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Green supply chains

Coca-Cola Enterprises releases 3rd CRS Report

– 1st Aug 2008

Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE:CCE), the world’s largest marketer, distributor, and producer of Coca-Cola products, has published its third company-wide Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CRS) Report, Shape Tomorrow…Today.

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Eye for Transport Report Highlights Green Supply Chain Issues

– 29th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

The attached report is the result of Eye For Transport’s recent survey of Supply Chain experts, with both current and future trends being evaluated.

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Economics leading to Greener Supply Chains

– 23rd Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

The high price of energy and oil are driving brands to “green” their supply chains. This Climatechangecorp.com article highlights some of the ways that logistics providers are taking steps to improve fuel efficiency, increase payload and better manage their environmental and economic performance.

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Retail Supply Chain Market Report

– 8th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

This report, commissioned by Unipart Logistics, aims to deepen the understanding of consumer supply chain drivers, logistics models and improvement initiatives.

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Compliance driving Global Supply Chains?

– 8th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

This Retail Bulletin article discusses the results of a recently published survey on supply chain issues. According to the 100 UK supply chain professionals surveyed, supply chain managers spend up to 52 days a year keeping abreast of, and complying with regulation and legislation relating to the supply chain.
The research found 84 per cent spend up to 52 days a year on compliance while 16 per cent claim even more time. More than half (58 per cent) claim to be either concerned or very concerned about operating in an increasingly regulated environment.

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Are good intentions enough?

– 2nd Jul 2008

Telling customers about your environmental targets is all well and good but, as Paul Thomas argues, they are meaningless if you do not know how they are to be achieved.

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Unilever pledge to use only palm oil certified as sustainable by 2015

– 9th May 2008

Unilever has pledged to use only palm oil certified as sustainable by 2015, while also supporting calls for a moratorium on further deforestation for palm oil in Indonesia.

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The green product life cycle - beginning to end, and beyond

– 9th May 2008

Products are increasingly being designed, manufactured and packaged with a new focus on the end of their life cycle – and beyond

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Timberland bringing CSR issues to the forefront

– 8th Apr 2008 by Alex Briggs

Timberland bringing CSR issues to the forefront This Neville Hobson blog post highlights Timberland’s CSR efforts, including the strongest sustainability information on product packaging out there.

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UK Minister for the Environment to deliver keynote address at Climate Response event

– 8th Apr 2008

The Minister will discuss how the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), the new mandatory carbon cap-and-trade scheme, will impact businesses operating in the UK.

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