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When Goods Get Traded, Who Pays for the CO2?

A New Study Shows That The Carbon Equation Isn`t As Straightforward As We Might Think
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The Highs And Lows Of Monitoring Greenhouse Gases

Is Measuring GHG Levels Truly A Priority; If You Think So, You Might Be Wrong
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The Newest Hybrid Model

The FPL Group Utility Is Assembling A Life-Size Erector Set, Which Will Be The World's Second-Largest Solar Plant
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Home Depot Making Stores, Supply Chain Greener

Home Improvement Retailer With The Big Orange Signs Wants To Be More Green
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Sustainability Is A Growing Theme

Corporations Like Intel, Dow Chemical and Campbell Soup Company Work With Schools To Train Potential Employees
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Preparing Supply Chains for the Green Future

Understanding Cap and Trade and Carbon Taxes
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Vendor Compliance Is Green

Vendor Compliance Optimization is key to building a truly Green Supply Chain. Learn how.
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Case Study: Combining Transportation Planning with Network Design to Reduce Transportation Costs and CO2

Learn how one manufacturer incorporated carbon emissions into its optimal supply chain network design.
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SCDigest Letter on the Green Supply Chain

e-version of the full 16-page version of the SCDigest Letter on the Green Supply Chain 2009
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White Paper: Benchmarking the Perfect Order

How well are companies in the consumer goods to retail channel doing in terms of perfect order achievement? This study looks at results from shipments from over 4500 suppliers - and the results are surprising.
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Green Supply Chain News: Kerry, Graham and Lieberman Working on New Compromise Climate Bill they Hope will Gain Business Support

Focus on Jobs and Energy Independence, they Say, not Climate; Most Business would not have to Participate in Cap and Trade
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Green Supply Chain News: Walmart Ups Greenhouse Gas Goals, but Numbers Show Challenge of Making Impact on Total CO2

Program will send Walmart Experts Deep into Vendor Supply Chains; Move will Slow Growth of Total GHG Emissions, but Really Moving the Needle is Very Hard
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Green Supply Chain News: Kraft Continues Green Push, Reaching Goals for Packaging Materials Reduction Two Years Early

Packaging Results follow Similar Progress in Transportation, Water Usage
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Green Supply Chain News: SEC says Companies Should Disclose Climate Change "Risks" to Investors, in move that Could have Large Impact on Business

In 3-2 Vote, SEC says Companies Must Disclose Physical, Financial and other Risks from Actual Climate Change to Cap and Trade Legislation
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Green Supply Chain News: Review of the New Supply Chain Report from the Carbon Disclosure Project and ATKearney

Second Annual CDP Supply Chain Report Details what Suppliers of Member Companies are Doing; A Little too Much Self-CDP Promotion Gets in Way of the Data, We Find
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Green Supply Chain Comment: Could Walmart's Green Supply Chain Push Lead to Different SKU Bases?

New Walmart Program Can be seen as Successor to Top-Down Cost Reduction of GM's Lopez 20 Years Ago; What Happens when GHG Emissions Reduction and Supply Chain Cost Decreases Diverge?
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Will WalMart Green Product Labeling Create New Scarlet Letter?

Consumers will Generally Buy the Cheapest Product, but will Peer Pressure at Check Out Force Green Habits?
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Green Supply Chain Comment: For Wal-Mart, Green Leadership has Multiple Benefits

From Corporate Whipping Boy to White House A List
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It's not an impossibility, but it's certainly not a slam-dunk and never has been. The healthcare debate has basically sucked all the oxygen out of the room.

Frank O'Donnell, president of the activist group Clean Air Watch, on prospects for the US Senate passing Cap and Trade legislation any time soon.

 

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Supply chain visibility - Anticipation and rapid notification of problems - Collaboration via accurate and complete supply chain performance history - and now, Green Supplier Scorecarding

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