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Ethical sourcing risks pose challenge to electric vehicle market

Resilinc

The controversy has led Tesla and others to use blockchain technology to ensure (and prove to human rights groups) that they use only ethically sourced cobalt. The post Ethical sourcing risks pose challenge to electric vehicle market appeared first on Resilinc.

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Stop Food Waste Day 2024

Enterra Insights

Environmental Protection Agency to set a goal to cut our nation’s food waste by 50 percent by the year 2030.”[2] The 2030 FLW reduction goal aims to reduce food waste going to landfills by 50 percent to 109.4 Distribution. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports, “In 2015, the USDA joined with the U.S.

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Climate Change: Yet Another Source of Global Supply Chain Risk and Disruption

BlueYonder

Following on the heels of COVID-19, port closures, labor shortages and geopolitical conflict, climate change-related events are emerging as a significant source of supply chain disruption. alone, by 2030 the costs of climate-change related workplace disruptions are expected to exceed $2 billion. In the U.S.

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From the Barley in the Fields, to the Beer in Our Hands: Carlsberg’s Sustainability Journey

BlueYonder

Nearly all strategies put forward by organizations, including Carlsberg, come with a 2030 or 2040 asterisk. Dealing with each area — planning, manufacturing, distribution, fulfilment, etc. — Connected Automation Automation is pivotal in addressing the speed aspect of sustainability goals. The former deadline isn’t far away.

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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

The trucking industry was down 80,000 drivers in 2021, and that shortage is anticipated to balloon to 160,000 by 2030. million by 2030. Solving the labor crunch also means exploring new sources of supply. Transition programs for prisoners and veterans’ programs can be good sources of labor. It’s a global problem.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

distribution centers over the next five years. However, Amazon has backed away from a vow to make half of all deliveries with zero carbon pollution by 2030, saying that initiative was superseded by broader climate goals. It plans to bring robots to Mississauga and Cornwall, Ont.,

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

17 states stand by plan to electrify 30% of trucks and buses by 2030. The deal extends an existing relationship between the two companies, as in 2021, FedEx began to deploy Berkshire Grey’s Robotic Product Sortation and Identification (RPSi) systems to robotically sort small packages that arrive daily and require distribution.