GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Fighting Food Waste: Lessons from COVID. . What emerging strategies have been employed to tackle food waste during the pandemic, and how can we scale these strategies in the future? But the food system sprang into action — adapting operations, overcoming barriers and scaling promising innovations to reduce the amount of waste.

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GreenBiz

MAY 25, 2023

Two models for reducing waste at scale in food and beverage supply chains.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 16, 2021

Strategies for the war on waste. What would happen if the United States enacted a comprehensive plan to combat food loss and waste? It’s the work of some leading players in this area: ReFED, a nonprofit that works on food waste; WWF; Natural Resources Defense Council; and Harvard’s Food Law and Policy Clinic. The answer?

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3BL Media

MAY 30, 2022

SUMMARY: Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered new supply chain disruptions, but supply chains face additional challenges. If unaddressed, supply chain challenges will hamper economic recovery and long-term growth. Here's what they said. Data transparency is essential'. Data transparency is essential.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 28, 2022

Lean: WEAR and no TEAR How circularity transformation is impacting supply chain innovation What goes up must come down To arrest the growing effect on nature and curtail the rise in temperatures, countries across the globe are devising measures to rejuvenate Mother Earth. The aim is to reverse the temperature by 1.5-2.0 deg Celsius.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

I also have observed firsthand how technology-driven innovation is disrupting the traditional grocery supply chain, opening new doors to reducing food waste and helping the world to think differently about how we source food. For meal kits, packaging waste was one of those unintended consequences.

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2024

The group wants to mine used electronics for valuable metals to reduce waste and grow jobs.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 26, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Supply chain and sustainability topics have dominated global business headlines for more than two years. The interconnectedness of climate change and supply chain disruptions highlights the complexity of supply chains, including the impact in realizing the 2030 vision of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

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GreenBiz

JULY 26, 2021

Lululemon, LanzaTech are reshaping carbon waste into fabric. What we're saying is, ‘Look, we're gonna take all of this waste, whether it's a gas or a solid, we're going to convert it to ethanol," Holmgren said. Deonna Anderson. Mon, 07/26/2021 - 02:00. . In 2018, every ton of steel produced emitted about 1.85

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Global supply chains are no longer just the "back-end" of businesses—they're now the front line in a world of constant disruptions. From the COVID-19 pandemic to geopolitical conflicts and extreme weather events, supply chains have been tested like never before. Companies like Toyota have shown the way forward.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Waste has always been inflicted upon the margins,” said Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of the new book Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future. Waste, he writes, is often exported from rich countries to poor ones, a phenomenon known as “toxic colonialism.” “Too

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GreenBiz

MAY 14, 2021

Episode 268: Doing the math on net zero; taking food waste off the menu. The link between net zero and supply chain innovation. The food service company has promised to halve food waste by 2025. Heather Clancy. Fri, 05/14/2021 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (4:30). Doing the math on net zero (21:30).

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Waste, on the other hand, remains out of sight and out of mind for most businesses with no way to accurately and consistently measure how much waste is actually being produced. As such, metering utilities like gas, water and electricity has been standard practice for decades. This doesn’t have to be the case any longer.

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3BL Media

APRIL 23, 2024

“We only have One Planet, and right now that planet is overwhelmed with plastic and packaging waste. This year’s Earth Day theme of ‘Planet vs. Plastics’ was a perfect opportunity to highlight how we are working with our suppliers and customers to reduce plastics and packaging waste,” said Neil Russell, Sysco’s Chief Administrative Officer.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Over three years, the New Cotton Project will see textile waste collected and sorted via consumer apparel take-back programs, then regenerated into cellulose-based textile fibers by Finnish biotechnology specialist Infinited Fiber Company, the 12 project partners confirmed. Supply Chain. Textile Waste. Circular Economy.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Earlier this year, fast fashion retailer Zara released its first womenswear collection made of recycled poly-cotton textile waste. The collection is available for sale in 11 countries, helping clothing made of blended textile waste reach the mass market. This is often referred to as waste colonialism. This would generate €3.5-€4.5

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 4, 2023

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, December 5, 2023 /3BL/ - My Green Lab, the world’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the sustainability of scientific research, today announces the launch of Converge, a collaborative supply chain initiative.

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GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

Consider that the cosmetics industry brings in a booming $500 billion every year and imagine the waste created by default. As businesses, we can manufacture and sell products with no packaging, create closed-loop recycling systems and collaborate with suppliers to create innovative solutions for reducing waste — all while thriving.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 22, 2024

However, this shift is also creating significant challenges for the manufacturing sector, particularly in the supply chain. The EV Battery Supply Chain Batteries are at the heart of electric vehicles, making them the most expensive and crucial component.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 29, 2024

As global supply chains continue to grapple with unprecedented challenges, the industry is being tested like never before. DP World and Supply Chain Dive’s studioID survey-driven report “ Supply Chains Prepping for a Greener, More Agile Future ” underlined the nature of these concerns.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 29, 2021

In the context of sourcing and supply chains, we’ve seen this movie before. In a circular supply chain, sourcing no longer focuses exclusively on virgin materials. Yet, these efforts traditionally have acknowledged only one phase of a material’s life.

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GreenBiz

MAY 15, 2020

From global cotton supply chains to pollution from textile factories, the need to improve the industry in favor of both people and the planet is pressing. . There's just so much waste in this industry. That's one of the human costs we see along the chain in order to get these inexpensive materials. . Kirstie Dabbs.

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2024

The group wants to mine used electronics for valuable metals to reduce waste and grow jobs.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Instead of helping you listen to music, they have now become what is sometimes referred to as e-waste. The European Commission explains that E-waste contains a complex mixture of materials, some of which are hazardous. These can be recycled and re-used if the waste is effectively managed. How much e-waste is there?

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3BL Media

MARCH 5, 2024

Whirlpool Corporation is helping extend appliance lifespans and minimize waste. 13 Refurbishment Centers, Countless Transformations! Discover the refurbishment journey where appliances and parts find new purpose.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

The early-stage company, based in New York, focuses on the $16 billion children’s clothing market, which, like the entire apparel space, suffers from a significant amount of waste. The startup Infinity Goods has created a zero-waste grocery delivery service in Denver, Colorado, with plans to expand soon. Infinity Goods.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 11, 2024

We also look for opportunities to improve sustainability in our supply chain and support more diverse businesses. Quest works with our largest suppliers to minimize waste through initiatives like streamlining shipments and reducing packaging. Thats why we hold them to the same standards of ethics and integrity that we adhere to.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2020

It plans to engage with key stakeholders in its supply chain, which will be vital. Every aspect of the supply chain needs to be connected to create a more sustainable future,” said Iris Van der Veken, executive director of the Responsible Jewelry Council, during a session at the U.N. Supply Chain.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 5, 2020

A proliferation of greening initiatives from industry players has emerged with public announcements of policies to tackle this issue, measures to address their supply chain footprints, promotion of circular economy practices and encouragement for sustainable brands growing increasingly popular. But it is not all doom and gloom.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Leveraging pineapple leaves, a waste product of the pineapple industry, Ananas Anam uses a low-energy, low-water, chemical-free process to convert the leaves’ natural fibers into a leather-like material called Piñatex. In the cases of Mushroom Packaging and Piñatex, their biological source is considered an agricultural byproduct or waste.

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3BL Media

JUNE 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Zero production waste. Essity works actively to turn production waste into a valuable resource with the target to reach zero production waste by 2030. Our production process generates waste in the form of ash, sludge, organic waste and plastic, particularly when recycled fiber is used as input goods.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 26, 2021

But if current, low recycling rates continue, decommissioned PV modules instead could add up to 1 million tons of waste in the U.S. That’s 1 percent of the world's e-waste.). laws — especially solid waste laws — treat recycling and disposal the same, making it more difficult to recycle and more difficult to reuse equipment.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

This collection of disaggregated waste management decisions is a challenging start of the "reverse supply chain" that is recycling. The time to transform the way we think about and manage waste is now. Most important, it cannot work properly without the aligned efforts from all members of industrial supply chains.

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3BL Media

APRIL 30, 2024

Vision is to recover polyethylene from hard-to-recycle waste for reuse in consumer packaging. P&G anticipates using this PCR polymer in their packaging, thereby enabling a path to circularity which helps maximize resource utility and reduces materials treated as waste. MIDLAND, Mich.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In a recent webinar with Supply Chain NOW, two of DP World’s foremost experts — Terry Donohoe , CEO of DP World in the U.S. and Mexico, and Glen Clark , Senior Vice President of Freight Forwarding for DP World Americas — explored how SMBs can partner with sustainable supply chains to gain a competitive advantage.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 2, 2020

"It’s not quite ready yet but it’s soon to be on to its first prototypes, so we really see the industry being no-waste and actually infinitely customizable, definitely by 2050, hopefully even by 2030," she said. While the company is not completely zero-waste at this time, it has a commitment to eventually get there. Textile Waste.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The supply chains of over 100 fashion brands are linked to oil and gas fracking in the Permian Basin in Texas, due to their sourcing of fossil-fuel derived synthetic fibers, according to a new report from climate group Stand.earth. The report found 107 fashion companies using textile materials that rely on petrochemicals.

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