Results for Supply Chain
ecommerce pollution solutions: from truck platooning to smart lockers
February 27, 2019By 2021, estimates indicate that e-commerce will make up 18 percent of total sales in the U.S., 20 percent of sales in the UK, and 30 percent of sales in China. This growth doesn’t show any sign of […]
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How disclosure is pushing positive change down the supply chain
February 27, 2019There has been step-change action on environmental impacts within the supply chain in the last decade as demonstrated by the recently published CDP report. Headlines include: (1) more than 110 of the world’s largest companies are now requesting […]
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Full transportation history as simple as QR codes and smartphones
February 27, 2019January 2019 saw the launch of a new tracking platform, developed by WWF and BCG Digital Ventures, called OpenSC. It uses product QR (Quick Response) codes that consumers can scan with a smartphone to automatically display information revealing […]
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February 26, 2019- Large shareholders vote against excessive CEO pay
- Start-up gets ready for factory robots working alongside humans
- SEAT and IBM develop phone app to encourage greener city travel
- Accenture and Mastercard launch blockchain-enabled supplier 'tip' scheme
- World's food supply under 'severe threat' from loss of biodiversity, UN warns
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February 25, 2019- Australia launches climate change plan to tackle emissions
- Microsoft workers demand it drop $480 million U.S. Army contract
- Knorr and WWF partnership suggests 50 future foods to fix the food system
- Amazon pledges 50 percent ‘net zero carbon’ deliveries by 2030
- UN should use crowdfunding platforms to meet SDGs, researchers suggest
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February 20, 2019- Nissan panel to recommend outside director to chair board
- Honda says up to 7,000 jobs at risk from closure of UK plant
- Centrica steps up investment in 'intelligent home' vision
- Majority of European firms have no CO2 reduction targets
- UK plans to make plastic packaging producers pay for waste disposal
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February 18, 2019- Climate strike: Schoolchildren protest over climate change
- Extinction Rebellion calls for British Fashion Council to declare climate emergency
- Lyft donates $700,000 to improve transportation services in Oakland
- Clif Bar Agriculture fund to help organic farmers weather economic challenges
- Pension dashboard should display social and environmental impact information, says UK taskforce
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February 15, 2019- Princes turns to blockchain to minimise supply chain sustainability risks
- Investors call to remove weapons from indices
- Amazon pulls out of planned New York City headquarters
- IKEA snaps up 25 percent stake in German offshore wind farm
- U.S. court dismisses Energy Transfer Partners lawsuit against Greenpeace
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February 14, 2019- Global seed companies target climate change, but miss 90 percent of world's smallholder farmers
- Tate & Lyle to investigate sustainability of stevia supply chain
- EU shareholder rights directive ‘could fail’: Hermes
- China environmental crime arrests up more than 50 percent in 2018
- Asics to host fashion recycling schemes at large-scale sporting events
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February 06, 2019- Top Senate Democrats propose limits to corporate buybacks
- ING Research: The Race to a Circular Economy Heats Up For U.S. Companies
- CDP: Corporate demand for supplier transparency increased eight-fold since 2008
- UK greenhouse gas emissions dip, but transport remains biggest emitter
- German cabinet to hold secret session on Huawei's role in 5G network