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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

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This year, with the LA Rams being Super Bowl champs, Good360 said it will ship thousands of “unsellable” Bengals-branded hats, T-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, COVID-19 masks, and scarves to struggling people in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. New wave of contracts will lock in much higher shipping rates.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Even with all new Glasgow pledges for 2030, we will emit roughly twice as much in 2030 as required for 1.5 Subnational governments like Québec in Canada and Telengana in India as well as manufacturers and fleets like DHL, Heineken and Scania are endorsing the MOU and declared that they will align with the decarbonization effort.

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How To Make Your Ecommerce Eco-Friendly

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All aspects of ecommerce can negatively impact the planet — from the product itself to how it is packaged and shipped. Here are the facts: Each year in the US alone, enough cardboard is used in shipped packages that equates to over 1 billion trees (excludes plastic and other forms of packaging).

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This Week in Logistics News (July 29 – August 4)

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Amazon Canada says it will open a new robotics-backed fulfilment center south of London, Ontario later this year. The center, known as YXU1, will see employees work alongside robotics technology to pick, pack and ship up to 750,000 items a day. This is especially true when it comes to the company’s vast network of fulfillment centers.

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Global Status of the Physical Internet — A Vision for Sustainable, Secure, Resilient Supply Chains

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BM: For society, the Physical Internet (PI) enables order-of-magnitude improvements in the efficiency, sustainability, security, trustability and resilience of supply chains, logistics, and freight transportation, all around the world, within each company and across industries. Now planning for complete Physical Internet system by 2030.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 30 – February 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

And to make the field seem truly neutral, the NFL has announced that Tampa Bay will not be allowed to fire the cannons from their famed pirate ship after touchdowns and big plays. A new service in Canada is aiming to reduce the amount of single-use plastics and waste from household goods.

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Why Energy Supply Chains are Transitioning to Renewables

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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. BlackRock, the largest asset management firm in the world, can serve as our bellwether in this instance. The rise of microgrids.