Supply Chain
How organizations are working to address the myriad social, environmental and operational issues that can arise in complex supply chains
How Preserving Forests Can Profit Business – An eBook Review
Last year’s United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro concluded under a cloud of ambiguity. Some organizations called it an outright failure while others deemed it a moderate success. ... View More
Coke, Sainsbury’s Among First To Achieve Carbon Trust Water Standard
Water scarcity has been recognized by the United Nations as one of the most pressing problems facing the 21st-century world. Although 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is water, nearly 1.2 billion people, or one-fifth of the human race, live in are... View More
Truvia Cuts GHG Emissions 35% In Less Than Two Years
Truvia, a global producer of calorie-free sweeteners, won carbon footprint certification last month within two years of initiating its sustainability program in 2011. ... View More
McDonalds, GE, BoA Embrace Mapping Tool To Manage Water Risk
The World Resources Institute (WRI) launched an online tool last week that uses current, high-resolution data to map water risk worldwide. ... View More
Food Ethics Council Proposes Tax To Counter Unsustainably Sourced Food
Government must lead the way to developing a food policy that moves beyond the current customer-focused, cheap food culture towards a more sustainable long-term system, according to a new publication released by the Food Ethics Council. ... View More
Ocean Spray Slashes Costs, Emissions Through Logistics Collaboration
Ocean Spray Cranberries gained a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gases on top of a 40 percent savings in transportation costs by making smart process changes to one of its primary transportation and distribution routes, according to a new case stu... View More
Sustainable Food Trade Association Announces Organic Labor Code of Conduct
Organic standards outline specific criteria for the growing and processing of organic agricultural products related to environmental safety. But at this time they do not include provisions guaranteeing strong labor safeguards. ... View More
Supply Chain Sustainability 2.0 – Who Will Be the First?
Most of us who visit these pages are quite familiar with how Walmart used its influence to drive sustainability improvements in its supply chain. But were the gains really about sustainability at all? Strictly speaking, no.Indeed, the most anyone c... View More
