3BL Media

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In today’s business landscape, green logistics is not just a trend but a crucial strategy for small and medium-sized businesses to gain a competitive advantage. Given all this, though, how can small and medium-sized businesses leverage green logistics to secure that competitive advantage? billion in fuel and counting.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Originally published in FedEx's 2024 Global Economic Impact Report Delivering a more sustainable future FedEx works hard every day to make global supply chains smarter for everyone by leveraging advanced technologies to help optimize logistics. The facility is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certified.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 22, 2024

However, this shift is also creating significant challenges for the manufacturing sector, particularly in the supply chain. The EV Battery Supply Chain Batteries are at the heart of electric vehicles, making them the most expensive and crucial component. The logistical changes don’t stop there.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2025

The ranking includes key performance indicators (KPIs) in areas such as energy, water, and waste, and governance factors like gender diversity. The companys second-hand effect conserves energy and raw materials, reduces greenhouse gases and minimizes waste. Biffa PLC Conscientious waste management U.K.-based

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

More specifically, Amazon's air shipping business, which along with its entire global logistics supply chain juggernaut is booming. . Still, Amazon's support is the latest indicator that the logistics giant is eyeing ways to clean up aviation. Supply Chain. Enter air cargo. Transportation & Mobility.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Earlier this year, fast fashion retailer Zara released its first womenswear collection made of recycled poly-cotton textile waste. The collection is available for sale in 11 countries, helping clothing made of blended textile waste reach the mass market. This is often referred to as waste colonialism. This would generate €3.5-€4.5

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GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

Consider that the cosmetics industry brings in a booming $500 billion every year and imagine the waste created by default. As businesses, we can manufacture and sell products with no packaging, create closed-loop recycling systems and collaborate with suppliers to create innovative solutions for reducing waste — all while thriving.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Lenovo’s International Services Supply Chain (ISSC) is the winner of the 2023 Award of Excellence for Making an Impact from the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM). We firmly believe that authentic sustainability leadership extends far beyond symbolic actions like curbing travel or planting trees.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

SITGES, Spain and BARCELONA, Spain, November 1, 2023 /3BL/ - The second edition of The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Supply Chain Conference (SCC) officially closed with a networking dinner at Finca Villadellops, a vineyard on the coast of the Catalan region of Spain.

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3BL Media

APRIL 8, 2025

At Cisco, we have been focusing on evolving from a linear economy that extracts resources and eventually wastes them, to a circular one that finds new uses for products and their inputs. Their approach was simple: buying only what was necessary, avoiding plastic, minimizing waste, and embracing a holistic, minimalist lifestyle.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2023

Cainiao is leveraging its technology to provide supply chain solutions and will help P&G upgrade its own fulfillment services, Shuai Yong, Vice President of Cainiao Group, noted in a statement. These measures are part of a promise made by Alibaba to reach carbon neutrality and halve carbon intensity in its supply chain by 2030.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The 3PR portfolio advances manufacturing and retail productivity, minimizes waste sent to landfills, and mitigates industrial carbon emissions for our partners. Our 3PR Third Party Recycling services cater to the growing demand from companies, organizations, and other entities to enhance their recycling rates and materials recovery.

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

Amazon's plans to decarbonize its shipping supply chain isn't just focused on electrifying its delivery vans. On Wednesday morning, the logistics and retail giant announced that it plans to buy 6 million gallons of bio jet fuel via a division of Shell and produced by World Energy, a big biodiesel producer.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Seated along the Dutch-German border, near the convergence of a network of seaports, airports and ground transportation, the Venlo district is one of Europe’s most important logistics hubs. The Venlo PDC also is designed to reduce packaging waste – a priority in a facility that features 78 truck loading docks.

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Cisco CSR

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This blog is the second in a series, bringing a lens on manufacturing logistics, dissecting the application flow and a little detail on why the serving wireless medium must behave in a particular way to support it. 2) Manufacturing logistics. 2) Manufacturing logistics. Manufacturing Logistics. Requirements.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In the past few years, as consumers looked to cut down on plastic waste at the grocery store, more mainstream supermarkets turned to bulk shopping bins as a solution. In 2017, when LimeLoop, an IoT solution for sustainable e-commerce shipping logistics, started, it was in response to the amount of waste caused by e-commerce.

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3BL Media

APRIL 18, 2024

The cold chain's role in global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is substantial, accounting for up to 5% of global energy needs and 2.5% This change is also projected to decrease costs in the supply chain by 5% to 12%, enhancing competitiveness in the industry. of total greenhouse gas emissions. million cars.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 15, 2022

“Organizations can gain faster near-term value from bringing back existing products and reusing them for innovations that help achieve net-zero and net-neutral goals across the supply chain.”. Manufacturers are also moving factories closer to remanufacturing locations, reducing emissions from shipping and logistics.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Here are a few of IKEA’s other recent waste reduction and circular economy efforts: The retailer plans to remove all non-rechargeable alkaline batteries from its global home furnishing offerings by October 2021. And that [with] everything we're utilizing in a store, there is no waste going to landfill," Keesson said.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The campaign leverages Acer’s ability to bring together the strengths of its supply chain partners, which contributed to a total of 154,042 “green actions” recorded during the challenge. Among Acer employees alone, one action was completed approximately every 30 seconds.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 3, 2020

Canceled orders, excess stock, disrupted supply chains: The pandemic has laid bare some fundamental challenges with the way our clothes are designed, ordered, manufactured and sold — or landfilled, incinerated or sold on secondary markets. We don't have inventory, which decreases waste and emissions. Shipping & Logistics.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

The process of handling disrupted supply chains, shifts in demands and business models and modes of communication; governance and decision-making changes during leadership under lockdown. And that leaves a tremendous opportunity to address ESG-related issues. Consider compliance.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 10, 2025

This might include streamlining production processes, optimizing logistics, or implementing energy-saving measures across your facilities. 5 May: Minimize Office Waste Ahead of summer events and projects, tackle waste reduction by conducting a waste audit. Partner with energy efficiency experts to audit your facilities.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

So, sustainability at AB InBev is housed under procurement, so we have a great relationship with our procurement colleagues who are really delivering that impact and executing against those long-term commitments of our supply chain. . Clancy: You already referenced supply chains. That's short-term efforts.

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3BL Media

APRIL 22, 2025

As a founding member of The Climate Pledge, the company is transforming global logistics with 100,000 electric Rivian vans, cutting emissions in last-mile delivery. Through technology, strategic partnerships, and sustainable practices, Amazon is setting new industry benchmarks for low-carbon shipping and responsible logistics.

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

The enhanced program is designed to secure effective identification and management of potential bribery and corruption risks in the supply chain and in sales. The most significant environmental aspects identified in the supply chain are associated with suppliers’ carbon footprint and the generation of waste.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 18, 2024

ImpactAlpha, January 18 – Pune-based KisanKonnect started its farm-to-consumer logistics service to cut food waste in India’s inefficient and fragmented food supply chain. million to combat food waste and boost farmers in India appeared first on ImpactAlpha. The post KisanKonnect’s raises $3.7

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ESG Today

JULY 30, 2024

Fashion-tech startup unspun announced today that it has raised $32 million in a Series B funding round, with proceeds aimed at scaling its technology to reduce waste and carbon emissions in the fashion sector. It also said its process is more efficient, with less than 3% waste of cut fabric compared to the industry average of 15%.

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3BL Media

MAY 25, 2022

DESCRIPTION: One essential component of the circular economy involves the establishment of take-back models, in which manufacturers accept responsibility for downstream waste from customers using their products. The model was expanded into Finland in 2020, where customer waste from installation is processed and recycled into blowing wool.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 7, 2024

Digital supply chain and reverse logistics provider Onepak announced that it has raised $20 million from the Private Equity Impact team at asset manager Nuveen, aimed at developing and scaling its platform for facilitating e-waste circularity.

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3BL Media

MAY 8, 2024

The medical plastic waste recycling pilot brought together B. The report offers insights into the collection logistics, material analysis process, and the key findings and takeaways, including a checklist to help determine if you are ready to start a recycling program at your healthcare facility. Braun Medical Inc. (a

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Most of the component materials retain their value, however, and can be reused to participate in the circular economy, the economic system that aims to keep resources in use and eliminate waste. By 2030, with that much PV, there's a potential of something like 8 million tons of potential PV waste,” Butler said.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Climate tech startup UBQ materials announced that it has raised $70 million to scale up and drive the global expansion of its advanced materials made from waste. kilograms of waste from landfills and incinerators, and prevents up to 11.7 kilograms of waste from landfills and incinerators, and prevents up to 11.7

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The need for supply chains to be more resilient, transparent, and efficient is ever present. trillion revenue growth opportunities every year through supply chain vulnerability. Its why real-time data and AI have become essential tools for optimizing logistics, increasing resilience and improving inventory management.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 24, 2024

If only it were that simple… Logistics networks, particularly traditional methods like Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) vessels and multilevel rail transport, have struggled to keep pace. Our recent 3BL article explored how manufacturing supply chains are adjusting to meet the EV market’s surging needs.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

By using creativity and persistence, the packaging department team at Yamagata, Japan, managed to reduce their waste plastic material by 11 percent, making them an inspiration for all sites globally. Packaging medicines in an automatic process creates scrap waste when the margin of the plastic film is cut away. tons of waste.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 30, 2024

Gurgaon-based FarMart is working to improve the efficiency and cut waste from India’s food supply chains through a network of 3,500 local logistics. The post ResponsAbility invests in India’s FarMart to streamline food supply chains appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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