Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

Apple Issues Bond to Finance Clean Energy, Advance Closed-Loop Supply Chain

June 20, 2017

Apple Inc., which issued the biggest green bond ever sold by a U.S. corporation last year to finance projects fighting global warming, is doing it again.

Opinion: The Paris Climate Agreement - Global Supply Chains to the Rescue

June 19, 2017

Steve Banker, Forbes contributor

On June 1, President Trump announced that the U.S. was withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This treaty committed the U.S. - and 194 other countries - to reducing rising global temperatures.

Total Eclipse: Oil Giant Sees Its Future in Electricity

June 19, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

France's Total SA, one of the world's largest oil companies, sent its top executives to Silicon Valley last summer, where they met with tech investors and futurists. At Tesla Inc.'s Bay Area factory, a Total executive tweeted a photo of a gleaming, red Model S - an electric car that burns no oil products at all.

The Role of Supply Chain in Driving Growth and Innovation

June 16, 2017

Mike McLaughlin, EVP Food Supply, Clif Bar & Co.

McDonald's, L'Oreal Combine Purchasing Power to Nix Supply Chain Risk From Deforestation

June 16, 2017

Environmental Leader

Eight major corporations including McDonald's and L'Oreal recently joined the supply chain platform of CDP - a nonprofit that drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests - to request information from key suppliers on how they are managing risks linked to deforestation. The companies say they are combining their purchasing power to achieve deforestation-free commodity supply chains.

States Tell EPA They'll Fight Should U.S. Relax Vehicle Emissions Rules

June 15, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

More than a dozen state attorneys general wrote to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency vowing a legal fight to block regulators from easing vehicle-emissions standards, the latest broadside in a battle over the Trump administration's move to reopen a review of the regulations.

Four Ways to Capitalize on Circular Supply Chains

June 14, 2017

Industryweek

The pace at which companies are adopting circular economy business models has been accelerating for the last two decades - and it has evolved from a specialist concept to a mainstream business strategy.

Seismic Ships Could Clean Up Ocean Waste

June 14, 2017

Maritime Executive

Seismic survey company Petroleum Geo-Services has developed a concept for efficient, large scale collection of plastic from the oceans. The solution uses seismic vessels and takes advantage of their air compressors and capabilities for handling large towing configurations.

Green Reporting Takes Root

June 14, 2017

CFO

As more investors link sustainability with alpha, they're pressing issuers for meaningful environmental and social disclosures.

Q&A: 'Partnerships Are Crucial for Water Goals'

June 13, 2017

Environmental Leader

In 2015, MillerCoors set ambitious water-related sustainability goals for 2020 - including reducing its water-to-beer ratio. The total water gallons saved over five years is expected to be in the billions, but since most of the company's water footprint is in agriculture - MillerCoors can't achieve its goals alone.

Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) and their impact on supply chain management. New customer expectations for green and ethical products and practices are transforming the way companies do business — and requiring more supply chain transparency than ever before. As solutions continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies around the world are leveraging sustainability and CSR to stay ahead of the competition in their industries.