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This Week n Logistics News (February 24 – March 1)

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In 2017, the retail giant started an initiative to encourage its suppliers to reduce their carbon footprint, aiming to avoid, reduce or sequester the 1 billion tons of emissions by 2030. It touched off a land rush, with major retailers vying for space to fill online orders from the San Francisco Bay Area.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

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This rollout is just the beginning of what is expected to be thousands of Amazon’s custom electric delivery vehicles in more than 100 cities by the end of this year—and 100,000 across the US by 2030. Procter & Gamble is taking note.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 25 – July 1)

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San Francisco-based Zipline won FAA Part 135 air carrier certification for the long-range flights earlier this month. To that end, the company agreed to halve its CO2 emissions by 2030 and be net-zero by 2050. The company flew its first commercial deliveries on June 22 with an initial 16-nautical-mile flight.

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Airline Safety System That Failed Must Wait to 2030 for Fix

Supply Chain Brain

history, pilots of an Air Canada flight from Toronto to San Francisco missed a notice about a closed airport runway buried in 27 pages of Notams and other bulletins. One of the worst near-disasters in U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

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“Around 0600 Pacific Time Tuesday morning, multiple Waymo vehicles in San Francisco encountered very dense fog and determined they should pull over temporarily,” a company spokesperson said. Enjoy the weekend, and the song of the week, Fake Tales of San Francisco by the Arctic Monkeys.

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2023 holiday report: data-driven strategies to make the buyer’s nice list

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For instance, if real-time, store-level data indicates that a particular product is trending in San Francisco, or significantly well-stocked in Miami, a supplier can laser-focus its advertising efforts toward these markets. Retailers are keen on these trends, and prioritizing their own environmental-conscious initiatives.

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Why Taxing Automation is a Bad Idea

Talking Logistics

Late last year, a San Francisco politician launched a statewide campaign to raise money for a California ballot that would penalize private enterprise for embracing automation in the workplace.