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Sustainability
Follow This Roadmap To a Lean, Sustainable Supply Chain
Few companies realize that, when implemented in the supply chain, Lean and Green are not contradictory but can be mutually beneficial. This is a good reason for firms to adopt an integrated Lean and Green strategy.
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Renewable Energy Fuels the Future
Renewable energy is becoming an increasingly essential component of sustainable supply chains for many interconnected reasons that address both environmental imperatives and business realities.
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Humble Bragg: Ashton Roberts Bridges Sales, Supply Chain, and B Corp
RESPONSIBILITIES: Implementing data-driven forecasting models, enhancing supplier partnerships, leveraging technology to increase agility and reduce waste, and modernizing the company’s supply chains without compromising quality or values. EXPERIENCE: Manager of supply chain and analytics, senior supply chain analyst, supply chain analyst, all with Bragg; research analyst life cycle, carbon, and zero energy, New Buildings Institute; […]
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TAKEAWAYS: Shaping the Future of the Global Supply Chain
Logistics and supply chain news and highlights shaping the future of global logistics.
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What’s Your Supply Chain Acronym for 2026?
SIPOC will remain the king acronym in supply chain. It serves as an organizing framework to design material flows and to explain basic supply chain concepts to the uninitiated. While it papers over a lot of detail, process, and difficulty of course, it remains a powerful concept for its simplicity, accuracy, and functionality.
–Joe Adamski
Senior Director
ProcureAbility
4 Ways to Unlock the Benefits of a Sustainable Supply Chain
During difficult times, considerations about sustainability can sometimes fall to the wayside as companies look for ways to cut spending and increase profitability. However, this apparent contradiction between sustainability and profitability fails to capture the real complexities of our current condition.
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Corporate Swag Goes Green
Tara Milburn is founder and chief executive officer of Ethical Swag, a certified B Corporation and leader in responsibly produced and sourced promotional products.
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What Is One Supply Chain “Trade-off” That Is Actually Not a Trade-off?
Costs down means performance is up. Not always. Cost control that eliminates waste and duplication is good; but if it squeezes R&D, product quality, etc. it will eventually bring down revenue and profit. Cost and performance (whether operational or financial) are not in a true trade-off like buying vs. saving, or insourcing vs. outsourcing. –Dr. […]
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Rewiring the Waste Stream: Could Biomass Gasification Change the Logistics of Garbage?
A proposed biomass gasification facility in Orange County, New York, just cleared a major regulatory hurdle for construction and operation. And it isn’t just another piece of green tech — if it works, it could fundamentally shift how waste is collected, transported, and converted into energy across the region.
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Circular Supply Chain: Definition, Components, and Benefits
Linear supply chains no longer meet the needs of today’s global economy. High waste, resource shortages, and frequent supply chain disruptions make it harder for companies to operate efficiently. Businesses need smarter systems that recover value and reduce dependence on finite resources. A circular supply chain offers a better way forward. As part of the […]
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75 Green Supply Chain Partners
From the highway to the warehouse, from the skies to the docks, these 75 standout companies don’t just provide supply chain solutions—they’re moving the needle on sustainability.
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10 Tips for Improving Supply Chain Sustainability
Companies must rethink how they move goods to reduce their carbon footprint. Here’s how to achieve greener, more efficient transportation operations.
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The Lean, Green Supply Chain: Where 1+1=3
The topic of sustainability is starting a trend toward supply chains that are both lean and green.
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Marcus Chung: Guiding a Sustainable Career
RESPONSIBILITIES: Ecommerce and retail operations, supply chain, sourcing, production, sustainability, and IT. EXPERIENCE: Vice president, manufacturing and supply chain, ThirdLove; director, sourcing, Stitch Fix; vice president, responsible sourcing, The Children’s Place; director, responsible sourcing, Talbots; director, sustainability, McKesson; senior manager, social responsibility strategy, Gap Inc.; consultant, CEB (now Gartner). EDUCATION: MBA, University of California, Berkeley; […]
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How Procurement Can Prepare for the Inevitable, Sustainable Future
To meet sustainability initiatives, chief procurement officers must untangle a complex web of global supply chains, dizzying individual country standards, and more. Here are the four major challenges and how they can tackle them:
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How ESG Policy Impacts Truckers
How do ESG mandates impact trucking? Let’s take a look at some examples. Leading global transportation and logistics player DSV, with headquarters in Denmark, just ordered 300 electric vehicles from Volvo Trucks. If those trucks get the job done, DSV plans to order 2,000 more, making those EVs 10% of the 20,000 total DSV fleet […]
Read MoreHow to Build a Sustainable Supply Chain
Climate change, resource depletion, and social inequality are pressing issues, making sustainable supply chains increasingly important. By adopting sustainable practices, businesses can reduce their carbon footprint, conserve natural resources and promote social equity while cutting costs through improved efficiency and reduced waste.
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Taking a Shine to Lab-Grown Diamonds
Marketed as an eco-friendly alternative to mined diamonds and offering more transparency, lab-grown diamonds are disrupting gemstone supply chains. Here’s some clarity:
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EV Battery Investments Surge; Other Clean Energy News
DHL Group is expanding its charging infrastructure for electric trucks, thanks to a partnership with energy provider E.ON. The contract calls for E.ON to establish fast-charging infrastructure at DHL Group distribution centers. DHL service partners will also have access to the new charging infrastructure.
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Circular Supply Chains Go Round and Round
Circular supply chains can be resilient and sustainable, and can help meet growing demand for environmentally friendly products. But shifting from linear to circular supply chains requires intense research to determine how best to reuse many materials, implement new technology and processes, optimize returned goods, and educate suppliers and customers on circularity’s challenges and benefits.
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