Category Archives: Supply Chain Management

EDF Heads to Atlanta for TSC's Spring Member Summit

By | Published: May 13, 2013

This week, Environmental Defense Fund's (EDF) Retail Team travels from Bentonville, AR to Atlanta to attend and speak at the The Sustainability Consortium’s (TSC) second Member Summit. EDF is an NGO member of TSC, an independent organization of diverse global participants who collaborate to improve consumer product sustainability through all stages of a product’s life [...]

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Walmart's Sustainability Trilogy: A Close-Up Perspective from EDF's Office in Bentonville

By | Published: May 10, 2013

By: Alisha Staggs, Bentonville-based project manager at Environmental Defense Fund In Marc Gunther’s recent article "Walmart’s index: a real life toy story," he calls the Walmart supplier Sustainability Index, "the biggest environmental initiative in the company's history," and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) agrees. He also questions whether "Walmart is taking this too far”"and "how the [...]

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Caterpillar collaborates internally and externally to cut costs and carbon

By | Published: May 1, 2013

All companies – from consumer products to manufacturers to retailers – can find significant cost and carbon emissions savings in their logistics network. The latest example is Caterpillar.  Its efforts were recently highlighted in Inbound Logistics – a leading industry publication. Caterpillar, the world’s largest manufacturer of mining and construction equipment, cut carbon emissions and [...]

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Rubicon Global Disrupts the Waste Stream through Entrepreneurism

By | Published: April 16, 2013

By Elizabeth Hill, Director of Corporate and Social Responsibility, Rubicon Global Why do we throw trash away? Because we have already extracted the value out of a product and we do not need what is left over. What remains is usually seen as dirty or useless. It goes into the can and out of our [...]

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It's not just about the trucks, but we can't do it without the trucks

By | Bio | Published: April 4, 2013

A great piece in the Wall Street Journal caught my eye last week.  The article highlighted the impressive productivity gains trucking fleets have made recently. These, in turn, have led to a reduction in average truck miles of two percent from 2006.  Two percent might not seem like much. But, by increasing the productivity of [...]

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Sustainable Freight: Just the Facts

By | Published: March 25, 2013

Freight is an essential part of a globalized, modern economy. It is also responsible for eight percent of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. This is significant in itself, but even more concerning is that emissions from freight transportation are also growing. And fast. The good news is that there are actions we can take today [...]

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EDF on the road to share strategies for innovative Sustainable Logistics

By | Published: March 20, 2013

Freight transportation's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and carbon fuel consumption is set to rise significantly in the coming decades unless we do something to halt the trend now. The good news is there's plenty that can be done, simply and effectively, with minimal capital outlay and rapid results. And a lot of companies are [...]

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Study Intends To Determine Methane Leakage Associated With A Growing Natural Gas Transportation Sector

By | Bio | Published: March 5, 2013

The use of natural gas to power our nation’s freight fleet vehicles is a hot topic in these days of rising diesel and falling natural gas prices. There are several reasons to be excited about this opportunity, including operating cost savings, use of a domestic fuel source, and the potential for a reduction in greenhouse [...]

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How Ocean Spray cut its shipping emissions 20 percent

By | Bio | Published: February 13, 2013

Corporations aren't paying enough attention to the massive global impact of their carbon emissions from transporting freight — yet there are simple steps they can take to reduce their shipping footprints. Last month, EDF released the first in a series of case studies intended to draw attention to the significant potential for emission improvements and [...]

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Panama Canal Expansion May Yield Significant Emission Implications for Shippers, Carriers and Port Authorities

By | Published: December 19, 2012

The current expansion of the Panama Canal, expected to be completed by early 2015, creates tremendous opportunities for the global freight transportation industry and may have significant effects on many ports in the United States, particularly in Houston and other Gulf areas. Today, I am happy to announce the publication of a peer-reviewed paper that [...]

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