Carbon, Tyler Cole, director of carbon intelligence at FreightWaves, chats with Zsofia Agnes Nagy, supply chain adviser at BZLW Consulting, about how to turn sustainability goals into action along supply chains.

Nagy consults mostly small and medium-size enterprises on making their supply chains more sustainable. Sometimes “it’s a struggle,” she said.

Some people at older companies are skeptical about sustainability and see it as a passing trend, whereas younger...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/putting-supply-chain-sustainability-into-action-net-zero-carbon

Fashion supply chains could be going green

There is a proposed bill to improve fashion supply chain sustainability in the state of New York.

Fast fashion is a term bandied about to describe fashion items that are made fast, changed fast, delivered fast and disposed of fast to maximize profits and encourage people to buy new things quickly.

The Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act proposed in the state of New York could address some of the sustainability issues that go along with fast fashion and fashion retailers in general.

Any fashion retailer or manufacturer that does business in the state of New York and has annual...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fashion-supply-chains-could-be-going-green

DHL launches green carrier certification

Deutsche Post DHL Group introduced a green carrier certification.

Deutsche Post DHL Group is ending 2021 with another sustainability announcement. The Bonn, Germany-headquartered delivery company introduced a green carrier certification last week as part of its sustainability road map.

The certification was designed to reward DHL’s road transport subcontractors that are taking actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

DHL has a target to reduce GHG emissions to below 29 million tons by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050. The green carrier certification...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dhl-launches-green-carrier-certification

Finding sustainable suppliers — Net-Zero Carbon

This episode of Net-Zero Carbon explores how some shippers are seeking sustainable suppliers.

On the latest episode of Net-Zero Carbon, Matt McLelland, vice president of sustainability and innovation at Covenant Logistics, joined Tyler Cole, director of carbon intelligence at FreightWaves, to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing logistics providers as shippers increasingly look for strategies to reduce emissions. 

Their conversation touched on carbon accounting, supplier audits, predictions for the future and technological shifts that will have outsized impacts on...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/finding-sustainable-suppliers-net-zero-carbon

Kuehne+Nagel president: Supply chain innovation in Asia-Pacific at ‘exponential pace’

Sustainable supply chains face unique challenges in the Asia Pacific region.

Companies trying to make their supply chains more sustainable face unique challenges in different areas of the world. Jens Drewes, president at Kuehne+Nagel Asia-Pacific, told FreightWaves about the complexity of sustainability and logistics in the Asia-Pacific region.

Kuehne+Nagel International AG is a global transport and logistics company based in Schindellegi, Switzerland. It was founded in 1890 in Bremen, Germany

The interview has been edited for clarity and length.

FREIGHTWAVES: What do you...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/kuehnenagel-president-supply-chain-innovation-in-asia-pacific-at-exponential-pace

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