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August 24, 2009

This Week’s Green Supply Chain by the Numbers – Green Hiring, Cap-Trade and Chemicals, Impact of Packaging, Balloon Payment?

 

Green Supply Chain Hiring Plans Grow; One Manufacturer More than Doubles Cartons per Pallet; 2025 is when CO2 Hammer Would Hit; Chemical Industry and Cap-Trade Impact on Bottom Line

 

 
By SCDigest Editorial Staff

 
 

5.5%

The percent of average corporate earnings in 2001 that US chemical companies will face - absent changes - in CO2 emissions costs under the American Clean Energy and Security Act that was passed by the House this summer, according to research firm TruCost Plc.

 
 



 
 
 
 

180

The increase in the number of cartons per pallet (from 120 to 300) that one telecommunications company was able to achieve by redesigning its product packaging for a specific SKU, according to Tom Blanck of Adalis, on a Videocast this week from SCDigest on packaging optimization (to view On-Demand version, please go to: Thinking Inside the Box: Packaging and Supply Chain Optimization)

 
 
 
 
17%

The percent of large companies that said they either had open requisitions or had plans to expand head counts in the Green Supply Chain/Sustainability area, according to a recent survey by GreenBiz. That's up from 8% in late 2008.

 
 
 
 
2025

The year at which the CO2 "cap" legislated in the American Clean Energy and Security Act really takes a nose-dive, while being relatively benign for businesses until then. Some are comparing that approach with a "balloon" mortgage.

 
 
 

 

 

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