Supply Chain
How leading companies, NGOs and solution providers are working to address the myriad issues that can arise in any supply chain.
EDF Unveils Crowdsourced Platform to Accelerate Sustainable Supply Chains
Site offers tools to help supply chain professionals meet corporate environmental targets.
Living Incomes for Farmers Key to Ensuring Sustainability of Cocoa
New Fairtrade Foundation campaign calls on the UK government and companies to end ‘shameful’ exploitation of cocoa farmers by 2030, in line with the SDGs.
Clif Bar Ag Fund to Help Organic Farmers Weather Economic Challenges
Cross-Posted from Finance & Investment. The Clif Ag Fund will help increase the economic resilience of organic farmers in Clif’s supply chain — including lower energy costs from day one.
Corporate Giants’ Suppliers Have Saved $19.3B by Reducing CO2
Cross-Posted from Business Case. CDP says 10 years of corporates requesting supplier transparency has triggered a step-change in environmental action.
SupplyShift-Ulula Partnership to Amplify Worker Voices in Supply Chains
Cross-Posted from Collaboration. Collaboration will allow companies to gain data-backed insight into worker treatment in their supply chains.
That’s the Spirit: Optimizing the Inputs, and Outputs, of Alcohol
Players large and small are innovating to optimize what goes into — and comes out of — alcohol production.
Global Investors Challenge Fast Food Companies on Climate, Water Risks
Over 80 investors warn that “animal agriculture is the world’s highest-emitting sector without a low-carbon plan.”
EMF: Unhealthy Food Production Making Healthy Eating Impossible
Hidden killers caused by food production are making healthy eating impossible for people around the world, according to a new report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
Global Alliance Commits Over $1B to End Plastic Waste
Cross-Posted from Collaboration. The global plastics value chain has banded together to advance solutions to plastic waste in the environment.
Reducing Transport Emissions in Electronics Supply Chains, the 'SmartWay'
Electronics manufacturers are asking for more sustainability data from suppliers as the demand for CSR extends throughout the supply chain.
Tiffany & Co. Begins New Era of Diamond Transparency
Tiffany begins disclosing the provenance of its diamonds, commits to 100% geographic transparency.
EcoVadis Helping Pharma Giants to Improve Global Health Supply Chain
Cross-Posted from Collaboration. The Responsible Health Initiative aims to fortify responsible business practices throughout healthcare value chain
World's Largest Palm Oil Trader Gives Forest Destroyers Nowhere to Hide
After an intensive global campaign by Greenpeace, Wilmar International has published a detailed action plan to map and monitor its palm oil suppliers. This week, the world’s largest palm oil trader, Wilmar International, published a detailed action plan to map and monitor all of its suppliers. If implemented, this would put the palm oil giant — which supplies 40 percent of the world’s palm oil — one step closer to finally eliminating deforestation from its supply chain, and would have major implications for the rest of the industry.
'Value Change' Program to Help Companies Handle Tricky Scope 3 Emissions
The recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sounds an alarm: “Limiting global warming to 1.5°C …requires rapid and far-reaching transitions in energy, land, urban infrastructure … and industrial systems.”
The Art of Failure: Lessons for Brands from the Bottom of the Pyramid
Let me tell you a few things about failure — a subject on which I’m something of an expert.
WWF Calls on Corporates to Implement Credible Mining Certification
Cross-Posted from Marketing and Comms. WWF Germany recently published a report, Boom in Raw Materials: Between Profits and Losses, which offers one of the first concrete rebuttals from a major environmental group against the notion that industry actions alone are enough to move the global industrial mining sector towards greater responsibility.
When it Comes to Climate Change, Holiday Feasts Are Mostly a Mystery
This year’s holiday feasts will feature a bounty of meats, vegetables and other foods, many that people don’t know are big contributors to global warming.
Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN Launches New Partnerships to Help Farmers Scale Sustainably
This week, Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN (LOLS) has launched two new partnerships aimed at helping farmers scale their sustainability efforts.
New Global Map of Ancient, Endangered Forests Brings Conservation Science to Boardrooms
Today marks the public launch of a new online tool that will enable global companies to identify the world’s ancient and endangered forests.
Q&A: MSC on Its Plan to Put Fishing on a 'Pathway to Sustainability'
With the Our Ocean conference taking place in Bali, Indonesia, this week, ocean sustainability has been a hot topic: The event burst with sweeping commitments from the public and private sector alike aimed at cleaning up and protecting this precious resource. One such commitment came from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), which launched a £1 million Ocean Stewardship Fund.
