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Digital technology, green finance in vogue among fashion’s sustainability trendsetters

GreenBiz

Digital technology, green finance in vogue among fashion’s sustainability trendsetters. trillion industry accounts for about 8 percent of the world’s carbon emissions when considering the entire value chain — higher than the entire iron and steel manufacturing industry combined, for comparison. Phylicia Wu. Wed, 08/05/2020 - 01:00.

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A corporate water strategy manifesto: We can and will do better

GreenBiz

Our observations and point of view for 2020 so far are: The pandemic has been an accelerator of trends, such as the digital transformation of the water sector, attention on lack of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, and the appalling underinvestment in water infrastructure in the U.S. and globally.

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Going Digital, Going Green

Chris Hall

The right regulations and technology, such as digital product passports, can help ratchet down pollution, according to Nish Kotecha, Co-founder of Finboot. ‘Do To achieve this, supply chains need to be re-engineered with data at their heart. Compliance requirements are also being upgraded with the addition of ESG metrics.

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Charting a Greener Path: Practical Tips for Boosting Natural Resource Management for Earth Day and Every Day

3BL Media

There are currently significant resource scarcity challenges that may have global implications in the future with minerals, ores, fossil fuels, and biomass consumption tripling between 2013 and 2050. Each company’s supply chain and resource providers play a large role in resource management and conservation.

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4 times I got it wrong about IoT and data

Stacey Higginbotham

So when I saw the move toward digital transformation with broad-based sensor, data, and connectivity platforms to help connect different industries, I thought it simply made sense to avoid recreating industry-specific silos that would eventually lead to messy consolidation.

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Assessing Last-Mile Distributors’ Business Performance and Impact: Using a Diagnostic Tool to Reveal Key Areas of Strength and Improvement

James Militzer

As these cities had very different population profiles compared to the larger cities Jumia typically served (lower income, less digitally savvy), the company needed to understand this different segment in order to adapt its product offering, messaging, etc. This innovation helped Copia win the Africa Supply Chain Excellence Award in 2022.

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Winners of the Futur/io CSO Awards North America Revealed in New York

3BL Media

Cassandra Garber from Dell Technologies was granted a special Sustainable Supply Chain Award presented by premium partner IntegrityNext. Sophie has been advancing IP's planet stewardship initiatives since 2013, serving in various roles throughout her time with the company.