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Freight: Ripe (and Largely Uncharted) Territory to Add to Your Company's Sustainability Map

In a recent review of corporate responsibility reports from major consumer-facing brands, Environmental Defense Fund found that barely half of the companies mentioned the environmental impact of their freight supply chain and the steps they were taki... View More

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Sustainability Mythbusters: Is Minimizing Transportation Always Good?

As a science-based method, life cycle analysis (LCA) is an excellent tool to bust the myths that surround sustainability. In this monthly series, we look at some common sustainability ideas to see if they aremyth or truth. In today’s episode: trans... View More

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Carlsberg Saying 'Cheers' to Crowdsourced Solutions for Sustainable Beer

Carlsberg Group is inviting companies and members of the public to submit their ideas on how to make Carlsberg beer more sustainable. The competition, “Cheers to Green Ideas,” was launched in partnership with Scandinavian think tank Sustainia on ... View More

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Cutting GHGs by 25% Among Carnival’s New 2020 Sustainability Goals

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Brands, Academics, NGOs Explore How Sustainability is Transforming Business Now at SB Rio 2015

Sustainable Brands Rio 2015, which took place August 25-27, saw the participation of over 500 attendees from business, civil society organizations, NGOs, universities, governments and the third sector. This year, the theme "How now: how innovati... View More

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Musk’s ‘Hyperloop’ on Track to Start Construction in 2016

Two years ago, billionaire CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX visionary Elon Musk made headlines when he released designs for the ‘Hyperloop’ Transport System, which would be capable of rapidly transporting people from Los Angeles to San Francisco vi... View More

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UK Trialing 'Electric Highways' That Will Wirelessly Charge EVs

Highways England and Under Secretary of State for Transport Andrew Jones MP announced today that off-road (test track) trials of technology needed to power electric and hybrid vehicles on England’s major roads are due to take place later this year.... View More

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GE Says Predix Cloud Will Save Industrial Data, Analytics Operators Billions Annually

As a digital industrial company focused on answering the unique needs and scale of customers across aviation, energy, healthcare and transportation, GE has announced plans to enter the cloud services market with Predix Cloud. The world’s first and ... View More

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UPS Halfway to Driving 1 Billion Miles With Clean Fuel Fleet By 2017

UPS logged 154 million miles in 2014 toward its goal of driving 1 billion miles with its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet by the end of 2017 — an almost threefold increase from 2013, according to the company’s 13th annual Sustainabi... View More

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Hyundai Heavy Industries, Accenture Building Connected 'Smart Ships'

Hyundai Heavy Industries, a leading shipbuilder, and Accenture are collaborating to design a ‘connected smart ship’ that will enable ship owners to better manage their fleets and achieve potential operational savings through the application of di... View More

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This Startup Wants to Sell You a Solar-Powered Scooter

Canadian startup Daymark has developed a fully electric, solar-powered scooter capable of playing music from built-in speakers, charging your phone and traveling up to 10 miles using its 24V battery pack, which is available in lithium or lead acid va... View More

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Common, Rigorous, Robust Standards Needed for Sustainability to Fly in the Airline Industry

If you think about air travel and sustainability, a couple of things might occur to you: First, that you are not involved or interested; second, that since airlines are so dependent on liquid fuel, reducing their carbon emissions is a lost cause. But... View More

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Can a Tuktuk Ride Change the World?

If changing the world for the better was easy, we'd all be doing it. But thinking that you can make a difference is audacious. It takes a sort of beneficent arrogance to set out to push humanity in a positive direction. To believe you will succeed is... View More

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How Brands Can Act Now to Benefit from New Efficiency Standards for Trucking

Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation proposed new fuel-efficiency and greenhouse gas standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.I spoke with Jason Mathers of the Environmental D... View More

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Wearables, Startups, 3D Printing Helping Ford Drive Progress in Autonomous Vehicles Technology

Today, Ford announced progress on its commitment to developing autonomous vehicle technology, including innovations in wearable technology and collaborations with startups in Silicon Valley to make mobility solutions more accessible. The announcement... View More

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Ahoy! Five Global Shippers Collaborate to Drive Sea Freight Sustainability

This week, five major companies from the beverage and chemical industries announced a collaboration on sustainability initiatives in the shipping sector. FrieslandCampina, AB InBev, AkzoNobel, DSM and Huntsman will join forces under the BICEPS (Boost... View More

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UPS Becomes Nation's Largest User of Renewable Natural Gas in Shipping Industry

Atlanta, May 05, 2015New Agreement with Clean Energy Will Help Grow Market for Use of Methane Gas from Landfills as Fuel UPS® (NYSE:UPS) today announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase renewable natural gas (RNG) for its delivery vehicl... View More

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UPS Freight Adds LNG Tractors

Richmond, VA, April 30, 2015Purchase supports enterprise's sustainability goals UPS Freight® (NYSE: UPS), one of the nation's largest heavy freight carriers, announced today the addition of 64 liquefied natural gas (LNG) tractors to its fleet. The t... View More

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Uber and Goodwill Partner to Make Spring Cleaning Simple and Easy

Spring cleaning this year just got a little easier: On Saturday, May 2nd, donating old clothes will be a breeze thanks to a partnership between Goodwill and Uber. Donors can open the Uber app on Saturday, select the GIVE option at the bottom of the s... View More

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Social Delivery Service Nimber Set to Boost Sustainability of UK Delivery Sector

Having racked up over 10,000 deliveries and 30,000 members in its Scandinavian motherland since its 2013 launch, Norwegian social delivery service Nimber is set to plug a sustainability gap in the UK delivery sector, making use of unused capacity by ... View More

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