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Five Ways to Make Sustainability Reporting More Sustainable

Directors must see Reporting as an Advantage, Benefit and a Value-Adding Activity in Order to make it more Sustainable
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Balancing the Energy Economy 2: Security of Supply Must not Compromise CO2 Targets

How can Europe Balance its Goal of Energy Security With the Need to Reduce CO2 Emissions?
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Pitfalls in Measuring Corporate Sustainability

The Field of Sustainability Reporting is Still a bit of a Minefield, However, Stewing in an Alphabet Soup of Acronyms
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Our Understanding of Sustainable Packaging Remains Disconnected

New Survey: Manufacturers, Converters and Brand Owners all Agree That Cost is Currently the Biggest Challenge to Using Bio-Based Materials
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Removing CO2 From the Atmosphere

Global Warming Must not Exceed 2 Degrees Celsius: CO2 Emissions Have to be Reduced & GHGs Removed From the Atmosphere by 2100
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Preparing Supply Chains for the Green Future

Understanding Cap and Trade and Carbon Taxes
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Vendor Compliance Is Green

Vendor Compliance Optimization is key to building a truly Green Supply Chain. Learn how.
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Case Study: Combining Transportation Planning with Network Design to Reduce Transportation Costs and CO2

Learn how one manufacturer incorporated carbon emissions into its optimal supply chain network design.
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SCDigest Letter on the Green Supply Chain

e-version of the full 16-page version of the SCDigest Letter on the Green Supply Chain 2009
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White Paper: Benchmarking the Perfect Order

How well are companies in the consumer goods to retail channel doing in terms of perfect order achievement? This study looks at results from shipments from over 4500 suppliers - and the results are surprising.
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Green Supply Chain News: Thoughtful Commentary on 2014 as Warmest Year on Record

2014 May or May Not have Broken Records; It was a Hot year, Yet Warming Pause Seems Still in Place; Thoughtful Commentary from Editor at The Australian
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The Top Green Supply Chain Stories of 2014

From Greenpeace Breaking into Procter & Gamble to Disappointing Natural Gas Truck Sales, we Cover the Year in Green
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Green Supply Chain News: UN Climate Summit in Peru Generates Another Promise to Promise Agreement, as Money to Developing Countries Remains Key Issue

It All Comes Down to Paris Meeting in 2015
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Green Supply Chain News: Research Shows Companies with High Levels of Sustainability Gain Major Stock Price Advantage

Data Also Shows Much Better Performance in Return on Assets and Other Financial Measures
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Green Supply Chain News: Groundbreaking New Solar Plant in California Struggling Early On, Blames too Many Cloudy Days

Ivanpah Plant is Pioneering New Solar Technology, Which May be Big Part the Issue Too
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Green Supply Chain Comment: Massachusetts Town Tilting at Its Two Windmills

Residents Says Just Two Turbines Making them Sick, Creating Huge Noise, and Want them Gone; An Industrial Machine is an Industrial Machine
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Green Supply Chain Comment: PepsiCo Struggles Might Give Pause to Aggressive Healthy Food Strategies as Part of Sustainability Programs

CEO on Hot Seat as Healthy Food Strategies Lead to Losing Share in Core Soda Business
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Green Supply Chain Comment: Could Walmart's Green Supply Chain Push Lead to Different SKU Bases?

New Walmart Program Can be seen as Successor to Top-Down Cost Reduction of GM's Lopez 20 Years Ago; What Happens when GHG Emissions Reduction and Supply Chain Cost Decreases Diverge?
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It's not an impossibility, but it's certainly not a slam-dunk and never has been. The healthcare debate has basically sucked all the oxygen out of the room.

Frank O'Donnell, president of the activist group Clean Air Watch, on prospects for the US Senate passing Cap and Trade legislation any time soon.

 
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Supply Chain Visibility and
Vendor Compliance

Supply chain visibility - Anticipation and rapid notification of problems - Collaboration via accurate and complete supply chain performance history - and now, Green Supplier Scorecarding

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