The next net-zero frontier: emissions-free supply chains
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Any credible corporate net-zero target requires a focus on the decarbonization of supply chains – with collaboration a key driver of change.
3 Pivotal Advances That Will Unlock Supply Chain Decarbonization
GreenBiz
AUGUST 23, 2023
in the value chain) in most industries, the path to net zero is simply not achievable without decarbonizing the supply chain. This session explores this problem space and three pivotal advances that are poised to unlock supply chain decarbonization within and across industries.
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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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Journey to Net-Zero: Supply Chain Sustainability
3BL Media
OCTOBER 25, 2022
DESCRIPTION: How does a global technology leader make progress toward that “Mars shot” of net-zero emissions? Lenovo is proud to be working with Science Based Targets initiative to establish goals that support our vision to reach net-zero by 2050. KEYWORDS: ADR:LNVGY, Lenovo, supply chain, Sustainability, net-zero.
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Supply chains are key for carbon reduction in the food sector
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
At VERGE 21, representatives of the food sector including Walmart and Maple Leaf Foods highlighted working on innovation from inside their supply chains to meet net-zero commitments.
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China’s solar supply chain domination a threat to net-zero, says IEA
Renew Economy
JULY 7, 2022
IEA report warns that China’s across-the-board domination of the global solar supply chain stands in threat to the smooth transition to net zero emissions. The post China’s solar supply chain domination a threat to net-zero, says IEA appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Inside Salesforce’s bold play for supply-chain leadership
GreenBiz
MAY 3, 2021
Inside Salesforce’s bold play for supply-chain leadership. Walmart’s Project Gigaton , for example, aims to cut 1 billion tons of greenhouse gases from its global value chain by the end of this decade. Other companies have created similar, if less ambitious, supply-chain initiatives. Supply Chain.
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How circularity transformation is impacting supply chain innovation
GreenBiz
JUNE 28, 2022
Lean: WEAR and no TEAR How circularity transformation is impacting supply chain innovation What goes up must come down To arrest the growing effect on nature and curtail the rise in temperatures, countries across the globe are devising measures to rejuvenate Mother Earth. The aim is to reverse the temperature by 1.5-2.0 deg Celsius.
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Getting to Grips With Sustainability in the Supply Chain
3BL Media
JULY 8, 2022
DESCRIPTION: Covid-19 has instigated significant changes in global procurement and supply chain operations. The global lockdowns exposed supply chain weaknesses, which were pervasive even before the pandemic, especially sub-par labor practices. Understanding supply chain complexity.
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Climate Action for Suppliers Helps Make HP's Supply Chain More Sustainable
3BL Media
JULY 14, 2022
With one of the largest supply chains in the IT industry, reducing upstream emissions benefits the value chain and the planet. In 2021, HP announced a range of ambitious climate action targets , including a commitment to be net zero by 2040 — a full decade ahead of the Paris Agreement. SOURCE: HP Inc.
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WWF Collaborates With the Consumer Goods Forum To Launch New Global Farm Loss Tool To Tackle Upstream Food Loss Along Global Supply Chains
3BL Media
APRIL 16, 2024
The tool targets the reduction of food loss at one of the most critical points of the global supply chain: on farm. The Global Farm Loss Tool is designed to be part of that solution, helping fill the crucial gap of tracking primary and actionable food loss data at the farm level of global supply chains.”
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The Game-Changing Impact of Tracking Supply Chain Emissions
GreenBiz
AUGUST 9, 2021
Leaders from two transformative initiatives explain how new supply-chain tracking systems will impact strategies to reduce emissions. Learn more about the event here: [link]
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Ceres Supports Bipartisan FOREST Act To Build More Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains in the U.S. and Around the World
3BL Media
MARCH 21, 2024
by requiring that key supply chains be free of illegal deforestation, rather than leaving it to voluntary action. Nestlé USA , and Unilever United States that champions policy solutions that improve sustainability in agriculture and supply chains — this week voiced support for legislation that meets the goals of the FOREST Act.
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CBRE Enters Into Partnership To Accelerate Carbon Emission Reductions Across Global Supply Chain
3BL Media
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
(NYSE:CBRE) announced a strategic partnership with Emitwise, a leading carbon accounting software provider, to collect greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) data from its supply chain and provide carbon accounting capabilities to its suppliers. As part of the partnership, CBRE will make a strategic investment in Emitwise. CBRE Group, Inc.
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Climate Action - Ericsson's Supply Chain
3BL Media
MAY 16, 2022
Ericsson is actively working to reduce emissions in its supply chain. In 2021 Ericsson supply chain emissions totalled 2.6 In 2020, Ericsson set a target to engage with 350 of its high emitting and strategic suppliers – responsible for 90% of Ericsson’s supply chain emissions – to set their own 1.5°C-aligned
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Electrification could squeeze CO2 out of industrial supply chains
GreenBiz
JUNE 9, 2021
Electrification could squeeze CO2 out of industrial supply chains. In a net-zero carbon world, the low-carbon solution wins. With this in mind, the remaining years of this decade will be defined by tackling value chain emissions. Jean Haggerty. Wed, 06/09/2021 - 00:10. Missed VERGE Electrify?
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Beyond wars and pandemics, the climate crisis is the greatest risk to food supply chains
Corporate Knights
MARCH 28, 2022
This disruption, like that from the pandemic, highlights some of the risks built into our highly efficient, trade-dependent food supply chain. Sustainable supply chain standards and guidance for food and agriculture companies are currently evolving, meaning that the plane is being built as it flies.
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Can Apple deliver on its net zero supply chain goals?
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Tech giant announces raft of fresh sustainability measures and investments to address emissions across its global business.
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Lenovo Ranks Eighth in the Gartner® Supply Chain Top 25 for 2023
3BL Media
JULY 6, 2023
July 6, 2023 /3BL/ - Lenovo has once again been named in the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2023, ranking eighth in this list of global companies with supply chains. The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 identifies, celebrates and profiles supply chain excellence on a global scale, and by target region and industry.
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Yum China Engages Suppliers to Promote a Green and Sustainable Supply Chain Ecosystem
3BL Media
JULY 22, 2022
DESCRIPTION: Supply chain decarbonization is critical to achieving Yum China’s stated net zero ambitions, including reaching net zero value chain emissions by 2050. This is particularly important for Yum China as over two-thirds of its value chain GHG emissions come from purchased goods.
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Deutsche Bank Publishes Net Zero Transition Plan for Operations, Supply Chain, Financed Emissions
ESG Today
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Deutsche Bank announced the publication of its initial Transition Plan, outlining the bank’s methodologies, targets and achievements on its path to net-zero by 2050, across its own operations and supply chain, as well as financed emissions. This will allow us to continuously refine our own Transition Plan.”
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Transactional Carbon Accounting: A Next-Generation Approach to Reporting and Acting on Carbon Data Through Your Supply Chain
3BL Media
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
It is the core issue for business today, as entire industries transform, and companies of all sizes are forced to reinvent themselves for a new, net-zero world. Solving the world’s sustainability challenges has never been more critical to our planet and those who inhabit it.
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How Biogen Is Advancing Net Zero Supply Chain Goals
3BL Media
JUNE 28, 2022
DESCRIPTION: Nicole Murphy, Head of Pharmaceutical Operations & Technology, explains that most of a company’s environmental impact comes from its supply chain. SOURCE: Biogen.
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For High-Tech Supply Chains, CO2 Emission Tracking Is Sustainable Business Currency
3BL Media
JULY 25, 2022
Make no mistake, for high tech and every industry, net zero is a bottom-line issue. IDC researchers predicted that by 2024, to improve long-term supply chain profitability, 70% of manufacturers in global supply chains will invest in software tools supporting sustainability and a circular economy business model.
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Schneider Electric and Microplásticos Work Together To Decarbonize Supply Chain
3BL Media
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
DESCRIPTION: Microplásticos announces goal of being Net-Zero in Scope 1 and 2 by 2030. Collaboration will support Schneider Electric’s Zero Carbon Project to decarbonize supply chain. KEYWORDS: EPA:SU, Schneider Electric, decarbonization, Microplásticos, Net Zero. SOURCE: Schneider Electric.
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CBRE Signs Deal to Collect Emissions Data from Supply Chain
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
CBRE Group, one of the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firms, has announced a strategic partnership with carbon accounting software provider Emitwise, aimed at enabling CBRE to collect greenhouse gas emissions data from its supply chain, and to provide its suppliers with carbon accounting capabilities.
HSBC Backs Apparel Impact Institute’s Fashion Supply Chain Decarbonization Fund
ESG Today
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Jenny McInnes, Group Head of Policy and Partnerships at HSBC, said: “At HSBC we are not only leveraging our philanthropy but also our trade finance expertise to support the apparel sector’s journey to net zero and the decarbonization of trade and global supply chains.
Nestlé Launches New Projects to Reduce Emissions in Cocoa Supply Chain
ESG Today
MARCH 21, 2024
Global food and beverage company Nestlé has launched two new projects aimed at reducing and removing carbon emissions from the company’s cocoa supply chain. Darrell High, Global Cocoa Manager at Nestlé said: “These projects are important milestones on our journey to net zero.
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Evaluating the Cost of a Net-Zero Future
GreenBiz
JUNE 7, 2022
The past three years have seen mounting challenges compound on a global scale – from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain disruptions, to fuel shortages, energy security issues, and extreme weather events – raising the stakes within an already complex purchasing environment. Today’s markets are more volatile than ever.
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Expo City Dubai Joins Forces With EcoVadis To Assess Sustainability Risks and Improve Performance of Its Supply Chain
3BL Media
JANUARY 11, 2024
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, & PARIS & NEW YORK, January 11, 2024 /3BL/ - Expo City Dubai, the legacy site of Expo 2020 Dubai and the venue of the recent COP28 climate summit, has partnered with EcoVadis to assess and improve the sustainability performance of its supply chain.
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Ammonia: Transitioning to a Net-Zero Future
GreenBiz
MARCH 28, 2022
Learn how diverse industries are collaborating and innovating to advance a net-zero future for ammonia. Read about processes, technologies and markets being leveraged today and the unique partnerships that have formed and continue to form, to advance a net-zero future for ammonia.
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The three keys to kickstarting Canada's net-zero industrial policy
Corporate Knights
JUNE 19, 2023
With Budget 2023’s “made-in-Canada plan” released in late March, the federal government has laid out its net-zero industrial policy – a response to the U.S. The made-in-Canada plan seeks to bolster manufacturing at home and secure a place for Canadian firms and products in global supply chains.
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Lenovo's Journey to Net-Zero: Natural Resources Conservation
3BL Media
JULY 27, 2022
DESCRIPTION: How does a global technology leader make progress toward that “Mars shot” of net-zero emissions? Lenovo is proud to be working with Science Based Targets initiative to establish goals that support our vision to reach net-zero by 2050. KEYWORDS: ADR:LNVGY, Lenovo, Lenovo net zero.
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McCormick Is Working to Make Its Supply Chain More Sustainable
Environment + Energy Leader
JANUARY 10, 2023
It aims to be net zero in 2050, The post McCormick Is Working to Make Its Supply Chain More Sustainable appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. McCormick is doubling down on its commitment to climate change, environmental compliance, and raw material procurement.
Walmart, Ørsted, and Schneider Electric Announce First Cohort for Renewable Energy Supply Chain Program: Gigaton PPA
3BL Media
OCTOBER 18, 2022
The company aspires to have its own carbon neutral supply chain by 2040 and recently extended its 100% renewable electricity target to all suppliers. . This effort aligns with Ørsted’s own net-zero by 2040 supply chain initiative - we understand firsthand that in the realm of decarbonization there are no competitors, only partners.
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Unilever sets out net-zero plans for shareholder vote
GreenBiz
MARCH 25, 2021
Unilever sets out net-zero plans for shareholder vote. Unilever has become one of the first multinational companies in the world to publish a corporate net-zero action plan for oversight by its shareholders, as it prepares to put the climate strategy to an advisory vote at its upcoming AGM in early May. Michael Holder.
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The net-zero materials transition: Implications for global supply chains
McKinsey Sustainabilty
JULY 5, 2023
To provide critical materials for the energy transition, the metals and minerals industries must adapt their global supply chains.
KPMG, Circulor Partner on Supply Chain Traceability Solutions
ESG Today
MAY 23, 2023
Professional services firm KPMG and supply chain visibility solutions provider Circulor announced a new alliance aimed at enabling clients to create sustainable and circular battery and industrial value chains, and to ensure access to supplies of scarce raw materials.
Report Report: ESG, supply chains, net zero and EVs
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
A wrap-up of recent research on sustainable business and clean technology.
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Companies won't reach their science-based targets without suppliers on board
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 5, 2021
There is a close correlation between the companies managing their supply chains and setting science-based targets. In order to meet net-zero targets, companies must include their supply chains in their environmental strategies.
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Renewable-energy development in a net-zero world: Disrupted supply chains
McKinsey Sustainabilty
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Global supply chains have been under enormous pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine crisis. In the wind and solar sectors, these pressures are compounded by industry-specific challenges.
Tesco to Reduce Emissions in Forest and Farm Supply Chains
ESG Today
AUGUST 14, 2023
UK-based multinational grocery retailer Tesco announced a series of new climate-focused commitments, including interim goals to reduce Scope 3 emissions originating in its supply chain at the forest and agricultural level, and a target to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions from its own operations by 85% by 2030.
Supply Chain Sustainability Gaining Momentum: EcoVadis
ESG Today
JUNE 20, 2023
According to EcoVadis, the increase in companies comes as “awareness around supply chain due diligence grows and more companies begin to assess and monitor their suppliers.” The post Supply Chain Sustainability Gaining Momentum: EcoVadis first appeared on ESG Today. points to 40.6. Click here to access the report.
o9 Launches Sustainable Supply Chain Solutions Suite
ESG Today
AUGUST 9, 2022
Enterprise AI software platform provider o9 announced today the launch of a suite of sustainability solutions, aimed at helping organizations to track, measure, manage and improve the environmental and social impact performance of their global supply chains.
Sofidel Commits to Net Zero by 2050
3BL Media
JANUARY 17, 2024
The Net Zero goal, i.e. reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the subsequent removal of residual emissions to as close to zero as possible along the entire value chain , is at the heart of the European Green Deal and considered crucial to limiting global warming to well below 2°C in line with the Paris Agreement.
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