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U.S. Will Weigh Cost of Carbon Pollution in More Government Decisions

Calculating Climate Damage of GHG Emissions Will be Considered in Federal Agencies’ Budgets, Permitting Decisions and Purchases
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Shipping Rivals CMA CGM, Maersk to Collaborate on Green Fuels

Includes Supporting the use of Methanol and Aiding Research Into Potential Fuels Like Ammonia
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Working Remotely Can More Than Halve an Office Employee’s Carbon Footprint

By not Going Into the Office, an At-Home Worker can cut Greenhouse Emissions in Excess of 50 Percent if They Take Energy-Conservation Steps
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5 Bioplastics That Meet Today’s Food Packaging Needs

Three Drop-in Bio-Derived Replacements for Fossil-Fuel-Sourced Polymers and two Enhanced-Barrier Polymers Made From Biomass
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New Guidelines for Decarbonizing the Chemical Industry

Reflections on one Year of the PCF Guideline and its Progress
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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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FedEx labor shortfall hits quarterly profit, earnings forecast

Company posted a 7 prcent drop in quarterly profit and cut its full year forecast on Tuesday
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Supply Chain to Remain Backed Up Until 2022, Experts Say

Global Port Tracker forecasts container volume will increase strongly the next four months
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Walmart to invest 350 billion dollars in U.S. manufacturing

Walmart says the 10-year investment will help create 750,000 jobs
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Hair Testing Could Take Nearly 300,000 Truck Drivers Off the Road

Current federally accepted urinalysis is insufficient to deter and catch drivers who may abuse substances
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Green Supply Chain News: Bloomberg Says Amazon Evaluated but Rejected Idea to Push Customers to Slower but Greener Delivery Options

Report Says Amazon also Pushing Idea eCommerce Deliveries actually more Environmentally Friendly than Traditional Retail Model
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Green Supply Chain News: December UN Climate Summit Ends with Even more of a Whimper than Usual

No Agreement on Any Major Issue, Pushed to the 2020 Summit amid Strong Criticism from Environmentalists
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Green Supply Chain News: Just How much should Water Cost?

Interesting Observations from Dr. Julie Zimmerman of Yale
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Green Supply Chain News: Top Green Supply Chains for 2019

15 US Physical Product Companies Received A Grades
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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 - Anticipation and rapid notification of problems - Collaboration via accurate and complete supply chain performance history - and now, Green Supplier Scorecarding

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