sustainable supply chains

Careful carrier selection provides pathway for shippers to reduce carbon footprint

The conversation surrounding climate change has intensified in recent years, and everyone from corporations to consumers has taken notice. Once considered something of a niche interest, sustainability has gone mainstream. This is great news for the health of the planet, but it does mean shippers and carriers alike will need to be more cognizant of their carbon footprints and take actions to reduce them. 

The U.S. is among the largest carbon emitters in the world, and transportation is the No. 1...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/careful-carrier-selection-provides-pathway-for-shippers-to-reduce-carbon-footprint

DHL: ‘Sustainable e-commerce is not any oxymoron’

DHL releases a white paper on sustainability in e-commerce supply chains.

Skyrocketing demands for e-commerce have supply chains scrambling to adapt and transition to more sustainable operations. A DHL white paper released Thursday explores the technologies that need to be further developed and the ways that e-commerce has a net-positive impact on the environment. 

“This research provides practical insights for those e-tailers that wish to lead on environmental issues on where they should focus their energies within their supply chain,” Greg Hewitt, CEO at DHL Express...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dhl-sustainable-e-commerce-is-not-any-oxymoron

FreightWaves Carbon Intelligence offsets freight companies’ carbon footprint

A FreightWaves Carbon Intelligence screen shot.

FreightWaves, the leading provider of data and analytics to freight and logistics markets, announced today a new platform called FreightWaves Carbon Intelligence (FCI). The product gives supply chain and logistics participants tools to benchmark, monitor, analyze and forecast their carbon footprint.

The data-driven platform will provide shippers, intermediaries and motor carriers with automated carbon footprint calculations on a load-by-load basis, or across an entire transportation network. In...

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What can we expect on Earth Day a year from now?

Climate change and supply chain experts share hopes for Earth Day next year.

Environmental progress certainly has been made in the 51 years since the first Earth Day in 1970, but there is much more work to do. Many companies have set goals for net-zero carbon emissions, but most are a decade or two away from achieving those aspirations.

What can be done in the next 12 months? FreightWaves asked various supply chain and climate change experts, as well as some of its own staff members, this question:

What environmental goals would you like to see companies meet by Earth Day...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/hopes-for-earth-day-2022

Salesforce tool expedites direct and indirect emissions accounting

Salesforce added scope 3 emissions tracking to its sustainability cloud.

The previously complicated and monthslong process of carbon accounting can now take less than a day, according to Salesforce.

Salesforce — a software platform that makes it easy to create apps — Tuesday launched a scope 3 emissions hub, building on the Salesforce Sustainability Cloud’s existing scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions tracking capabilities.

The Salesforce Sustainability Cloud focuses on the energy and carbon impacts of commercial buildings, data centers, business travel...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/salesforce-tool-expedites-direct-and-indirect-emissions-accounting

GSCW chat recap: John Tyson on sustainable supply chain management

This fireside chat recap is from Day 3 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week. Day 3 focuses on food and consumer packaged goods.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Sustainability in global supply chain management

DETAILS: Matt Waller and John Tyson discussed sustainability in the global protein supply chain. They dove into Tyson Foods’ vision of sustainability in the protein supply chain, including how carriers and suppliers can collaborate to achieve this vision.

SPEAKER: Tyson, chief sustainability...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/gscw-chat-recap:-john-tyson-on-sustainable-supply-chain-management

GSCW chat recap: Flexport.org founder on sustainability in retail supply chains

Flexport.org's founder discussed sustainability in retail supply chains.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 2 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week. Day 2 focuses on retail, building and construction.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How to define and implement a sustainable retail supply chain

DETAILS: Susy Schöneberg and FreightWaves’ Andrew Cox discuss waste management, greenhouse gas emissions and social sustainability for retail supply chains. Flexport.org provides customers with usable data to help them make informed decisions regarding sustainability and other...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/gscw-chat-recap:-flexportorg-founder-on-sustainability-in-retail-supply-chains

Walmart associates offered free MIT supply chain management course

MIT kicked off a session of its online SCM course for Walmart associates.

While working in strategic sourcing for a Canadian metal mining company, Laura Allegue sought to further her professional education. 

“I Googled: ‘Which is the best [supply chain management] program in the world?’ and I found the MicroMasters program,” Allegue said in an interview with FreightWaves.

She soon enrolled in MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) online MicroMasters program in supply chain management (SCM), which is designed to “educate the world for free” by providing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/walmart-associates-offered-free-mit-supply-chain-management-course

Walmart CEO makes case for retail giant as innovator

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) CEO Doug McMillon delivered a far-reaching keynote address at CES2021, painting in broad strokes the company’s ambitious goals for supply chain innovation, sustainability and equity, as well as the new technologies that are changing the way the world’s largest retailer does business.

“One of the more interesting things in my view is not how any single technology is changing the world but how they all come together,” said McMillon, “and making choices about where we invest and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/walmart-ceo-makes-case-for-retail-giant-as-innovator

Sustainability Q&A with DHL Supply Chain: Part 2

DHL Supply Chain experts share adaptations due to COVID-19 and sustainability tips.

The COVID-19 pandemic has left no company or industry untouched. While it has increased e-commerce demand, it has also created difficulties for operations, outreach and sustainability efforts.

FreightWaves discusses sustainability tips for businesses and how the pandemic impacted DHL Supply Chain’s sustainability efforts in a Q&A with these experts: Mark Kunar, executive vice president of strategy, transportation and automotive, engineering and manufacturing, and chemical and energy at DHL...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sustainability-qa-with-dhl-supply-chain-part-2

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