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DB Schenker – Singapore: A Vital Node in Singapore’s Logistics Ecosystem

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DB Group has set ambitious targets to reduce specific CO2 emission by 50% by 2030 compared to 2006. Such projects help cultivate a green mindset among the employees and help foster a sustainable culture from the ground up. Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our generation.

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Why Energy Supply Chains are Transitioning to Renewables

Requis

The firm has announced that it will introduce new funds that shun fossil fuel-oriented stocks and that vote against companies that have not worked strong sustainability goals into their plans. In spite of the increased spend, production has not risen but declined 6% between 2006 and 2012.

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Making Supply Meet Demand: Qatar’s healthcare services

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

In 2008, the Qatar government developed a long term vision that is known as “the Qatar National Vision 2030.”    Specifically, SCH has increased the total number of hospital beds from 2,024 to 2,803 from 2006 to 2012. .  Most private hospitals are family owned and operated by physicians.

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Provenance

Provenance has partnered with the Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis Agency (Growth Analysis) , to explore how blockchain technology can help to valorise sustainable practices in the Rare Earth Elements mining sector. The success of sustainability pursuits rests in part, on the sector’s ability to valorise sustainability practices.

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From Greater Production Traceability to Combating Biodiversity Loss and Meeting UN Sustainable Development Goal 15

EcoVadis

This is why one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), SDG 15 is committed to protecting, restoring and promoting “sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably managed forests, combating desertification reversing land degradation and halting biodiversity loss” by 2030.

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Big Tech and Auto Battle for the World’s Cobalt Resources

Elementum

In 2006, lithium-ion batteries consumed only 20% of the global cobalt supply. Cobalt demand will exceed supply by 42% in 2025 and 170% in 2030. Tesla: Hope for a Sustainable Solution. Ten years later, that number has more than doubled. Demand Intensifies. Prospecting for new mines isn’t an easy matter.

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Big Tech and Auto Battle for the World’s Cobalt Resources

Elementum

In 2006, lithium-ion batteries consumed only 20% of the global cobalt supply. Cobalt demand will exceed supply by 42% in 2025 and 170% in 2030. Tesla: Hope for a Sustainable Solution. Ten years later, that number has more than doubled. Demand Intensifies. Prospecting for new mines isn’t an easy matter.