Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

These are some of the systems set to be rolled out as part of National Highways’ Digital Roads strategy which is outlined on a new website and ‘virtual learning environment’, rolled out on 2 September. The Digital Roads journey, the strategy that will create the roads of the future, is huge.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

What are Digital Product Passports and should we care? In an attempt to meet the challenges of the times, the European Commission has come up with the European Digital Product Passport (DPP) initiative. What are digital product passports? Green Deal legislation has proven most adaptable to the times.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2023

This recognition highlights a select group of publicly traded corporations that have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to creating dynamic workforces, diverse corporate governance, expansive supply chains, and inclusive management. “We BLACK ENTERPRISE aims to be a fountain of knowledge on the how to in achieving financial success.

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3BL Media

MARCH 2, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Julie Mouton, Water Stewardship Service Leader at Antea Group, recently published an article in Water Resources IMPACT magazine. Water is a main ingredient and a critical component in their agriculture-based supply chain, so it makes good business sense for these leaders to take action on water and climate.

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3BL Media

JUNE 4, 2024

As a leading provider of business-to-business (B2B) supply chain solutions, our team continues to navigate through a mixed economic environment, while managing changing customer buying patterns. Following two years of double-digit sales growth, we set a new company record again in 2023 with 5% growth to over $22 billion in sales.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Wesco International (NYSE: WCC), a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, issued its annual Sustainability Report. SOURCE: 3BL Alerts. Wearable devices improved safety metrics.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2022

“Thanks to our platform digitising the supply chain based on industrial standard classification, we’re connecting the dots between recyclers, plastics converters and brands, enabling companies to confidently use recycled plastic.”. million tons of recycled plastics listed for sale. ” The company claims to change that.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

Pete joins Puraffinity from digital printing technology provider Domino Printing Sciences where he was Group Fluids Operations Director responsible for Domino’s global fluids manufacturing operations, including plants, in the UK, US, India and China.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2020

For the environmentally minded, the increased adoption of app-based food delivery services presents a unique opportunity to affect carbon emissions in the food supply chain. A recent study in Science magazine noted that "dietary change can deliver environmental benefits on a scale not achievable by producers." Pull Quote.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It is vital that cultures that foster a healthy ecosystem in which supply chain companies can operate and innovate effectively are embedded within and across water companies, for the best outcomes for customers and the environment,” said Lila Thompson, chief executive of British Water. “We Thompson welcomed the development.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2023

The research – ‘ Decarbonisation through Digitalisation’ – seems to show that manufacturing businesses are investing in digital technologies more than ever before and reaping multiple benefits, including productivity increases, product improvements, reduction in waste and labour efficiencies.

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3BL Media

MARCH 2, 2022

Digital microfluidics involves precisely controlling fluids over an array of electrodes; continuous flow microfluidics uses a tiny but steady stream of liquid; paper-based microfluidics uses capillary action to transport small fluids; and microfluidics that use single droplets are all growing subfields. What it’s used for now .

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

In food, for instance, business models and distribution methods were reshaped in a matter of weeks, as supply chains flexed to keep groceries in stock and farmers struggled to offload overripe crops. Digital networks and online platforms scaled to meet spiking demand during social distancing.

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3BL Media

JULY 12, 2023

This starts with a comprehensive baseline of product packaging and continues by building out tools like digital twins — or virtual models that, in this case, would illustrate what’s happening in the supply chain, as well as how initiatives are progressing. Still, packaging that’s more sustainable isn’t necessarily simpler.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 22, 2023

Stephen Kennedy is head of digital and innovation at MWH Treatment, a firm offering end-to-end treatment projects for water and wastewater. A hot topic at the moment is ensuring resilience and sustainability within the supply chain. The challenge is the lack of open data around the whole catchment.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2023

Lactobacillus bacteria: A digital twin will help answer questions like: how does each species of microbe react to different food and to the other microbes around it? But the knowledge we’ll get from the data going through the digital twin digestor will start to address this uncertainty.”

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Experts in digital transformation set out how they believe advancements in data are playing a vital role in revolutionising the water industry. It is a growing market – according to Bluefield Research’s global digital water forecast 2022-2030, emerging and developing markets will account for roughly 30% of the US$387.5

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

The initiative “Closing the loop on portable lithium-ion batteries” aims to help the DoE capture 90% of all discarded or spent lithium-based batteries in the US for eventual recovery of key materials for a sustainable re-introduction into the supply chain. How does it work? Valuable resource or ticking time bomb?

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This includes the emissions produced from within businesses’ own supply chains; by customers, investments, and even by employees commuting to their workplace. Enabling solutions: Shrinking your digital carbon footprint. One of the most critical and tangible actions that organisations can take to ‘keep 1.5

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A detailed overview of artificial intelligence (AI) and its increasing emergence in the water and wastewater sector was the focus of British Water’s latest webinar, featuring speakers from Ofwat, Thames Water, and across the supply chain, including consultancies Jacobs and ExploreAI.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Companies are facing climate-related damage to their assets, disruptions to supply chains and operations, as well as increasing expectations from consumers and investors to perform as an environmental leader.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Green building professionals have survived decades-long struggles against industry acceptance, regulatory frameworks , tight budgets, supply chains and, above all, fear of change. The two began building a digital library on all things related to low-carbon construction. Can we ramp it up fast, and scale it up large?

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

European renewable energy asset holders and investors must rapidly re-evaluate their strategies and business models, faced with inflationary and supply chain pressures, alongside ongoing regulatory uncertainty driven by the energy crisis.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2021

Here, Rob Day, CEO at Tonejet looks at beverage can decoration, the damage caused by the use of plastic labels and sleeves on cans and why alternative digital technologies are the sustainable solution. As we have seen in other packaging markets, digital innovations will revolutionise this industry. Did you know?

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

The recycling rate in this area is in single-digits levels. Transparent supply chains are an important building block in this. Several firms enlisted in the Circular Valley startup accelerator programme are focused on platforms that enable the exchange of putative waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

The British Fashion Council even says, “our industry’s sponsor government department is the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)”. After the Boohoo scandal in 2018 the Government is more than aware of the wider effect of the industry on workers in the supply chain.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

The report suggests that, as the industry prepares for a post-COVID world, the tools and skills adopted during the pandemic can act as a blueprint for a more digitally-savvy and sustainable sector. As a result, energy leaders admit that investing in decarbonising their supply chain is a strategic priority.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Targeted recruitment campaigns, more site inspections and enhanced digital systems will drive better performance from the industry, Wakeham told the WiseOnWater Podcast: Conversations in Flow, from media specialist WiseOnWater and technology company Xylem UK & Ireland.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2022

The event considered climate change, research and innovation, digital transformation, CBAM, sustainable taxonomy, circular economy and eco-design, as well as the restriction of certain metals and substances due to environmental concerns. This must therefore remain an important consideration.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

We are pioneering a comprehensive, digital offering that makes it easier for our customers to extend the life of their current smartphone, or to buy and own a refurbished device.”. Most Vodafone markets already operate trade-in, device buyback and repair services to encourage customers to repair or return their old devices.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

As global effort to fight climate change intensifies, the challenge for battery manufacturers and their supply chains is to find ways to meet the rapidly growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs). Results are transferred digitally to users’ databases and/or the cloud.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 20, 2024

Rainwater supply for schools in Vietnam – Apple and Gravity Water This partnership is bringing safe, clean water to 131 schools in northern Vietnam, and is connected with Apple’s water strategy to address water availability, water quality and water accessibility in its supply chain around the world.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Technical advancements such as digital solutions and decentralised energy systems have made decarbonisation more feasible. Challenge the supply chain to decarbonise, as this will affect the carbon content of any purchased good. Now it’s time for other businesses to follow suit, says the group.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2023

These systems have minimal, if any, cybersecurity features and present a huge digital attack surface – this means there are many pathways an attacker can take to gain unauthorised access to a computer or network. How important is collaboration between water companies and their supply chain partners on this issue?

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Mrüna’s winning digital solution tackles the economic and social challenges of wastewater treatment with a decentralised nature-based system, BiomWeb. The firm’s success followed a live pitch against nine other finalists from the UK, US, Sierra Leone, Australia, Mexico, Singapore and Spain.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

These systems have minimal, if any, cybersecurity features and present a huge digital attack surface – this means there are many pathways an attacker can take to gain unauthorised access to a computer or network. How important is collaboration between water companies and their supply chain partners on this issue?

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The report, which analyses both new and existing research, also identifies the many other commercial advantages provided by UAVs to organisations that embrace the technology and adopt new operational methods, with cost and time savings leading to enhanced supply chain and business efficiencies.

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