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Apple embeds racial justice into new supply-chain carbon neutrality pledge

GreenBiz

Apple embeds racial justice into new supply-chain carbon neutrality pledge. Apple already has ventured far beyond most other companies when it comes to pushing for climate action within its supply chain. . That's how much clean energy companies within Apple supply chain have committed to using. Supply Chain.

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Advancing Environmental Stewardship: Lenovo’s Global Environmental Management System and Innovative ESG Data Solutions

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All of Lenovos sites in the EMS scope are ISO 14001:2015 certified. See here to view Lenovos Global ISO 14001:2015 certificates. Lenovos energy, GHG emissions (Scope 1 and 2), waste, and water data are externally verified to a reasonable level of assurance.

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Green Logistics: How Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) Can Leverage Sustainable Supply Chains to Gain a Competitive Advantage

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They reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 87,000 metric tons since 2015 and saved more than $1.1 In a recent webinar with Supply Chain NOW, two of DP World’s foremost experts — Terry Donohoe , CEO of DP World in the U.S. billion in fuel and counting. General Motors saved $12 million annually through a reusable container program.

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Amazon to buy bio jet fuel to lower air cargo emissions

GreenBiz

Amazon's plans to decarbonize its shipping supply chain isn't just focused on electrifying its delivery vans. The companies said the jet fuel will be made from agricultural waste fats and oils (such as used cooking oil and inedible fats from beef processing). Amazon began growing its fleet of 20 airplanes in 2015.

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Kraft Heinz sustainability chief reflects on 'interdependence'

GreenBiz

Through 2019, it managed a 1 percent reduction against a 2015 baseline. The company had hoped to reduce consumption by 15 percent by this year, against a 2015 baseline, but it actually increased water use by 1 percent per metric ton of product produced. . Through 2019, it has achieved 70 percent.

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Apple Cuts Product Manufacturing Emissions in Half From 2020

ESG Today

Apple announced a series of environmental sustainability milestones, including revealing that it has surpassed a 60% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the value chain from its 2015 baseline. One of Apples key initiatives to reduce supply chain emissions is the increased use of renewable energy by suppliers.

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Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors

GreenBiz

This is largely because of its dependence on agriculture, which consumes the most water by far, slurping up roughly 70 percent globally and wasting about 60 percent of that, largely through inefficient applications. Given the amount of water companies and their supply chains require, the costs of inaction are high.