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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Logistics Viewpoints

On November 4 th , I interviewed Jim Andrew, the Chief Sustainability Officer at PepsiCo, about their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) program. Packaging and agriculture are big areas of focus for the company. Jim Andrew, Chief Sustainability Officer at PepsiCo. The company has tens of thousands of suppliers globally.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 27 – September 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

Federal government to halt free COVID-19 at-home tests by early September. The retailer is taking a minority stake in Sustainable Beef, which plans to open a processing facility in North Platte, a small town in west-central Nebraska that is home to the former ranch of storied Western showman Buffalo Bill Cody.

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Trump's Tariffs Anger US Manufacturers, Business Groups

Material Handling & Logistics

The Aluminum Association, representing producers including Alcoa, said it was disappointed by the tariff expansion because the real problem is overcapacity in China caused by “rampant, illegal” government subsidies, said Heidi Brock, the group’s president and chief executive officer. businesses. It hurts our efforts to create good-paying U.S.