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This Week in Logistics News (September 10 – 16)

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by which a commodity is produced and distributed: the companies, materials, and systems involved in manufacturing and delivering goods). The Matternet M2 has become the first non-military unmanned aircraft system (UAS/drone) to earn its FAA type certificate. Last year’s cutoff was set at December 9.

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

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FedEx has agreed to buy an ownership stake in the logistics technology vendor Berkshire Grey as part of a multi-year deal to stock its fulfillment centers with the tech firm’s robotic order fulfillment systems. That’s all for this week.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22)

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David Ho, a climate scientist at the University of Hawaii, wasn’t buying it. Services featured on the new hub include: Climate Pledge Friendly, a badging system Amazon merchants can use to highlight certifications for use of recycled or bio-based materials, among other things. It’s kind of silly.

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Risk Management Can Be a Competitive Advantage, Part Two

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”[6] Recent events in Hawaii and California should be evidence enough that climate change is having an impact. Modernizing and integrating systems allows for heightened organizational agility, and simultaneously increases collaboration across the ecosystem.

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Sustainable eCommerce: Examples of Environmentally Friendly Online Retail

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Their patented air filtration systems capture particles as small as 007 microns at 99.97% efficiency, but they consume 50-70% less energy than traditional indoor air purifiers. Ultimately, their ultra low-pressure drop systems have helped to reduce over 1,000 metric tonnes of carbon.

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Sustainable eCommerce: Five Brands Leading the Way

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Soul Fire Farm , which fights to end racism and injustice in the food system West Hawaii Community Health Center, which provides medical, dental, and behavioral health care to families in Western Hawaii Conscious Alliance, a network of creatives that use their time and talents to feed hungry families in Boulder, CO.

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Cyber attacks on logistics networks are rapidly increasing

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By compromising one software supplier—in that case SolarWinds, “Spies or saboteurs can hijack [the supplier’s] distribution systems to turn any application they sell, any software update they push out, even the physical equipment they ship to customers, into Trojan horses,” explains Wired in a recent post.