Measuring GHG Emissions Up and Down the Supply Chain

By Laura Pocknell on greenhouse gases

A new collaboration launches to develop guidelines for measuring and managing corporate GHG emissions throughout the product life cycle and across the entire value chain.

US supply chains all at sea over fuel costs

By author@nospam.vnunet.com (Andrew Donoghue) on supply-chain

Andrew Donoghue, BusinessGreen, Thursday 28 August 2008 at 13:22:00

Just in time delivery models abandoned as firms attempt to cut fuel bills and carbon emissions through increased inventory levels

High fuel costs are affecting how US manufacturers and logistics companies manage supply chains with some businesses looking to boost use of rail and sea transportation....

Climate change and supply chain management

Global executives increasingly identify climate change as a top concern.
When it comes to purchasing, however, it appears that companies aren’t necessarily translating the importance they place on climate change into action.
Forward-looking consumer goods makers, high-tech players, and other manufacturers use climate change as an opportunity for cost reductions and supplier development.