Sustainability

Sustainability

returns

Sustainability, Trends

Returns often not worth the effort for online retailers

When consumers want to return goods, online stores regularly refund the money without asking for them to be sent back – even if there is nothing physically wrong with the product. This surprising finding emerged …

circular economy

Content, Reports, Sustainability, Visibility

70% of supply chain leaders plan to invest in the circular economy

The large majority – 70% – of supply chain leaders are planning to invest in the circular economy over the next 18 months, according to a recent survey by international research and advisory firm Gartner. …

BISCI

Sustainability, Trends

BISCI intensifies focus on digitalization and sustainable supply chain innovation

Despite still being in its first year, the Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (BISCI) is already intensifying its focus on digitalization and sustainability. Plans for the future include BISCI’s first annual Supply Chain Innovation …

Worldfavor

Sustainability, Trends

Supply chain start-up in the spotlight: Worldfavor

Worldfavor accelerates sustainability by offering a global platform for sharing and evaluating corporate sustainability information. For sustainability management purposes, the solution offers a wide selection of established guidelines and standards on sustainability, compliance and related areas, …

Delhaize

Sustainability, Trends

Delhaize offers shoppers carbon-neutral bananas

Belgian grocery retailer Delhaize has recently introduced 100% CO2-neutral bananas. Various carbon-reducing measures entirely compensate for the impact of the ‘Be-climate’ bananas on the supermarket chain’s carbon footprint. This is part of Delhaize’s mission to …

Carsten Rasmussen

Sustainability, Trends

Carsten Rasmussen, Lego: “You cannot make decisions in isolation anymore”

Tough but fair, caring and open are words Carsten Rasmussen uses to describe his management style. The COO of the Lego Group, headquartered in Billund, was recently named the most influential supply chain-leader in Denmark …

rice trade

Sustainability, Trends

Blockchain platform for global rice trade

Fujitsu and Rice Exchange (Ricex) have collaborated to launch the first-ever global blockchain-based rice trading platform. It will increase transparency, efficiency and traceability when trading rice, which is the world’s largest agricultural commodity. It will …

supply chain dilemmas

Sustainability, Trends

Virtual panel of experts: supply chain dilemmas

Digitalization, globalization and sustainability are forcing companies to make choices. Privacy seems to be at odds with transparency and visibility. Supply Chain Media asked a number of supply chain directors for their reactions to some …

sustainability

Software, Sustainability, Trends

Big data and analytics hold the key to supply chain sustainability

A sustainable supply chain requires corporate social responsibility to become part of the sourcing agenda. The main topic of discussion at the Sustainability Summit, organized by SAP Ariba in Barcelona, was how to monitor and …

Gulpener

Sustainability, Trends

Gulpener is building the ‘most sustainable brewery in Europe’

Gulpener has started construction work on a new, ultra-sustainable brewery, which the beer company itself describes as the most sustainable in Europe. When finished, the new brewery will require 75% less energy, can operate using …

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